Digital BW, The Print

For family snapsots, it doesn't matter -- take the cheapest.  For a 
real camera, the Yashica T4 super is excellent but N/A (TriState had 
them for a while after Yashica pulled the plug, but even they're now 
out of stock--I've been looking, 'cause my daugthers keep "borrowing" 
the two I have/had).  I also have a Contax TVS (the zoom version), 
and I've never been happy with it (just not not that sharp).

If you want a really great walk around P&S for traveling, etc., 
invest in a Minolta TC-1.  It has a sensational lens; it's truly 
shirtpocket compact; it has professional controls.  But it's a lot of 
bucks, it won't take filters, and it's fixed focal length.  So it 
only makes sense if you have an old-fashioned taste for (1) having a 
camera in your pocket at all times, and (2) really care about the 
sharpest prints you can get from 35mm.

There are some other fixed focal length P&S that are almost as 
expensive, but over the years every lens test I've seen has shown 
them blown away by the now abandoned Yashica T4.  As with so many 
things, shoddy zooms have shown that Gresham's Law applies to cameras.

Bill Iverson


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Kevin" 
<imaginaryapple@i...> wrote:
> Thinking of getting a P&S for family snapshots. Just wondering what 
people
> use. After researching on the web few names pop up frequently:
> 
> Yashica T4/T4 super
> Contax T2
> Olympus epic stylus (mju II)
> 
> Thinking of getting the olympus because it is a lot cheaper than 
the other
> two, however I do wonder if the optical quality is good enough for 
someone
> who shoots MF.
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Kevin.