Indeed - the soft and pale effects may be useful but - when I saw the
prototype, it had a 'Toy Camera' mode which I think is now called Pop
Art (the first example). It seems a bit of a waste of space, a real
sales gimmick. The so-called pinhole effect is no such thing - simply
a bit of desaturation, edge sharpening and heavy vignetting as far as
I can see. Not a pinhole effect at all. The Grainy BW effect is
just, well, horrible. Not only that but when you shoot an image with
one of these effects, there is a looooong write to card time, even
with LargeFine jpegs.
From what I'm seeing, the E-3 is a better camera at not much more.
The new 14-54mm Mk2 seems bloody good though - especially close
focussing. Can focus at 3"! The tiny tomato type plant (Kangaroo
Apple) was shot at around 100mm - 4" as I remember.
It's a bit unbalanced with that quite heavy lens so I'd prefer it
with the grip - which fortunately takes 2 BLM-1s, not some hybrid slab.
Andrew Fildes
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On 15/02/2009, at 5:35 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks, Andrew. I like the look of the mono-effect shots. I'm not
> sure that Pinhole or Pop Art are particularly useful, though.
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Feb 2009, at 01:05, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> Yesterday's shots with the E-30 and 14-54mm Mk2 -
>> http://www.pbase.com/afildes/olympus_e30
>>
>> Werribee Gorge outing with Wayne - the blue haze in some is bushfire
>> smoke (not close, it's total).
>> Andrew Fildes
>
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