Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 20:29:24 -0800
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] digital poll
Like so many others, I've been following all this stuff with much
interest, more than a little frustration and occasional confusion.
One day I think I'll get an E-1, another day a D300 (yes I know they
aren't comparable), another day I'm anxiously awaiting a review of the
DSC-728.
They aren't comparable only in the sense of the bulld quality. I
would wager the image quality of the 300D every bit as good as , and
likely, superior to that of the E-1. Depends on what you're looking
for in a camera.
In the meantime, my simple little S110 does excellent work for casual
family and friends stuff and even some rather nice more serious images
and I just got another box of old fashioned film from B&H.
<SNIP>
Then I read the comments of the pros who leave D100s for E-1s and the
color balance and exposure problems with the 10D. Then I think about how
throughly it seems Oly has addressed so many other aspects of digital
image making, exposure, color balance, a unique solution to dust on the
sensor, things that take lots of the backstage time out of making a good
pic. If you discount mpixels as most important factor, the E-1 looks
awfully good.
The 1D has color cast problems I have elaborated on with JPEGs. but
I haven't read of the color balance and exposure problems of 10Ds.
What do people say? Is this on DPReview? The overall complaint I have
heard of 10Ds is some of them backfocus on autofocus. This can be
remedied by Canon adjusting the autofocus. My rather extensive
experience with the Canon CMOS sensor and Canon's metering is that
both are superb. I read one British magazine review yesterday that
the E-1 really has problems autofocussing in low light; precisely my
experience playing with one at Looking Glass. Popular Photography's
review said the camera tends to underexpose photos, but overall, is
an excellent camera. As Skip has pointed out, *all* cameras have some
problems. From that, we all have to decide what we can live with and
what we can't. But for me, no one else can match Canon's image
quality from the CMOS-based sensors (we're not talking LEAF or Phase
One backs here, mind).
Oh, gosh, dpreview finally publishes their review. And Phil doesn't LOVE
it. And it doesn't resolve what he thinks it should, whatever that is (I
forget for the moment what my actaul needs may be.) And it's subject to
subtle moire and Bayer interpolation. (Do I check at what size print
these would show up? No.) Oh, it's not good enough, what will I do, what
will I do?
Phil tends not to like Olympus cameras, period. Take what he says
about them with a grain of salt. This gets discussed a lot on the Oly
forums at DPReview.
I am sure you'd be very happy with either an E-1 or a 300D.
Regards,
Stephen.
--
2001 CBR600F4i - Fantastic!
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