Before you say that Olympus hasn't made a decent viewfinder, I suggest
you actually pickup an E-1 and try focusing with it; you will be shocked
at what you see - it's full frame, bright and contrasty - enough so that
I can manually focus in low light, without the aid of a rangefinder in
the center (none of the digital cameras have that, unfortunately.)
To say that the image is small really makes less than no sense - it's
full frame, and magnified to whatever 35 mm equivalent you're using - so
the image looks no smaller than the image you see in your Omwhatever, or
the image I would see in a Nikon f100 using the equivalent focal length.
Try it before you comment on it.
B. D.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of AG Schnozz
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 2:47 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 lenses resolution vs. conventional lenses - fact
or hype?
>I'd suggest that the adapter would be a way to get
>Zuikoholics into the tent, and once there, most people would
>eventually buy one or more of the E-1 lenses.
Well, DUH!
I don't think there are too many of us on this list that have just ONE
lens for our OMs. We'll be foregoing food and shelter to buy the next
E-series lens.
I'm still pretty torn on this one. I like the concept of the E-1, but
the viewfinder image is too small and the focus screen isn't really
meant to focus on. An OM it ain't. Olympus hasn't made a decent
viewfinder in any new camera design for a dozen years.
I want a "no-excuses" "no-compromise" camera. Why should I go
backwards? The problem here is that our OMs date back to the heyday of
SLR design. Other than the F5 and EOS-1N, SLR design has gone
backwards. Now, with digital, it has gone REALLY backwards.
Sure, it's got fancy-dancy digital features, and improved sensors,
storage-media and battery life. But when it comes down to the nuts and
bolts of it, ANY camera does 900f photography well. It's the
remaining 10% that requires a tool that doesn't fight you. The OM, it
ain't.
AG
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