[OM] Re: My Olympus DSLR rant

[Chuck Norcutt]

I think I've made this same point before but perhaps in a different way. 
I think Olympus viewed the E-1's sensor and the likely near term 
improvements as equaling or somewhat exceeding 35mm film up to ISO 800 
and were happy.  They saw the competition as their own and other's 35mm 
film cameras.  They didn't think outside the box far enough to see that 
others could take modest sized digital sensor performance beyond 35mm 
film.  Neither did they realize that the competition using their own 
35mm mount diameters could replicate Oly's "telecentric" designs using 
small sensors.

What they've ended up with is a smaller sensor than anyone else which 
will forever leave them at some performance disadvantage.  They also 
chose the 4/3 format on the basis of matching the aspect ratio of a TV 
or computer monitor screen.  They evidently weren't watching their 
HDTV's or the emerging wide screen laptops.

Chuck Norcutt


Wayne S wrote:

> 
  The E-1 was conceived
> with film as its competition. And IMO has missed something fundamental.



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