Great image, David, but what you write about the finder confirms all my
prejudices against electronic finders. I think Fuji's implementation of the
hybrid optical/electronic finder in the X series is the most important
innovation in this field in the past decade.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:18 AM, David Young wrote:
> I had a fascinating time, today, testing a friend's Oly OM-D (a.k.a. the E-M5)
> out at Stake Lake. It's a camera I've been considering purchasing.
>
> I am most impressed with it's performance, on relatively static subjects. The
> auto-focus is quick, and the image quality is close to that of the Leica
> R8/DMR
> combination I used to use, but with far better high ISO performance and a
> 16mp
> sensor.
>
> So, what better test it with action, than the maniacs who race motorbikes and
> Quads, reaching 50 to 80 kph on a frozen lake?
>
> The camera is tiny - making it a delight to travel with, but a pain to use,
> with even light, leather gloves.
>
> Problems were that the finder jumped, horribly, when I panned horizontally,
> across the field. This, I was able to cure by switching to the high frame
> rate
> for the finder. Sadly, this then consumes the rather small battery much
> faster.
>
> I'm sad to report that, at least with the lens I tried (the 75~300 f4.8-6.7
> M-Zuiko), results were not impressive. The camera hunted wildly, trying to
> lock on to it's subject , most often failing. Even with Continuous tracking,
> the camera was able to focus fewer than 10% of the shots.
>
> However, when the OM-D did get it right, the results were pretty good!
>
> http://www.furnfeather.net/temps/TheBoys-1.html
>
> CAUTION: This jpeg is 1.1mb - so it will take a while to load, if you are on
> dial-up!
>
> For now, I guess I'll stick with my E-3, which performs much better with
> these sorts of subjects, and wait, impatiently, for the rumoured semi-pro
> version.
>
> David.
>
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