Jeff,
I have noticed that the top of the closed flash unit on my E-510 seems to
get fairly warm, when the camera is in use but without use of the flash. I
wonder if there is a capacitor or something in that area that is always on?
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Jeff Keller" <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Back from Enduro India - OM 35-80/2.8 paid the priceandis
stuck on F8
> Isn't the heat due to the live view? Probably not a design/quality issue.
> An SLR sits there doing almost nothing until you push the shutter release,
> then it is over after a momentary capture display.
>
> Put a small case on your camera strap to hold a spare battery? I have
> never liked booster packs.
>
> Size, weight, cost of 4/3 vs. full frame ... looking at specs doesn't seem
> to show a great advantage for 4/3 but fitting it in my camera bag does
> show a size advantage. Canon charges plenty for their newest L lenses.
>
> It would have been amazing if the first E-series camera had been a E-410
> rather than an E-1
>
> Jeff Keller
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: manuel viet [mailto:manuel@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Subject: Re: [OM] Back from Enduro India - OM 35-80/2.8 paid the priceand
> is stuck on F8
>
>>>>snip
>
> - I suspect the electronics innards are quirky, and certainly not up to
> pro
> quality. The body has a marked tendency to (over)heat after a certain time
> span of use, and this can't be good if you expect to work for a couple of
> hours straight.
>
> - You can't tether the camera. While not absolutely necessary, this is a
> sadly
> missing pro convenience. Missing too, a 'screw to camera sole booster
> battery
> pack' with 2nd shutter button.
>
> I will stop here the con's list, and let others add their own griefs or
> pro's
> to it. µ4:3 are very very nice cameras. I've never regretted the 450 € for
> body+zoom kit and the 300 € for the 20/1.7 I spent on it. It's almost
> perfect
> for what I do (I wished there was a way to setup conveniently hyperfocal,
> though, because at the moment, it's pure guesswork, and even the panasonic
> LX2
> is better and more precise at this). But it's an amateur camera, and it
> can be
> very frustrating at times. Be sure of that. You have to decide if you can
> live
> with it or not, but it won't go away by magic.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Manuel Viet
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>
>
>
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