E-1 is not noiser than the others for long exposure as long as you keep the
ISO low. You have to make sure the noise reduction (cancellation?) feature
is enabled, it takes another dark exposure to cancel the random hot pixel
generated.
Talking about hot pixel, 5D generates lots of hot pixels starting from
ISO1600, which is bad as they cannot be reduced by NR software (same as my
40D), I do hope the Mark II is better. Similar problem does not found in
E-3.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "WayneS" <om3ti@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The E-1 and long exposure was not my criticism, but rather simply
> that the E-1 was not very good with noise compared to other
> cameras. I was not criticizing film vs digital, but the E-1 digital
> compared to alternative digitals for low light photography. The
> OM used to be a champ at low light, but the E-1 was not.
>
> So, Olympus digital does not share the same style of
> photography as Olympus OM film photography from my
> perspective. Other digital cameras, eg. 5D, are much more
> aligned with my OM style of film photography than Olympus
> digital is. There is not much in common between an Olympus
> OM film camera and an Olympus digital camera, IMO.
>
> I don't think the fact noise is additive in a digital sensor, when
> compared to film, results in that much difference, at least when
> comparing with a camera that is not as noisy as the E-1. In the
> range of 10-120 second exposures, the better digitals
> do just fine. In fact, I have some OM shots that are badly
> fogged due to the lens and possibly the lens shade.
> There is more to low light photography than just the sensor
> versus film. But the E-1 had fundamental problems when
> working in low light, from auto-focus issues to sensor noise.
> Now that I'm older, I've noticed the OM camera has focus
> issues also... but that is another matter.
>
> WayneS
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