The Christmas Holidays always seem to be a time people are buying new cameras so here's a little information on a great camera.
After years of lugging around my SLR and extra lenses I decided to look for something simpler but with all the advantages of a DSLR and after months of searching decided on the Olympus Stylus 1.
It offers all the flexibility, control and quality images of a DSLR in a small form factor easy to carry around camera.
While it has an auto setting that allows you to just grab the camera and shoot, it also has all the modes of a DSLR: Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and full manual control. As well as many automatic settings for almost every situation you can imagine.
In addition to a tilting screen it has a high quality ELV (Eye Level Viewfinder) just like a DSLR that comes in so handy on those sunny days or if you just don't like holding the camera away from your body.
The Stylus 1 allows you to take photos in various jpg resolutions as well as RAW images and comes with a post processing application similar to Lightroom. This allows you to make corrections and enhancements to pictures after the fact.
The camera is equipped with a high quality 28-300mm f2.8 constant aperture zoom lens (you can use f2.8 at all zoom lengths) that allows the fantastic blurred backgrounds you see in professional portraits and it allows low light photography without using the flash.
The camera is a little larger than your typical point and shoot, but still fits in the palm of your hand.
You can take a look here: Stylus 1s - Digital Cameras | Olympus
In my quest to keep this setup simple and easy to use I found the BlackRapid Snap 35 case. When you're at home taking detailing pictures it includes a wrist strap so you don't drop the camera and cause damage. But when you're on a family outing the camera slips into the case but when you pull it out (with one quick zipper) the camera is attached to one of the case straps and just slides up and down offering that same protection from dropping. Rather than have to take the camera out of the case and put the strap over your neck like most standard cases. The case has two outside pockets that are large enough to carry extra SD Cards, an extra battery and charger, USB cords and lens cleaner. So you can walk around all day with just this one small case over your shoulder and have everything you need.
Here's more info: BlackRapid SnapR 35 Complete System
Both the camera and the case are great for someone interested in stepping up the quality of their photos without breaking the bank and having the functionality of a DSLR.
After years of lugging around my SLR and extra lenses I decided to look for something simpler but with all the advantages of a DSLR and after months of searching decided on the Olympus Stylus 1.
It offers all the flexibility, control and quality images of a DSLR in a small form factor easy to carry around camera.
While it has an auto setting that allows you to just grab the camera and shoot, it also has all the modes of a DSLR: Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and full manual control. As well as many automatic settings for almost every situation you can imagine.
In addition to a tilting screen it has a high quality ELV (Eye Level Viewfinder) just like a DSLR that comes in so handy on those sunny days or if you just don't like holding the camera away from your body.
The Stylus 1 allows you to take photos in various jpg resolutions as well as RAW images and comes with a post processing application similar to Lightroom. This allows you to make corrections and enhancements to pictures after the fact.
The camera is equipped with a high quality 28-300mm f2.8 constant aperture zoom lens (you can use f2.8 at all zoom lengths) that allows the fantastic blurred backgrounds you see in professional portraits and it allows low light photography without using the flash.
The camera is a little larger than your typical point and shoot, but still fits in the palm of your hand.
You can take a look here: Stylus 1s - Digital Cameras | Olympus
In my quest to keep this setup simple and easy to use I found the BlackRapid Snap 35 case. When you're at home taking detailing pictures it includes a wrist strap so you don't drop the camera and cause damage. But when you're on a family outing the camera slips into the case but when you pull it out (with one quick zipper) the camera is attached to one of the case straps and just slides up and down offering that same protection from dropping. Rather than have to take the camera out of the case and put the strap over your neck like most standard cases. The case has two outside pockets that are large enough to carry extra SD Cards, an extra battery and charger, USB cords and lens cleaner. So you can walk around all day with just this one small case over your shoulder and have everything you need.
Here's more info: BlackRapid SnapR 35 Complete System
Both the camera and the case are great for someone interested in stepping up the quality of their photos without breaking the bank and having the functionality of a DSLR.
