I got my grubby little hands on one this afternoon - it is very
sweet. It was only a touch - I get a media sample before the end of
the week.
Balances nicely with the 14-54mm on it and the Live View (Mode A) is
really nice. Mode B is seriously good for Macro and studio work and
as it is manual focussing anyway, would work really well 'with'
heritage' lenses (it features a 10x focussing aide magnification at
the touch of a button - you'll not need a split screen).
The product manager confirmed thet the E-1 successor will be
announced at PMA, end of Feb.
He would not confirm that the E-330 chip was a Panasonic/Matsushita
but looked coy and the description matched the homework I had with me
about it. Fundamentally, it is a chip where the pixel's receptive
area is the same as on a CCD - much larger than a regular CMOS. They
are claiming that it is low current and so does not overheat - hence
the ability to do the Mode B. He was also claiming that 1600 ISO will
be useable but that remains to be seen.
As to 'savvy marketing' - I prefer Panasonic themselves - they're
flying me up to Sydney for a day and a night for a free shoot around
the beaches with new products. That's the kind of marketing I like!
AndrewF
On 31/01/2006, at 2:03 PM, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I am stunned by the savvy marketing of the new E-330. How
> uncharacteristic. There are 3 or 4 different previews out there using
> an actual camera. And it is a month before PMA. What is especially
> clever, I think, is that everyone who goes to or even follows PMA
> will be looking for something like the Oly viewing system and it will
> not be there. I think they may own this one.
>
> Oh, here is another preview with an added video. Which shows how the
> built in flash and a mountable can be used together, among other
> things.
>
> http://imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E330/E330A.HTM#
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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