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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:31 pm    Post subject: Olympus MJU-II Reply with quote
I did bought this camera I can't resist Embarassed I did read good things about on NET. Any experience ?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a nice camera. Optically a bit better than XA. Likes ISO400 films more than slower ones.

I usually the spot metering/center af to control the focus more reliably.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
soikka wrote:
It's a nice camera. Optically a bit better than XA. Likes ISO400 films more than slower ones.

I usually the spot metering/center af to control the focus more reliably.


What you mean it is like better ISO 400 than slower one, I am planning to use with ISO 100 film in sunny weather.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Those things are great.
The former Mrs. F16 and my mother both had one and loved that camera.
I think there are more pictures of me taken with one than any other camera Embarassed

The 2.8 lens is sweet. Adds a bit of vignetting which I like and you don't know when you will get it which is fun.
This is the best one of the Stylus cameras if you asked me.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
F16SUNSHINE wrote:
Those things are great.
The former Mrs. F16 and my mother both had one and loved that camera.
I think there are more pictures of me taken with one than any other camera Embarassed

The 2.8 lens is sweet. Adds a bit of vignetting which I like and you don't know when you will get it which is fun.
This is the best one of the Stylus cameras if you asked me.


This a great news , thanks!


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
soikka wrote:
It's a nice camera. Optically a bit better than XA. Likes ISO400 films more than slower ones.

I usually the spot metering/center af to control the focus more reliably.


What you mean it is like better ISO 400 than slower one, I am planning to use with ISO 100 film in sunny weather.


The automatic light measurement system emphase on the shutter speed, so the lens stays wide open pretty long before it starts to close it. Somebody had the graph about it somewhere... so the camera takes a lot images wide open if the film is slow.

The lens isn't bad wide open, but of course it sharpens up closed down.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's the graph, read the review to understand it Laughing :



Here's review:

http://www.antiquecameras.net/olympusstylusepic.html


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remeber it was a fun camera to take pictures of people in particular.
Maybe because of the wide open vignetting lens. It's not bad in open sharpness or vignetting but, still apparent.
Don't worry Attila. If this chart is correct. The lens will stop down for your landscape shoots to the sweetspot Cool


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing Thank you guys!


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Strangely I bought one from a colleague a couple of weeks back. I'm halfway through a roll of film and may finish it this weekend, weather permitting. Rolling Eyes


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
well, let's see a photo of this stylus, please ... Wink


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
fish4570 wrote:
well, let's see a photo of this stylus, please ... Wink


I will do thanks for your interest till that you can see on link below.
Perhaps you can find one on yard sales.

http://www.camerapedia.org/wiki/Olympus_mju_II

Last edited by Attila on Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:38 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympus MJU-II Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
I did bought this camera I can't resist Embarassed I did read good things about on NET. Any experience ?


I bought one in dec 1999 (with the IR remote control Smile )
Bought another one for my wife for Xmas 2004

This camera is amazing !


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Olympus MJU-II Reply with quote
Nelson wrote:
Attila wrote:
I did bought this camera I can't resist Embarassed I did read good things about on NET. Any experience ?


I bought one in dec 1999 (with the IR remote control Smile )
Bought another one for my wife for Xmas 2004

This camera is amazing !


Many thanks! Do you still have it ?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes we still have both, but i didn't use mine for a long time (since i've got a DSLR).

As soon as i find some photographs, i'll post them.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nelson wrote:
Yes we still have both, but i didn't use mine for a long time (since i've got a DSLR).

As soon as i find some photographs, i'll post them.

Thank you! Take out some times them Wink


PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
aye, that is a cute little camera ...


PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sorry for the bad quality of the scan (old one)

January 2000 - Portugal Tavira and Albufeira




June 2000 - France - Doubs
Here is a good exemple of the possibilities of this fast lens with a fast film.


I need to find a good shoot i made in the Cathedrale of Nevers hand hold with few light

July 2002 - Portugal Tavira and Albufeira





June 2002 - a pict of me Smile


PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you for samples! Nice to see you ! Laughing


PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have one which I now rarely use. It's good, but I think the exposure programming takes the edge of its capabilities. I also have the original Mju/Stylus with the f3.5 lens, and an XA2 "guess-focus" as well. Looking at album sized prints (5x7 inches) the XA2 can produce crisper results than either of the AF ones, provided you estimate the distance correctly. But that's made tricky because it only has "near-middle-far" symbols for focusing!

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm behind scanning BW rolls, but here's one from the first roll through
the Epic (MjuII) using Neopan 400, dev'd in HC-110B:


Epson 4490, 2400dpi

Lens has 4 elements in 4 groups, where the original Stylus has 3
elements in 3 groups. I'm not seeing a vast difference between them.
MjuII does have spot metering which will come in handy for backlit
subjects.


PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is really good Bill!


PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nicely done bill; one of your best negs/"prints" ...


PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila and Fish, thanks, it was just a test shot to see if the camera worked.
It was a throw-in freebie on a trade from a guy in Canada. I think the
silver model looks nice, too:


from the movie, "lafidélité"


PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
well, i knew that wasn't you ... Shocked
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