Olympus FE-250

DaddyB · 01-25-2007, 10:39 PM

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/07...ympusfe250.asp

dpreview.com is understandably a little skeptical, but this SUB $300 is supposed to have, not 1600ISO, not 3200ISO, but an astounding 10,000ISO rating.

I can't wait until they get their hands on it!

I mean, I really like Olympus, and they have really great engineers who can squeeze the dickens out of the lens and ccd, but 10,000ISO???

"This I gotta see".

DOES ANYONE EVEN READ THIS SECTION OF VF ANYMORE???

GreenLantern13 · 01-25-2007, 11:08 PM

What ISO do our eyes get anyways? heh.

Finally found an article. Says an eye is roughly the equivalent of 800 ISO at night and 1 ISO during the day. Nice :P

And it sees in over 576 megapixels resolution(given a 120 degree field of view.. the eyes really get around 180 degrees but we're not staring at the detail of all 180 degrees at once etc)

uscfan7690 · 01-26-2007, 11:27 AM

10,000 ISO? That's nothing short of amazing, really. It really makes you wonder, with its sub-$300 price, how low prices on cameras will drop in coming years. I hope that film doesn't die out completely as digital takes over the market, though

(with raising standards and lowering prices, though, that seems to be the latest trend)

xfkirsten · 01-26-2007, 09:45 PM

...what's the grain on that one going to be like?!

DaddyB · 01-27-2007, 05:18 AM

I would hope that it would be at least somewhat usable at 7000

5000?

RU42 · 01-29-2007, 09:46 AM

The 10,000 sounds incredible but as Kirsten pointed out, the grain - wow. To get that you have to drop from 8MP to 3 MP so you have lower pixels to help clean up the picture in Photoshop.

It's widest f stop is 2.8 so you lose there some.

Sounds interesting and I can wait to see it function, but as the review pointed out, unless they rewrote the laws of physics, there will be some serious picture quality reduction.

RU

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DaddyB oh yeah. That's me. webmaster People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: anoroc, ac Posts: 45,621 Images: 5	Olympus FE-250 - boasts ISO 10,000 http://www.dpreview.com/news/0701/07...ympusfe250.asp dpreview.com is understandably a little skeptical, but this SUB $300 is supposed to have, not 1600ISO, not 3200ISO, but an astounding 10,000ISO rating. I can't wait until they get their hands on it! I mean, I really like Olympus, and they have really great engineers who can squeeze the dickens out of the lens and ccd, but 10,000ISO??? "This I gotta see". DOES ANYONE EVEN READ THIS SECTION OF VF ANYMORE???
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GreenLantern13 People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Laramie, WY Posts: 832 Images: 44	What ISO do our eyes get anyways? heh. Finally found an article. Says an eye is roughly the equivalent of 800 ISO at night and 1 ISO during the day. Nice :P And it sees in over 576 megapixels resolution(given a 120 degree field of view.. the eyes really get around 180 degrees but we're not staring at the detail of all 180 degrees at once etc) Last edited by GreenLantern13; 01-25-2007 at 11:20 PM.
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uscfan7690 People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 222	It's Over 9,000!!! *10,000* ISO? That's nothing short of amazing, really. It really makes you wonder, with its sub-$300 price, how low prices on cameras will drop in coming years. I hope that film doesn't die out completely as digital takes over the market, though (with raising standards and lowering prices, though, that seems to be the latest trend)
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xfkirsten That's How You Know! Moderator People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,103 Images: 42	...what's the grain on that one going to be like?!
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DaddyB oh yeah. That's me. webmaster People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: anoroc, ac Posts: 45,621 Images: 5	I would hope that it would be at least somewhat usable at 7000 5000?
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RU42 RU 'busy editing Potc" 42 Administrator People who found this post helpful: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,710 Images: 610	The 10,000 sounds incredible but as Kirsten pointed out, the grain - wow. To get that you have to drop from 8MP to 3 MP so you have lower pixels to help clean up the picture in Photoshop. It's widest f stop is 2.8 so you lose there some. Sounds interesting and I can wait to see it function, but as the review pointed out, unless they rewrote the laws of physics, there will be some serious picture quality reduction. RU __________________ Check out my new web site New DCA videos; one for each 'Land' Sunshine Plaza, A Bugs Land, Hollywood Back Lot, Golden State, Paradise Pier
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