My new "Accesory" for 580 EX

After long search, finally found a pocket P/S that has a hot shoe. The Olympus SP350: manual exposure and focus, 8 MB RAW, 2.5" LCD and uses rechargable AA batteries, for grand total of $199. The 580 slide right on to the hot shoe, and operates in manual mode only. Finally I could do bounce flash with a P/S, the on camera 580 could even wirelessly control my slave 430 too.

Anyway, don't want to bore you with details, here's few product type shots I took.

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Nice looking cam. How's the image quality? You should be able to find an Olympus dedicated flash unit (Sigma Super?) to have full functionality.


EDIT: Guilty of not reading.

That is pretty bad-ass. You are making me want to get a new point and shoot.

MegaTron wrote in post #2293104
That is pretty bad-ass. You are making me want to get a new point and shoot.

You too eh? I was thinking A series but that Olympus looks pretty slick. I want a P&S more for compactness and decent looking-ness than ultimate IQ - but IQ has to not totally suck.

I have a very inconvenient dSLR and great glass for when image quality is the top concern.

MegaTron, Costco is down the street from you

CDI, the image quality is typicle P/S type, that camera is very slow to operate comparing to Canon DSLR. A sample shot...

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cdi-ink.com wrote in post #2293111
You too eh? I was thinking A series but that Olympus looks pretty slick. I want a P&S more for compactness and decent looking-ness than ultimate IQ - but IQ has to not totally suck.

I have a very inconvenient dSLR and great glass for when image quality is the top concern.

Those are pretty much my requirements as well. I probably dont NEED one, but I sure do WANT one. This forum is a very bad influence on me.

I'll have to check it out on my desktop a bit later. This laptop screen is the last thing anyone would want to look at to judge IQ. Only good thing about it is it gets me away from my desk.

Based on what you're saying though is it's fine at low enough ISOs or small enough sizes...? If so, that's pretty much all you can ask of a P&S.

Funny thing though...it looks about the size of an XT. lol.

Damn, that looks better than most of my shots with my 20D. I should just sell everything except my flash and buy that camera.

MegaTron wrote in post #2293127
Those are pretty much my requirements as well. I probably dont NEED one, but I sure do WANT one. This forum is a very bad influence on me.

Yeah I'd get one of those slender cameras that can double as keychains but I'm put off by photos that are absolute crap. Don't have to be stunning but go look at the average myspace photo. 'Nuff said.

cdi, freaky that it's exactly how I felt on the grip, like a XT, which is pretty good on a p/s. I only have the Olympus for couple days, most of my tests were making sure it would work with speedlites. But the image performance is pretty good at iso 50 and 100. It weights 8.6 oz, so I am tempted to hold the 580 as support when shoot with the combo

Mega, when you see it takes 2 sec to auto focus in low light, you might want to smash it against the wall like me. However, in manual focus mode, it gives focus distance in ft, which is quite accurate, considering p/s always has huge DOF.

I'm back on my desktop and that image looks quite good. I'm curious about putting that Olympus up to an A540/A630 head-to-head. IQ is one thing but if the A series are faster with AF I'd go that way. I do like that black though. It's classier than the Canon offerings. The huge screen is beautiful too.

Well, the Canon PRO-1 has a hot shoe and E-TTL II. If you can find one used it's ideal. 8.0 MP and an "L" lens.

KCMO Al wrote in post #2293197
Well, the Canon PRO-1 has a hot shoe and E-TTL II. If you can find one used it's ideal. 8.0 MP and an "L" lens.

Damn, I just checked out the price for a brand new one. Im not up to date with these point and shoot type cameras. Brand new its pretty much the same price as a 30D. I think the $200 Olympus looks cooler.

MegaTron wrote in post #2293303
Damn, I just checked out the price for a brand new one. Im not up to date with these point and shoot type cameras. Brand new its pretty much the same price as a 30D. I think the $200 Olympus looks cooler.

No doubt. I want a P&S BECAUSE it's cheap. If I want image quality and functionality bad enough to get a Pro-1, I'll bust out the $10,000 of real gear I already own.

Hey, that's not half bad... I'm looking at getting a point and shoot sometime next year for convenience and having one with manual functions would be handy.. hadn't thought about using an external flash on it... definitely food for thought. Nice product shots too, btw!