On 3/12/2021 11:37 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
This will surprise you (!) but we used to have vigorous discussions about
the E-1 and whether it was worth a darn. Ken eloquently made the case that
E-1 pixels were special (Pixel Dust), and Moose was having none of it.
Those were fun times. The camera was always fun to use. I'm in an
analogous place now running the E-5 into its afterlife.
Moose was wrong then and he's still wrong. :)
Also, used to being wrong and comfortable with it.
For the record, my choice in July, 2004 to buy a Canon Digital Rebel, rather than an Oly E-1 had nothing to do with
pixie dust. There were two primary factors.
1. I had purchased a home made OM to EF mount adapter and used it for four days on a generously loaned Canon D60. That
proved to me that OM lenses could be used successfully on digital and that the image files from the camera were good. i
was already using PS on scans from film, so had some idea about what worked.
At that time, Oly was staunchly maintaining that OM glass could/should not be used on the E-1. It was only quite a bit
later that they relented, made an adapter and published lengthy compatibility tables.
2. I wanted to take pictures of all sorts of things with my new camera to be. I tested the E-1 and lenses against a
Canon in a local shop. The long lens available was the original 50-200. Focus was slow to non-existent. Really! Pointing
at high contrast boxes for film, etc. in a dim corner, the Oly simply wouldn't focus. The Canon, with some lens I've
long since forgotten, quickly and easily focused on anything I pointed it at.
Why would I buy a camera and lens that didn't work all the time? There was at the time a firmware hack for the Digital
Rebel that made it functionally equivalent to the more expensive 10D. I bought a Tamron 28-300 mm zoom for it, which
focused well in almost all circumstances. Over 70% of my photos with that camera were with the 28-300.
With both that and other lenses, I made many photos that I still consider
excellent.
(3. I REALLY wanted the Oly to be the better camera. It simply wasn't, for my purposes.Sure, they fixed it, but I was
long gone.)
As to Pixie Dust, I fear I am immune. Out of pure curiosity, I bought used E-1, E-300, E-400 and a 14-54 v1 lens, the
CCD Wild Bunch. Compared to an E-M5II with adapter, I just didn't find any special magic.
Oddly enough, this treasure trove now lives with AGAK, where it is appreciated.
😁
My only Oly digital ILCs now are an E-M1 II and an E-PL7. Whoops, no, there's an Air-01 around somewhere - Aha, there it
is.
P. D. Negated Moose
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