My thinking is along the same lines and my current equipment is very
similar to yours (minus the flash). A couple things I don't believe
you mention are high on my list: the E-3 viewfinder -- as I can't do
much "action manual focusing" to my satisfaction with the E-330 -- and
the ability to switch from S-C-M focusing on the camera body.
Bottom line, however, is live view. I won't be without it.
Articulating screen: more is just better.
IS is a Good Thing.
Nuances: I'm looking for capture that provides strengths of both the
E-1 and E-330. Higher ISOs on the panny sensors are sharper than the
E-1, but the E-1 is a little smoother in capturing those pesky
highlights. In the end, if the E-3 doesn't come through in this area,
I personally would have no reason to move to it.
Joel W.
On 11/1/07, Dan Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So it's soon bonus time of year at work, and this time around I'm due
> for two lots of bonus at once (as the last one got postponed because I
> was off work on parental leave [1]).
>
> Unsurprisingly, I'm looking towards camera stuff, but this time around
> it's enough that I have more options than usual, so much so that I don't
> know (heresy, yes) if it's necessarily Oly that I should be going with.
> (sorry if the rest of this seems a bit stream-of-consciousness..)
>
> There's various SLR manufacturers out there; given I want to keep on
> using at least some of my OM lenses (the macro ones in particular), my
> options for bodies are Olympus or Canon. (right? or am I missing another
> alternative here?).
>
> Currently, I've got E-1, E-330, 11-22,14-54,50-200,FL-50, and a bunch
> of OM-era stuff.
>
> Option 1: E-3, 7-14, and maybe 12-60. That leaves me with an overall
> 14-400 range, and a (reportedly) nice snappy 'default' lens. (and
> possibly a 14-54/11-22 to sell on, or use on backup bodies).
>
> Option 2: 5D + what? I want something wider than the 11-22 -- with a
> FF body, there's more options, but even after all the discussions here
> I'm not clear which lenses are worthwhile. (heck, if I just wanted wide,
> I've got a 17/3.5 Vivitar lens I could put on the 5D with appropriate
> adapter -- but I don't want something that's too fuzzy in the corners,
> so I think I'm spending something fairly significant)
>
> Looking on e*ay, 290173491876 (for example) gets me 5D + two fairly
> generic lenses for not a lot more than an E-3 body would cost me, but
> those aren't particularly interesting lenses. 140172340157 has a better
> lens, but is getting a fair bit more expensive. I don't have any idea
> what I'm looking at to get something equivalent to the 50-200, either.
>
>
> Looking at the various pros and cons of the two:
>
> E-3 -- live view, flip out screen, weathersealed, I have existing
> (good) lenses+flash. 5fps -vs- 3fps for 5D. Builtin IS, so I don't need
> to buy expensive lenses to get that. Sensor cleaner.
>
> 5D -- full frame sensor so I'd get more width out of my existing OM
> lenses, better(?) overall image quality, better(?) high ISO.
>
>
> Looking at the samples here:
> http://www.dcview.com/article/newreadarticle.asp?last=/article/newreadarticle.asp&id=5705
> (use name yws, pw 123456)
> the images from the E-3 seems to be just fine; high ISO (image 154)
> isn't spectacular, but noiseware cleans it up very nicely, so I don't
> know if it's the sensor or just lack of postprocessing. (fair enough,
> I'm sure the sensor isn't as noisefree as the 5D's sensor, it's 1/4 the
> size..)
>
>
> Anyway.
>
>
> Things I don't care about too much: size/weight. If I want a small
> camera, I'll pocket the teensy Canon p+s I have, and the two above are
> close enough to one another for now.
>
> Weathersealedness is not critical, but not nothing either -- I'm not
> often out in the rain, but I _will_ be out in the snow, and I really
> appreciate being able to put a camera down on a snowy surface for a
> moment without worrying.
>
> Faster frame rate is, again, not a critical selling point, I don't do
> lots of sports shooting -- but I do more than none.
>
> Live view + flip out screen are very nice; I really like those on the
> E-330, especially for taking baby photos. I don't know that it's more
> useful having it flip out than the E-330's flippyness, mind you. (I
> guess you can also take shots sideways, which may well start to become a
> necessity for sneaking up on Oliver now he knows what a camera is..).
>
>
> Any more things I'm not thinking of here? Anyone care to chime in here?
>
> thanks,
>
> -- dan
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