First of all, I want to thank everybody who replied to my plea for
information. It has all been most helpful.
Secondly, Dan: "Now that's what I'm talking about!" I guess, from
all the inputs that I've had, that what I really want is a macro camera
that also functions as a regular camera. And, I think that the E-330
just might be it.
Thanks All,
Rand E.
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Dan Mitchell wrote:
> Rand E wrote:
>> This whole issue is because I am hovering on the edge of buying a E-330
>> [...] one of my main passion is macro.
>
> Then, to cut a long story short, you need an E-330.
>
> Check the archives of the list (if you can disentangle the appropriate
> messages, that is), but there's two things that make it the best (DSLR
> [1]) body out there for macro:
>
> 1. Live view -- now you can focus accurately. Less critical if you're
> using the AF lenses, but if you're using legacy MF lenses and extension
> tubes/bellows/etc, then this is a _big_ deal given how dark the
> viewfinder is even on an OM-body. The zoom-while-focussing would help
> more if I ever used a tripod, but I tend to handhold macro and use the
> builtin flash, so it's just too wobbly to tell what's going on.
>
> 2. Tiltable screen -- so you can compose shots on things that aren't
> in a convenient position.
>
> (3. to a lesser extent, the builtin flash is very handy -- for
> cheap-and-cheerful macro lighting, it can work surprisingly well. )
>
> Here's some examples:
>
> http://www.danielmitchell.net/sgal/index.php?gallery=./E330/macro
> http://www.danielmitchell.net/sgal/index.php?gallery=./E330/pollen
>
> and even closer still:
>
> http://www.danielmitchell.net/sgal/index.php?gallery=./E330/macro2
>
> -- dan
>
> [1] for non-DSLR macro, you want a coolpix 4500, of course.
>
>
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