I wish the E-1 had a built-in flash. It does come in useful sometimes.
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What led you to choose the E1?
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Many factors had some part in my final choice over runners up, the Nikon D70 and D100, but above all it was lenses of appropriate focal length ranges, quality and price for my purposes, with clear promise that gradual new lens introductions from Olympus would always stay comfortably ahead of my needs and financial limits. The widely prasied orgonomic and solid build were other major factors.
For me, the dominant lens needs were
a) a good all around standard zoom (14-54 and Nikon 18-70 were th only contenders)
b) a telephoto zoom, with again only Olympus and Nikon having lenses that match up with the zoom range of the standard zooms.
c) macro lenses (not a major factor since all DSLR brands have good options)
d) a wide angle zoom, but not extreme (the Olympus 11-22 is better for my needs than the more extreme Nikon 12-24, and Canon and Pentax had nothing at that stage.)
For me, the dominant lens needs were
a) a good all around standard zoom (14-54 and Nikon 18-70 were th only contenders)
b) a telephoto zoom, with again only Olympus and Nikon having lenses that match up with the zoom range of the standard zooms.
c) macro lenses (not a major factor since all DSLR brands have good options)
d) a wide angle zoom, but not extreme (the Olympus 11-22 is better for my needs than the more extreme Nikon 12-24, and Canon and Pentax had nothing at that stage.)
Bram
I left out the E300, as I didn't think there was a large enough user base just yet, but thanks for your response.
What I was trying to find out was why people selected Olympus against other brands, so rather than why you selected the E300 over the E1, why did you select the E300 over other equivalent brands?
By the way, I really happy that the E1 doesn't have a pop-up flash - I've always found them next to useless.
Cheers
Ray
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I left out the E300, as I didn't think there was a large enough user base just yet, but thanks for your response.
What I was trying to find out was why people selected Olympus against other brands, so rather than why you selected the E300 over the E1, why did you select the E300 over other equivalent brands?
By the way, I really happy that the E1 doesn't have a pop-up flash - I've always found them next to useless.
Cheers
Ray
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I should add one partly psychological factor; the "fresh start" image of the 4/3, free of historical baggage in the design of its lenses and lens mount. Pentax and Nikon mounts in particular suffer for their excellent compatability with old lenses going back to the manual focus era, while the Canon EOS system showed the value of sometimes breaking with history.
The E-1 itself still has some 35mm left-overs, like its apparently 35mm sized prism, and perhaps some of the initial lens designs are based on 35mm format ones, but the 4/3 system is not permanently tied to these, as shown for example by the E-300 viewfinder.
The E-1 itself still has some 35mm left-overs, like its apparently 35mm sized prism, and perhaps some of the initial lens designs are based on 35mm format ones, but the 4/3 system is not permanently tied to these, as shown for example by the E-300 viewfinder.
Bev G.
Active member
Hi Ozray
What led me to choose my E-1 was this forum, and its contributors.
Let me explain:
I ordered a 20D back in August as soon as I read about it. I ordered the body with the 17-85 IS lens kit. Unfortunately this kit was delayed at the camera launch so I had to wait. During that time I regularly visited the Canon Forum. Slowly the early adopters of the 20D started posting problems; back/front focus issues, lockup problems, banding in images and more. The more I read, the more I got cold feet. As I already had a C5060 I started looking around the Oly Forums. What a difference. All you guys (and gals) seem so happy with your cameras, and kit. So I cancelled the 20D at the start of December (I was then 4th on the waiting list, having started at 48th), looked around the UK websites for the best price I could find for the 14-54 kit (£950 from http://www.cameramarts.co.uk if anyone else is interested) and bought myself a Xmas present. No regrets. The camera is great. I've no idea how it compares with the 20D, and I don't care, I'm happy with my purchase.
BevG.
What led me to choose my E-1 was this forum, and its contributors.
Let me explain:
I ordered a 20D back in August as soon as I read about it. I ordered the body with the 17-85 IS lens kit. Unfortunately this kit was delayed at the camera launch so I had to wait. During that time I regularly visited the Canon Forum. Slowly the early adopters of the 20D started posting problems; back/front focus issues, lockup problems, banding in images and more. The more I read, the more I got cold feet. As I already had a C5060 I started looking around the Oly Forums. What a difference. All you guys (and gals) seem so happy with your cameras, and kit. So I cancelled the 20D at the start of December (I was then 4th on the waiting list, having started at 48th), looked around the UK websites for the best price I could find for the 14-54 kit (£950 from http://www.cameramarts.co.uk if anyone else is interested) and bought myself a Xmas present. No regrets. The camera is great. I've no idea how it compares with the 20D, and I don't care, I'm happy with my purchase.
BevG.
Guy Parsons
Forum Pro
Olympus seems to understand that the resulting image is what matters and from all the output of all the cameras I see in camera clubs, the Olympus images overall seem to provide the best images with the least post processing.
My C-5060 can be tuned to give true looking images when I do a direct PictBridge print. That means it is less work to make an even better image on the PC.
E-300 or E-1 or upcoming E-3, different folks like and need different cameras. I'm set on E-300 because of more pixels - landscape scenes need as many pixels as possible to look nice (tree leaves turn to digital looking mush very easily).
Regards........... Guy
Bram Bos
Senior Member
I have always had Olympus digitals. Ever since the C2020z wowed me
with its punch and colour I knew Oly had the whole digital imaging thing
right. They know their glass-work, and they were among the first to
get some decent electronics behind the glass.
The E-10 is what really made me realise just how good the Oly designs
are, ergonomically speaking. The E-10 felt like it was custom made for
my hands.
Like I wrote before: I really wanted an E-1 all along to follow up my E-10.
The more rational choice would be a D70 though, because that one was
so much cheaper that I could buy an extra telelens to go with it and still
have money left, compared to the E-1 kit. One drawback was that the
D70 really didn't feel good in my hands. I really wanted to like it, but I
couldn't see myself walking around with my hands cramped for days while
on vacation.. So I kept waiting for things to happen and lo-and-behold:
Oly introduced the E-300.
I was sceptic at first, but one session with it in the store convinced me
that it would be THE travel-camera for me. It had everything I needed:
lots of good things I had on my E-10, lots of good things borrowed from
the E-1, and a very nice pricetag to top it off...
So.. the rest of the story is history
cheers,
Bram
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Lorne Miller
Forum Enthusiast
...being an avid photographer, as a hobby and profession, for years, and watching the progression of technology over the years, it was obvious that the digital realm was upon us...so close to four years ago I picked up an Oly E10, it changed my work direction enough to convince me it was the right time to sell off my remaining film based equipment (with the exception of one old totally manual and mechanical Nikon SLR) which helped finance a new E-1 with 14-54, 50-200 lenses and FL50 flash.
...in checking out the E10 before I got it I was sure Olympus was on to a better idea for the future of digital photography with the four-thirds concept, so I was watching the development of what became the E-1 with great interest, knowing it would most likely end up in my arsenal of equipment. I was aware of all the features and strengths well before it became available to the marketplace, so I was already sold on the camera.
...I was not dissapointed, it has met and passed all my expectations, the fact it feels so wonderful in my hands and is so completly intuitive to operate was just very thick cream frosting on an already great cake.
I await the arrival of the third entry into the four-thirds fold and am sure it will be another ground breaker as well.
...interesting to note: We have a store here in Victoria BC (Canada - just for the aussies, as there's a Victoria down there as well) this store specializes in used photographic equipment, the last time I paid them a visit I noticed the cases were overflowing with used film based SLR's from all makes, many of them only a few years old if that. There was an over abundance of used medium format equipment as well. The comment was made by a staff member that the next time I came by they would have to charge me admission to visit their "camera museum"...
...another footnote: My local retailer tells me they are no longer accepting any medium format or 35mm film based equipment in trade, they'll put it on consignment for you, but the simple fact of the matter is it isn't selling. Their stats are that for every one hundred cameras leaving the store, only three of them are film based, the rest is all digital.
cheers,
Lorne Miller
...in checking out the E10 before I got it I was sure Olympus was on to a better idea for the future of digital photography with the four-thirds concept, so I was watching the development of what became the E-1 with great interest, knowing it would most likely end up in my arsenal of equipment. I was aware of all the features and strengths well before it became available to the marketplace, so I was already sold on the camera.
...I was not dissapointed, it has met and passed all my expectations, the fact it feels so wonderful in my hands and is so completly intuitive to operate was just very thick cream frosting on an already great cake.
I await the arrival of the third entry into the four-thirds fold and am sure it will be another ground breaker as well.
...interesting to note: We have a store here in Victoria BC (Canada - just for the aussies, as there's a Victoria down there as well) this store specializes in used photographic equipment, the last time I paid them a visit I noticed the cases were overflowing with used film based SLR's from all makes, many of them only a few years old if that. There was an over abundance of used medium format equipment as well. The comment was made by a staff member that the next time I came by they would have to charge me admission to visit their "camera museum"...
...another footnote: My local retailer tells me they are no longer accepting any medium format or 35mm film based equipment in trade, they'll put it on consignment for you, but the simple fact of the matter is it isn't selling. Their stats are that for every one hundred cameras leaving the store, only three of them are film based, the rest is all digital.
cheers,
Lorne Miller
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Lorne thanks for you comments (knew about BC BTW - would love to visit Canada one day as I seen some pretty impressive scenery in presentations etc).
One question regarding the retailers. Are you saying that they're not even accepting lenses, as I would have thought that DSLR adopters would be scouring stores for these? Bodies I can understand - they are pretty much museum pieces, or fast becoming so.
Cheers
Ray
There are no limits, only challenges - me (unless someone else said it first).
Photography is like a good book, you become absorbed by the image, not the syntax and sentence structure - me (unless someone said this first as well).
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One question regarding the retailers. Are you saying that they're not even accepting lenses, as I would have thought that DSLR adopters would be scouring stores for these? Bodies I can understand - they are pretty much museum pieces, or fast becoming so.
Cheers
Ray
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Adam-T
Forum Pro
As you probably know, I was after a "bridge cam" between BIG DSLRs and the likes of the C8080 / Pro1 and the E300 fits perfectly... SO why not an IST-DS as it takes great old Pentax primes, new Pentax AF glass as well as Sigma & Tamron?, is tiny also and functional???? - well it feels like a toy (which doesn't inspire confidence), the Kit lens is even slower than the Oly one and isn't as good (what Kit lens is?), the AF is Body Driven (Ugh) and hardly earth shattering in the sensitivity department and resolves less
The E300 despite what E1 owners think is at least semi Pro quality of build (the legendary Semi-Pro Canon EOS3 is built the same - plastic over metal as was the FULL Pro EOS 1N!), compared to the IST DS, it is far faster and more responsive, has far better AF is more "Bag friendly" due to the shape and as I sold all my K primes in 2002 I may as well raid my brother's OM Lens collection for fast primes ;-). Basically, I chose Oly because the E300 is a better camera than the IST-DS, the D70 isn't a lot smaller than my 1DS (not enough smaller to warrant taking it instead of the 1DS anyway) and the Kit lens isn't marvellous optically - I never intended to be a "Lens collector" for this second camera and I get from 28 to 400mm with the E300 in two excellent tiny bargain lenses (Kit and Sigma 55-200) .. and less said about the plasticky crippled tacky looking 300D the better even if it DOES have a top JPG engine and takes my existing (but rather heavyweight) glass.
So that's why I chose Oly - they had the right camera at the right time - like they did when I needed a Pro DSLR for product shooting in 2001 at a low price (E10) and when I wanted an IS Ultrazoomer (C2100UZ) - they've done it again for me with the "Bridge cam" E300
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R Stacy
Senior Member
I think its interesting that older (good condition) OM's are still selling on eBay......... dono about retail, but the OM4's are in pretty high demand and still command big bucks.
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--As you probably know, I was after a "bridge cam" between BIG DSLRs
and the likes of the C8080 / Pro1 and the E300 fits perfectly... SO
why not an IST-DS as it takes great old Pentax primes, new Pentax
AF glass as well as Sigma & Tamron?, is tiny also and
functional???? - well it feels like a toy (which doesn't inspire
confidence), the Kit lens is even slower than the Oly one and isn't
as good (what Kit lens is?), the AF is Body Driven (Ugh) and hardly
earth shattering in the sensitivity department and resolves less
The E300 despite what E1 owners think is at least semi Pro quality
of build (the legendary Semi-Pro Canon EOS3 is built the same -
plastic over metal as was the FULL Pro EOS 1N!), compared to the
IST DS, it is far faster and more responsive, has far better AF is
more "Bag friendly" due to the shape and as I sold all my K primes
in 2002 I may as well raid my brother's OM Lens collection for fast
primes ;-). Basically, I chose Oly because the E300 is a better
camera than the IST-DS, the D70 isn't a lot smaller than my 1DS
(not enough smaller to warrant taking it instead of the 1DS anyway)
and the Kit lens isn't marvellous optically - I never intended to
be a "Lens collector" for this second camera and I get from 28 to
400mm with the E300 in two excellent tiny bargain lenses (Kit and
Sigma 55-200) .. and less said about the plasticky crippled tacky
looking 300D the better even if it DOES have a top JPG engine and
takes my existing (but rather heavyweight) glass.
So that's why I chose Oly - they had the right camera at the right
time - like they did when I needed a Pro DSLR for product shooting
in 2001 at a low price (E10) and when I wanted an IS Ultrazoomer
(C2100UZ) - they've done it again for me with the "Bridge cam" E300
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There are no limits, only challenges - me (unless someone else said it first).
Photography is like a good book, you become absorbed by the image, not the syntax and sentence structure - me (unless someone said this first as well).
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I have noticed a similar thing in other ways; that good quality traditional style manual focus SLRs are in some sense holding on better than more recent "auto" SLRs; I suppose that the traditionalists are keeping to OMs and such (I was offered a good trade-in price for my K-1000, but cannot part with it), while those whoe favor more modern equipment have moved on to digital.
On a recent vacation trip, compact digital cameras dominated at tourist hot-spots, but amongst film cameras I actually saw more old manual focus 35mm SLRs than point and shoot film cameras, with the later mostly in the hands of children.
Lorne Miller
Forum Enthusiast
...hey Ray, hows things down under?
...some lenses and flash equipment are being considered if they are compatible with current DSLR's, but they're being very particular...there are already a lot of lenses on the shelves from all the BIG names, mostly slower or vario f stop stuff, like 80-200 f3.5-4.5's, a lot of off brand lenses as well.
So what they'll accept is fast glass, but as I'm sure you can figure, most of us wouldn't be likely to get rid of lenses like that anyway if it might work on current cameras, consequently most of the nice glass has been snatched up and whats left is really not worth consideration...I'm not sure I'd want to be in the used camera business right now, probably a lot of fingernail chewing going on...one guy I know at such a store said the average shelf time of any digicam they can get in is however long it takes the next person who's on the waiting list to get to the store, the demand for digital cameras is now that strong.
...so what are they going to do with all those old slow lenses and film based cameras? We're talking about stuff that used to fetch some pretty high figures just three years ago: Nikon F5's, F100's, similar offerings from Canon like EOS 1's and 3's and Elan 7's.
...like I said, I happy I got out while the getting was good, I actually received fairly good value for the old equipment I traded in, and that was only less than a year ago, my how the times can change!! One can only assume there has been a virtual glut of used equipment flooding the market, as folks bail out of film based equipment, that has created such a scenario. Who would have visualized such a major sea change?
...being in the business professionally, from the retail end of things and as a shooter, I witnessed the dawning of the 'attainable' pro digital era with the intro of the Nikon D1. It was then that I realized if you were going to remain competitive professionally in the business, you were going to have to make the switch into digital
...my gut feelings have paid off handsomely for me. My further instincts indicate you have made a wise move with the E-1 and things are only going to move forward and get even better with Olympus and four-thirds based equipment.
cheers again,
Lorne Miller
...some lenses and flash equipment are being considered if they are compatible with current DSLR's, but they're being very particular...there are already a lot of lenses on the shelves from all the BIG names, mostly slower or vario f stop stuff, like 80-200 f3.5-4.5's, a lot of off brand lenses as well.
So what they'll accept is fast glass, but as I'm sure you can figure, most of us wouldn't be likely to get rid of lenses like that anyway if it might work on current cameras, consequently most of the nice glass has been snatched up and whats left is really not worth consideration...I'm not sure I'd want to be in the used camera business right now, probably a lot of fingernail chewing going on...one guy I know at such a store said the average shelf time of any digicam they can get in is however long it takes the next person who's on the waiting list to get to the store, the demand for digital cameras is now that strong.
...so what are they going to do with all those old slow lenses and film based cameras? We're talking about stuff that used to fetch some pretty high figures just three years ago: Nikon F5's, F100's, similar offerings from Canon like EOS 1's and 3's and Elan 7's.
...like I said, I happy I got out while the getting was good, I actually received fairly good value for the old equipment I traded in, and that was only less than a year ago, my how the times can change!! One can only assume there has been a virtual glut of used equipment flooding the market, as folks bail out of film based equipment, that has created such a scenario. Who would have visualized such a major sea change?
...being in the business professionally, from the retail end of things and as a shooter, I witnessed the dawning of the 'attainable' pro digital era with the intro of the Nikon D1. It was then that I realized if you were going to remain competitive professionally in the business, you were going to have to make the switch into digital
...my gut feelings have paid off handsomely for me. My further instincts indicate you have made a wise move with the E-1 and things are only going to move forward and get even better with Olympus and four-thirds based equipment.
cheers again,
Lorne Miller
Bill Wallace
Veteran Member
Hello Ray,
My journey is as follows...
Went to my local shop and purchased a D100 when they first came out having an N-80 just before...cam was defective and returned it deciding to wait thinking QC might be an issue. Fell in love with the E-20 and after trying that out purchased and shot happily for a year.
Then I started to shoot birds and the need for more length than the E-20 w/Tcon 14b provided. Wanted to find a deal on the Tcon300 but never found one sooo put a deposit down on a 10D. While waiting for that to come in I went back to my local shop a few times shooting the D100 again and the sales gal knew I had Oly gear and kept trying to get me to shoot the E-1. I did and fell in love for all of the obvious but awaited the 10D call. Got it went in and left w/the 10D and the next day went back, returned it and got the E-1.
I have been happily shooting ever since...still need a little more length tho...
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
Cheers,
Bill
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My journey is as follows...
Went to my local shop and purchased a D100 when they first came out having an N-80 just before...cam was defective and returned it deciding to wait thinking QC might be an issue. Fell in love with the E-20 and after trying that out purchased and shot happily for a year.
Then I started to shoot birds and the need for more length than the E-20 w/Tcon 14b provided. Wanted to find a deal on the Tcon300 but never found one sooo put a deposit down on a 10D. While waiting for that to come in I went back to my local shop a few times shooting the D100 again and the sales gal knew I had Oly gear and kept trying to get me to shoot the E-1. I did and fell in love for all of the obvious but awaited the 10D call. Got it went in and left w/the 10D and the next day went back, returned it and got the E-1.
I have been happily shooting ever since...still need a little more length tho...
That's my story and I'm sticking to it...
Cheers,
Bill
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Lorne
Things are always great downunder, but I guess we just seem to have that relaxed view on life.
Last week I went into town to check up on some filters and as I always do, I passed by some camera stores to see what the latest second-hand things were in the windows. I was quite surprised to see the addition of a lot of Minolta glass, especially considering that the 7D has only just come out and now received a very good review. Nikon and Canon glass were also in abundence.
Other than the Canon white lenses (or anything with the red ring and an L), I have no idea really what is good or bad glass in the other brands, so it made me wonder if all the lenses were really not top of the class and were being traded in so that better glass could be bought for the new DSLRs.
As I've said before, that was one reason that the E1 appealed to me, I didn't have to agonise over what lenses to buy to get the very best. Canon was a no-brainer of course, but the 20D just didn't appeal to me.
Cheers
Ray
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Things are always great downunder, but I guess we just seem to have that relaxed view on life.
Last week I went into town to check up on some filters and as I always do, I passed by some camera stores to see what the latest second-hand things were in the windows. I was quite surprised to see the addition of a lot of Minolta glass, especially considering that the 7D has only just come out and now received a very good review. Nikon and Canon glass were also in abundence.
Other than the Canon white lenses (or anything with the red ring and an L), I have no idea really what is good or bad glass in the other brands, so it made me wonder if all the lenses were really not top of the class and were being traded in so that better glass could be bought for the new DSLRs.
As I've said before, that was one reason that the E1 appealed to me, I didn't have to agonise over what lenses to buy to get the very best. Canon was a no-brainer of course, but the 20D just didn't appeal to me.
Cheers
Ray
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Photography is like a good book, you become absorbed by the image, not the syntax and sentence structure - me (unless someone said this first as well).
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After shooting the 8080(fine camera) I could no longer tolerate the low light focusing and the extremely, painfully,terribly slow RAW write time. I decided I would like to move up to the "DSLR". The 20D was my first option having a friend who yacked up the 10D. However my fondness for the quality of the 8080 perked my interest in the E-1.
Phil's review was a downer for me, however the user's reviews coupled with this forum convinced me to test shoot the E-1. I also shot the 20D that day. I couldn't believe the feel of the E-1. It felt like it belonged in my hands. Between the build quality and the viewfinder, I felt the E-1 blew the 20D away. I also loved the concept of a new, ground-up-built-for-digital aspect.
The pics in this forum was also one of the deciding factors, as with the comments on the Zuiko lenses. Big thanks to all here. Although I felt the pics from the E-1 were slightly better than the 20D, the 20D did have the kit lens on it. I also was pleased with the overall happiness of the ownership in this forum and the class of people.
No matter what happens to cameras, digital, Olympus, a new E-?, etc.... I will always keep this camera. It feels the way a camera should, it is built the way a camera should, it looks the way a camera should.
It is (almost) perfection.
Great thread Ray !!
Mike
Phil's review was a downer for me, however the user's reviews coupled with this forum convinced me to test shoot the E-1. I also shot the 20D that day. I couldn't believe the feel of the E-1. It felt like it belonged in my hands. Between the build quality and the viewfinder, I felt the E-1 blew the 20D away. I also loved the concept of a new, ground-up-built-for-digital aspect.
The pics in this forum was also one of the deciding factors, as with the comments on the Zuiko lenses. Big thanks to all here. Although I felt the pics from the E-1 were slightly better than the 20D, the 20D did have the kit lens on it. I also was pleased with the overall happiness of the ownership in this forum and the class of people.
No matter what happens to cameras, digital, Olympus, a new E-?, etc.... I will always keep this camera. It feels the way a camera should, it is built the way a camera should, it looks the way a camera should.
It is (almost) perfection.
Great thread Ray !!
Mike
OzRay wrote:
I bought an E300 but will add my 2 cents worth.
The main controls I use when shooting is focus and f-stop and both are right there.
The other main point for me was the focus screen. I'm used to manual focus cameras with Maxwell brand focus screens so wanted a good screen that is easy to use in manual focus mode. The canon/nikon focus screen are like clear glass, bright but you can't tell where the focus point is. Plus they are cluttered with the half dozen AF points etc. With the OM screen it's obvious where the focus point is at the expense of a touch of viewfinder brightness, makes macro focusing a snap. Well worth the trade off to me yet you NEVER see anyone even mention this point.
I bought an E300 but will add my 2 cents worth.
Felt better than the E1 to me. I love where the thumbwheel is, imagine they put it under where my thumb rests!
The main controls I use when shooting is focus and f-stop and both are right there.This was part of it.
A main consideration. I didn't want to be afraid to change lenses in the field. I'm VERY careful but still not so paranoid I'll lose a shot rather than risk changing the lens outside of a clean room.
This was another. I went in looking for a 21-50mm equiv zoom and a good fast medium tele on any system. This system covers this and the medium tele is also a F2 macro lens. The lack of a cheap prime wide or tele lens etc doesn't matter to me in the least.
The other main point for me was the focus screen. I'm used to manual focus cameras with Maxwell brand focus screens so wanted a good screen that is easy to use in manual focus mode. The canon/nikon focus screen are like clear glass, bright but you can't tell where the focus point is. Plus they are cluttered with the half dozen AF points etc. With the OM screen it's obvious where the focus point is at the expense of a touch of viewfinder brightness, makes macro focusing a snap. Well worth the trade off to me yet you NEVER see anyone even mention this point.
In no particular order:
Image quality (increadible color, subtle tones)
100% viewfinder with interchangeable screens
ergonomics & toughness
external white balance sensor
lenses designed for the format
out of camera jpeg quality (pics ready to go with no post processing)
dust filter
price
dgrogers
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Image quality (increadible color, subtle tones)
100% viewfinder with interchangeable screens
ergonomics & toughness
external white balance sensor
lenses designed for the format
out of camera jpeg quality (pics ready to go with no post processing)
dust filter
price
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