This guy's criticism of the KM seemed kind of niggling and
exaggerated. Forums for the camera have mentioned a faint clicking
noise when using the flash. The D50 has the usual complement of
buttons, not absent as he says. The E-500 may be fine and reviews say
that it is, but I would not rely on the opinion of someone who bends
the truth about the competition to make his point. And sometimes
subjective opinion is based on what you are used to. Wonder what his
regular shooter was. Some people are also willing to put up with a
steep learning curve for a new camera if it has the features
important to them.
Subjective opinion is important to choosing your camera. Not someone
else's subjective opinion, but your own opinion based on handling the
camera yourself.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Dec 20, 2005, at 6:09 PM, oly-zooko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Here is what someone said recently:
>
> "
> The KM was a dissapointment. The antishake function didn't work as
> well as I thought it would, the menu was too confusing, the clicking
> sound was ear deafening, the buttons hard and slow.
>
> The Nikon D50, well, too big, plastic, where were the buttons, the
> menu ok but where was room to grow with the camera?
>
> The E-500: My only concern was the build quality but I am sure that
> this camera will hold it's own for a long time yet.
> It's just so simple to use, you have all these options, buttons are
> quality and work well, it's very light and a joy to hold
> (behold....?).
>
> It let friends try all three cameras, and all of them said the same
> before I told them what I thought: Pick this, this is a camera I can
> understand - the whole user setup very logical. The noice is not as
> bad at 1600 as people want you to believe, and at 800 ISO not a
> question for me at all, and as someone said somewhere, much better
> than what we are used to with ISO800 film.
>
> Picture quality on all three cameras were more than good enough, but
> to me the E-500 is just the best camera in the field, and in the
> price range the best D-SLR out there between 600 and 12000$.
>
>
> "
>
>
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