Isn't the heat due to the live view? Probably not a design/quality issue. An
SLR sits there doing almost nothing until you push the shutter release, then it
is over after a momentary capture display.
Put a small case on your camera strap to hold a spare battery? I have never
liked booster packs.
Size, weight, cost of 4/3 vs. full frame ... looking at specs doesn't seem to
show a great advantage for 4/3 but fitting it in my camera bag does show a size
advantage. Canon charges plenty for their newest L lenses.
It would have been amazing if the first E-series camera had been a E-410 rather
than an E-1
Jeff Keller
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From: manuel viet [mailto:manuel@xxxxxxxxxx]
Subject: Re: [OM] Back from Enduro India - OM 35-80/2.8 paid the priceand is
stuck on F8
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- I suspect the electronics innards are quirky, and certainly not up to pro
quality. The body has a marked tendency to (over)heat after a certain time
span of use, and this can't be good if you expect to work for a couple of
hours straight.
- You can't tether the camera. While not absolutely necessary, this is a sadly
missing pro convenience. Missing too, a 'screw to camera sole booster battery
pack' with 2nd shutter button.
I will stop here the con's list, and let others add their own griefs or pro's
to it. µ4:3 are very very nice cameras. I've never regretted the 450 € for
body+zoom kit and the 300 € for the 20/1.7 I spent on it. It's almost perfect
for what I do (I wished there was a way to setup conveniently hyperfocal,
though, because at the moment, it's pure guesswork, and even the panasonic LX2
is better and more precise at this). But it's an amateur camera, and it can be
very frustrating at times. Be sure of that. You have to decide if you can live
with it or not, but it won't go away by magic.
Cheers,
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Manuel Viet
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