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[OM] Re: E-500 review and other questions

Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 review and other questions
From: Ali <oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:13:10 -0400
Bao,

Thanks for clarifying my question with focal points. The dual storage 
may not be helpful but its nice to have. CF seems to be most popular 
storage media at this time. SD seems to be slow to catch up and XD is 
proprietary to Oly/Fuji.

- Ali

Bao C. Ha wrote:

>Hi Ali,
>
>Which pictures are you talking about? "Softness" in pictures
>depends on the lens. And, I don't think the Rebel XT is tested
>with better lenses, compared to the E-500. The lens kit on the
>E-500 right now blows away all of the lens kits offered by
>Canon or even Nikon.
>
>The 4/3 sensor is "tiny" compared to the so-called "full-frame"
>35mm size sensor in the Canon 1D or 5D. Compared to the APS-C
>size sensor in the Rebel XT, 4/3 sensor is about 10% smaller,
>which is hardly tiny. It's noisier than Canon's sensor, just
>because Kodak does not know what to do. Hopefully, Olympus will
>do their own if they want their next Pro model to compete
>against the 5D and 1D.
>
>There are three focus points in the E-500. You can choose to
>use all three, or just the center one, or just the left or
>right one. I think most people uses the center one.
>
>I don't think the dual storage is helpful. The CF is much
>faster to write to, and you will want to use CF exclusively.
>
>  
>


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