Yep, that's the big risk that Olympus is taking. That the format won't survive
long-term.
Skip
>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Why E1 over others?
> From: "IanG" <I@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2004 11:23:58 +0100
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>And, on the E-1, from the same source
>
>
>'It seems to me that history is about to repeat itself. Olympus was the
>champion of the failed but elegant little half-frame format of the 1960's,
>and now appears to be heading down the same path. A shame really, because
>the E-1 is a very fine camera in many ways, and deserves better than to be
>built around a format that, like half-frame, may turn out to be just a
>footnote in the history of photography'
>
>Regards
>Ian
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>Of Richard F. Man
>Sent: 03 April 2004 10:24
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx; olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Why E1 over others?
>
>In case the last 3 OM listers that haven't been bored stiff by this thread
>yet:
>
>At 09:14 AM 3/29/2004 -0500, Skip Williams wrote:
>>...With the E-1, you press/hold the WB, or ISO, or File button, and turn
>>either the front or rear wheel to whatever you want. I can change ISO's
>>in about 1/2 sec from 100 to 800 and never take my eye from the
>>finder. That kind of design was enough to win me over. And I won't
>>mention how easy custom WB is...OK, maybe I will: Point the camera at a
>>neutral subject, press the one-touch WB button on the front, store the
>>custom WB into one of four slots with an "OK", and you're done...
>
>There is something to this. I was browsing Luminous Landscape site on his
>review of the 1D MkII, which by all account, is a great camera. If I have
>$5000 to burn... (actually, no I won't). Anyway, it has some gotchas:
>
>****
>There continue to be a few operational gotchas that I hope Canon will one
>day address. That it takes four button presses to turn mirror lock-up on
>and off is really unacceptable. There was a dramatic shot that I lost while
>photographing a sunrise in Badlands National Park because I was shooting at
>1/2 second with a 500mm lens. Even with a heavy tripod, gimbal mount and IS
>turned on, the resulting frame clearly shows a double image due to mirror
>vibration. I knew at the time that I should set mirror lock-up, but the
>light was changing too quickly and I didn't want to miss the moment while
>fumbling through all the screens and button presses necessary to activate
>it.
>....
>
>It's also about time that Canon recognized that changing the ISO on the fly
>is something that photographers often do with their eye to the viewfinder.
>Having to look at the top LCD panel is annoying when trying to follow a
>subject, or waiting for a precise moment. I've missed more than a few shots
>over the past 18 months with the 1D, 1Ds and now the Mark II because of
>this.
>****
>
>
>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please
>use richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
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