This week's British Journal of Photography carried a 3-page review of the
Olympus E-10 digital SLR by editor Jon Tarrant. Anyone interested in more
detailed information can contact me directly, as I am only going to give the
briefest of summaries.
"The E-10 may well be the answer to a lot of users' prayers because, thanks
to its all-in-one TTL SLR design and good image quality, it could just as
easily sit alongside a film system of any brand". This was to suggest that,
rather than have a film-based Canon system and then feel obliged to buy,
say, a Nikon D1 and duplicate lenses, the photographer could use the Olympus
for specific tasks.
4MPixel, 2240x1680. 9-36mm f2-2.4 zoom, 62mm front thread. Three metering
modes (spot, C/W, ESP), four exposure modes (manual, s/priority,
ap/priority, program) and five flash modes (auto, red-eye, fill, second
curtain slow synch and off). Is the second curtain a bit like the "final
curtain", as sung by Johnny Rotten and Frank Sinatra?
"It is vastly superior to everything priced below it, and in some respects
gives more expensive models a good run for their money. Its low exposure
sensitivity rules it out for low-light use and its limited burst mode
suggests trhat sports, news and action subjects may be poorly accomodated,
but even with these exclusions many areas of photography still remain".
Fair enough, though IMHO anyone contemplating serious sports photography
with the equivalent of a 35-140 zoom needs their bumps felt.
"Whether for PR, weddings, events, portraits, documentary (in the widest
sense), personal, catalogue, location or studio work, the E-10 must be
worthy of very serious consideration. The E-10 has got to be the most
appealing digital camera to date."
Flattering words. It seems the E-10 has its niche sewn up.
Simon E.
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