Andrew,
I went through all of the promotional material in April, and came to the
same conclusion. I bought the E-510 and it fits my hands just fine. I was
afraid that the 420 with its abreviated hand grip would be a problem, and
the right strap lug has raised complaints from a few early adapters.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 5:01 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: 25mm f2.8 DZ
>
> Those have all been tweaked for colour and had LCE applied - I shoot
> with sharpening 'off' and colour set to 'normal' or 'standard' or
> whatever it is. Some have been seriously worked - the corner house
> has been perspective shifted and saturated as it reminded me of a
> Jeffery Smart painting. Oh, and I had a bit of fun with the mannikins...
> The yellow flower which I think is an Abutillon is at the very limit
> of close focus, around 5" for most of you and 120-130mm for the rest
> of us. The focus isn't quite where I want it, but then this isn't a
> macro lens. It has 1/64th flash too. The apples are not much further
> away. I can't remember old 50mm lenses getting this close but that's
> an advantage of a true 25mm focal length I suppose. Bokeh seems quite
> nice but I didn't look for out of focus highlights or try to include
> them. I went over these images at 100% and sometimes 200% -
> resolution wasn't tack-sharp or anything like that but the quality
> was nice. The dynamic range was limited, with the shadows in the
> mannikin shot showing a fair bit of chroma noise at 100iso (now
> blurred off) but I forgot to use he 'shadow enhancement' tool in
> camera, which is supposed to extend range after the shot is taken. I
> might go back and fiddle with that this morning to see what it does.
>
> I was interested by Oly's promotional materials. They make a big
> point of saying and showing that the E-420 is light enough for
> chimping. Also, not one of the models in the brochure pix, including
> those shown using the camera, is male. The demographic is female -
> it's a girliecam. Perhaps us shaky old blokes with big fat hands
> should wait for the E-510. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the E-1 I picked
> up cheaply. That's a solid camera.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 25/05/2008, at 12:49 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Andrew. They look fine. I saw the 420/25 combo in Campkins
>> in Cambridge today for GBP479; I'm not sure if I want a prime lens,
>> but these photos certainly tempt a chap ...
>
>
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