You forgot to mention how many times the E-1 is bigger than the OM4...:)
Boris
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 21:51:20 -0700
From: Dan Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Re: New ZD lens annouced -- A Rant!
Simon Worby wrote:
> AG Schnozz wrote:
>>Manual mode? What stinking manual mode? Have you actually
>>TRIED to use manual mode on today's cameras?
> If the E-x can't be used effectively as a manual camera, then I'm not
> interested in it.
Well, an E-1 _can_ be used effectively, definitely. Is it as nice as
using an OM? Not really, no, though I have to admit I find it
occasionally handy having the aperture displayed in the viewfinder.
As for AG's complaint about the dials being backwards, I can see his
point, but on the other hand, they've set things up so that rotate to
the right = make the number bigger; so right for shutter speed = faster
= less light -> the exposure readout moves to the left.
But I got used to that fairly quickly; I'd love some sort of
OM4-style
multispot metering option so I could decide how it metered rather than
having to guess based on center-biased / "ESP", but that's where
chimping comes in.
(what _does_ still get me is that the KatzEye split-image focussing
screen I put in has the split set backwards to that in OM screens, so
rotating the lens has the same effect on the focus, but the top and
bottom of the screen move the wrong way..)
-- dan
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