And, on the E-1, from the same source
'It seems to me that history is about to repeat itself. Olympus was the
champion of the failed but elegant little half-frame format of the 1960's,
and now appears to be heading down the same path. A shame really, because
the E-1 is a very fine camera in many ways, and deserves better than to be
built around a format that, like half-frame, may turn out to be just a
footnote in the history of photography'
Regards
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Richard F. Man
Sent: 03 April 2004 10:24
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx; olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Why E1 over others?
In case the last 3 OM listers that haven't been bored stiff by this thread
yet:
At 09:14 AM 3/29/2004 -0500, Skip Williams wrote:
>...With the E-1, you press/hold the WB, or ISO, or File button, and turn
>either the front or rear wheel to whatever you want. I can change ISO's
>in about 1/2 sec from 100 to 800 and never take my eye from the
>finder. That kind of design was enough to win me over. And I won't
>mention how easy custom WB is...OK, maybe I will: Point the camera at a
>neutral subject, press the one-touch WB button on the front, store the
>custom WB into one of four slots with an "OK", and you're done...
There is something to this. I was browsing Luminous Landscape site on his
review of the 1D MkII, which by all account, is a great camera. If I have
$5000 to burn... (actually, no I won't). Anyway, it has some gotchas:
****
There continue to be a few operational gotchas that I hope Canon will one
day address. That it takes four button presses to turn mirror lock-up on
and off is really unacceptable. There was a dramatic shot that I lost while
photographing a sunrise in Badlands National Park because I was shooting at
1/2 second with a 500mm lens. Even with a heavy tripod, gimbal mount and IS
turned on, the resulting frame clearly shows a double image due to mirror
vibration. I knew at the time that I should set mirror lock-up, but the
light was changing too quickly and I didn't want to miss the moment while
fumbling through all the screens and button presses necessary to activate
it.
...
It's also about time that Canon recognized that changing the ISO on the fly
is something that photographers often do with their eye to the viewfinder.
Having to look at the top LCD panel is annoying when trying to follow a
subject, or waiting for a precise moment. I've missed more than a few shots
over the past 18 months with the 1D, 1Ds and now the Mark II because of
this.
****
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