Guest guito Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 I am looking for a new camera, and here are my two options. The pentex optio 30wr or the olympus stylus 770 sw. Which camera has the better macro for taking close ups of flies. I read through the achives and but couldn't find much on macro settings. Thanks Guito Quote
maxwell Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 there both great dude..i love my optio btu a few of my friends have the olympus and it works great too.......if u find yourself dropping stuff lots the olympus has a higher shock value than the pentax Quote
Guest guito Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 there both great dude..i love my optio btu a few of my friends have the olympus and it works great too.......if u find yourself dropping stuff lots the olympus has a higher shock value than the pentax Does the Olympus have a good macro mode? I cannot find the optio here in the bridge as it doesn't seem to be available, but the Olympus is. I just thought if the optio was better I would just order via the internet. Thanks Quote
admin Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Both good, but I've had more time on the Optio WPi (go for a WPi rahter than the WR, water Proof vs water resistant). it has a great Macro setting on it. The shock value of the Olympus is a pretty good thing to have. We had a demo and dropped it a number of times with no ill effects. Quote
bigbowtrout Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/OLYMPUS-Stylus-790-SW-...1742.m153.l1262 Quote
bulltrout Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Does the Olympus have a good macro mode? I cannot find the optio here in the bridge as it doesn't seem to be available, but the Olympus is. I just thought if the optio was better I would just order via the internet. Thanks london drugs has got the optio's blair...if it helps any, i use the pentax... Quote
Guest guito Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 london drugs has got the optio's blair...if it helps any, i use the pentax... Andrew I went there last week and they don't have it. They only have the Olympus 790. Future shop no longer has the optio but carry the oly too. Thanks Quote
bulltrout Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 you try staples, walmart or radio shack (AKA the source) yet? Quote
Guest guito Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 you try staples, walmart or radio shack (AKA the source) yet? I tried office depot and walwart with no luck. Bigbowtrout, thanks for the idea of ebay! I just decided to buy the the Pentex optio W30 for $235 Thanks to all who responded Guito Quote
NormanMcLean Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 I got the Olympus Stylus for Christmas, and I love it. Quote
Tako Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 Pentax is great, but the microphone sucks and I drop things a lot, so I think I shoulda got the Olympus, but whateva Quote
dryfly Posted March 13, 2008 Posted March 13, 2008 The Optio takes decent pix, but has no eye viewer--just the rear LCD screen. It is a bugger to see the scene in bright sun. Will never get a camera without a eye viewer again. Quote
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