Ken,
As I said to you sometime back in an off-list email, the E-1 comes closer to
the Leica sensors than anything else that I have seen.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Flower Image - The E-1 Still Provides Fine Images
> >
>> Jim, if the E1 was nice when it came out it still is nice today,
>> regardless
>> of what other models have been released since. Your picture shows it very
>> well.
>>
>
> I'm of the opinion that there is "nice" and then there is "NICE!!!" The
> E-1
> will probably go down in digital camera history as a "one-off" camera. For
> all of its quirks (and it has a ton of those), it still gives that
> occasional picture that just makes you giggle like a school girl. Flower
> pictures definitely fall into that category--the E-1 just sees flowers
> differently than other cameras. Having a "Photoshop Action" or Lightroom
> adjustment doesn't do the same thing--it's literally seeing the natural
> world differently.
>
> For most people and applications, the E-1 is now woefully out of date, as
> the level of expectation has continued to rise. But the reality is, the
> camera still does deliver the goods for those of us still choosing to push
> it to the limit. However, it is oftentimes more difficult to get that
> extra
> oomph out of the camera that newer ones provide as a default.
>
> The E-1's colors and dynamic range (more to come on that) is what all
> other
> E-system cameras are compared to.
>
> AG
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