For much of journalism I agree, film is quite dead. What that "says" is
another question as the reasons for this switchover have more to do with
time (and money) than "quality" of the art used.
Do you know what ~ focal length was used. I'd like to get a gauge for the
DOF of this lens.
From what I've read I think the new Canon offers the best package (on
paper), especially for . Wish I could use both systems for a period to know
what they feel like in hand.
Tris
At 10:34 PM 2/9/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey gang, one of the guys I shoot with, Mike, borrowed an E-1 from
>the local Oly rep for a weekend and shot the Supercross race at the
>Cow Palace in The City. He called me and said he was really impressed
>with the cameraHe had a 14-54 and a 55-200 to use, and most ended up
>using the 14-54 for the racing. He shot about 135 images and gave a
>CD to the Oly rep who was so impressed with his images that he is
>going to print them out and show them at PMA next week. Mike said he
>particularly the fast shutter release, build quality, the low weight
>compared to a Canon set-up and the image quality from the Zuiko
>lenses. He shot in the largest TIFF size on the camera. He also had a
>flash to use with the camera.
>
>For those interested, here is one of his photos:
>
>http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/view?id=1150242
>
>I think it looks great.
>
>For those of you interested, there is also a full review of the E-1
>in the latest issue of Shutterbug, March 2004.
>
>This issue is an all-digital issue, and there is an interesting
>article on a group of pro photographers from all over the world that
>cover Carnaval in Brazil. What jumped out at me when asked, "film or
>digital" is that almost all of them, to a person, said they don't see
>much future for film, especially for photojournalists.
>
>I also read tonight in a British mag that Ricoh has stopped making
>film cameras. Such is the passing of time; I remember printing years
>ago some 2 1/4 stuff that my mother shot in Japan with her $15
>Ricohflex TLR when I was very young.
>
>-Stephen.
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