Olympus µ 5010

So! As I've may written here quite often, lately I've always wanted a digital camera. And actually ever since early 2013, I already got myself one :) unfortunately, I forgot to bring it to Bandung with me so I didn't have time to play and run-test it. But now I have it here with me! So first let me introduce you to my Olympus µ 5010

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Here are its features

* Excellent 5x wide optical zoom (26-130mm*) in a super-slim metal body to capture great scenes through to exciting close-ups

* Avoids blur thanks to Dual Image Stabilization

* Capture HD movies and view them together with photos in amazingly sharp detail on HDTVs including convenient remote operation by HDMI control

* Photo surfing through your own customized photo album in the camera thanks to 1GB internal memory and integrated photo organizing software

* 14 Megapixels to make poster-size prints

* See and share images on the 6.9cm/ 2.7\" HyperCrystal II LCD (230,000 dots)

* In-camera panorama function to easily capture spectacular wide-screen views of a landscape or city scene

* The easy way to perfect images - Intelligent Auto Mode detects the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, focus and exposure automatically

* Advanced Face Detection of up to 16 persons for perfectly focused and exposed faces plus correct exposure of other image areas

* Sharp photos wherever your subject moves thanks to AF tracking

* Give your images an artistic touch with the Magic Filters

* In-camera manual for instant support and easy operation

* Battery charging via USB-cable while saving and organizing images on the computer

* Beauty Mode automatically identifies and retouches imperfections - faces appear brighter and smooth

* TruePic III image processor for faster image handling and higher image quality 

taken from here

This camera originally was bought for my big brother when he moved to Aussie and said he needed a camera. So my parents bought him this digital camera. Why must Olympus µ 5010? Because this camera actually able to take shots in cold weather, even on freezing temperature this one will not break and still able to do its great job. But then my big bro got his own DSLR Canon camera and gave this Olympus digicam to me.

On Friday all the students of Industrial Engineering UNPAR (yap, my major here), were invited to the FAREWELCOME event hosted by the old council. The main event was the handover position of the Head Executive of Himpunan Mahasiswa Program Studi Teknik Industri (HMPSTI). And because this event was an important one, I took my camera with me. Sadly, I didn't get any good photo shoots! Because that was actually the first time I really used it. I didn't know about it much, so, yeah, I was quite disappointed. But! I was pretty satisfied with the camera recorder quality! The result was nice, both the image and the sound quality.

Well of course, that didn't make me want to stop. In fact, I'm intrigued to learn more about this Olympus µ 5010. And just this morning I found out that this Olympus µ 5010 actually has secret ability; it can take picture with pinhole effect and fish eye effect. Yeap. And also, the problem I had on Friday was because I didn't set the settings right. It actually already has numerous settings for

- Sport (capture fast-moving action without blurring)

- Indoor (for shooting both main subject and background indoors)

- Candle (for shooting under candlelight. Warm colors are reproduced)

- Self portrait (lets you take a picture of yourself while holding the camera)

- Sunset (for shooting setting/rising sun. Vivid reproduction of reds and yellows)

- Fireworks (for shooting fireworks at night at a  slower shutter speed)

- Cuisine (for still life photography. Vividly reproduces colors of fruit, vegetables, flowers, etc.)

- Documents (for shooting documents, etc. Increases contrast between letter and background)

- Beach &snow (for shooting snowy capped mountains, landscapes, white sand sea-scapes, etc.)

- Pet (the camera setting are optimized for taking pictures of pets or other animals)

- Portrait (for taking a portrait-style shot)

- Landscape (for shooting landscapes. vivid reproduction of blues and greens)

- Night scene (for shooting illuminated scenes at a slower shutter speed)

- Night + portrait (for shooting subject with an illuminated background at a slower shutter speed)

See? It has the whole package! I know it is not hard and quite simple to use. Well, since I like to take photos and have interest on it, this camera is just enough for me.

Because I was so excited when I found out more about it, I decided to take the camera with me to the Church. Right after the Holy Mass, I went to Borma and started my experiments. Here are the result.

Pinhole effect

Fish eye effect

Well, so that's that! I'm pretty satisfied with all the results but sure I still need to learn more about using this camera. I do realize that these effects do not produce the exact amazing pictures with the real pin hole camera nor the LOMO Fish eye, but I'm still happy with it though hehehe.. Hope I can do better photo shoots! :)