> I still don't get it. I bend some bits and colors, but don't run into such
> difficulties as you describe. The 60D was maybe less forgiving than I would
> like, but the 5D and µ4/3 bodies have been excellent.
I don't just bend pixels to my will, I punish them beyond all sense of
recognition.
> Every once in a while, I think about getting an E-1 and 14-54 or 12-60, and
> experience the magic. But I'm afraid my primitive senses won't be able to
> appreciate the difference.
The SONY sensor m43 bodies are really good. I see no reason for you to
get an E-1 to "experience the magic" because what you have now is
close enough and is easier to work with because of the quantity of
pixels gives you freedom with down-sampling to smooth out any uglies.
The dithering noise added to the base E-1 image helps the micro
contrast, and the camera is so heavily biased to under-exposure to
protect the highlights that you have to bring up the exposure in post
pretty much every time. But the nice thing is that you can drag it up
five stops and still have a usable image. Can't do that with many
cameras. But with the one-stop bias, that five stop boost in post is
equivalent to four stop boost with normal cameras.
In my opinion, the EM-1 is the closest to the E-1 of all digital
cameras Olympus has made. In coloring and handling. Highly different,
yet so much the same. They are both cameras you just want to hold.
AG Schnozz
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