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Subject: [OM] Re: E-1 review
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:13:32 -0500
I'm still hopeful that the ultrasonic cleaner mechanism can be turned 
into an anti-shake system.  It already moves the sensor at high speed, 
all it needs is some control.

Chuck Norcutt

W Shumaker wrote:
> I would really like an E-1 I'm sure. My fear was that the lack of IS 
> capability
> would relegate the E system to the same path as the OM system without
> auto focus. To do the anti-shake thing, does the camera need to be able
> to move the sensor, do it digitally (multiple readout), or add an optical
> control path? And which approaches are not possible if Olympus chooses to
> not pay patent licensing fees? Ideally they would to it in the body if 
> possible so
> we would not need to purchase new lenses. At the moment, I just don't see any
> path to IS for the E system. Moving the sensor to compensate seems the 
> logical 
> solution.
> 
> Wayne
> 
> Let's see, what can I sell. perhaps my 3ti for $2000 .... how much for the 
> E-1... 
> 
> Skip wrote:
> 
> 
>>I thought that the small finder would be an issue, but the screens snap very 
>>easily into focus in MF mode.  And it's very easy to see the entire, 100% 
>>finder with glasses on, something you can't do with many other cameras.  
>>After a week, the finder hasn't been an issue.  I don't use MF very much 
>>anyway, preferring to use the AF+MF mode where you can hold the shutter down 
>>and fine-tune the focus, then completeing the exposure.  But switching from 
>>Continuous AF to Single AF to MF is VERY, VERY easy with an easily 
>>manipulated switch.  
>>
>>The lack of IS is still an issue, but my guess is that there will be another 
>>body with in-camera IS next year.  
> 
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