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Just my observation:

Camera has nice resolution and color....but the Venus III engine destroys the picture quality with lously NR. I hope Oly steers clear of Pana noise engine.

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E-500: 14-54mm, 40-150mm, Konica 28mm f3.5 (modified lens) Konica 50mm f1.8 (modified lens) FL-36 Flash Omnibounce.
 
The full-size looked like a painting! YECCH!

And yet, it rated a "Highly Recommended"?

David B.
 
It looks like two of my favorite cameras--the E1 and the Panasonic FZ-50(30) suffer the same "noise at high ISO" disease. I'm still going to enjoy them both, working around their limitations. They're just THAT good otherwise.
 
in the same breath! Up to ISO 800, the E-1 does just fine. It's when you get beyond that that issues arise for the most part - but even at lower ISO's, the E-1's sensor is far superior to the likes of the FZ series. Both cameras are in different leagues really.
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Have a great day!

Ben
 
I noticed you have aquired a Sony R-1. My question to you is:

How do you feel it compares to E-1 images in the IQ catagories. Is the added resolution evident in landscapes. What is your overal impression so far. Have you done any 11x14 or 16x20 prints to compare yet.
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Its all about them.
 
David B. said:
The full-size looked like a painting! YECCH!

And yet, it rated a "Highly Recommended"?
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I ask myself the same question considering how hard dpreview hammered "noise" on the e-330/e-500/e-300 and almost everything else not Canon. But personally if they shift towards more "complete usability as a tool" I rather have that, than they concentrate on specific ISO numbers and resolution charts.
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David B.
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clixrus said:
It looks like two of my favorite cameras--the E1 and the Panasonic
FZ-50(30) suffer the same "noise at high ISO" disease. I'm still
going to enjoy them both, working around their limitations.
They're just THAT good otherwise.
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The FZ-50 is being compared to other small sensor digital cameras. The high ISO photos don't seem any worse than what I get from my Sony P200.

The Olympus 4/3 DSLRs are being compared to Nikon and Canon, esp. Canon, DSLRs.
 
When you consider that they were rating the overall picture taking ability of the camera and it's features and usability. It's got an excellent lens, excellent image stabilization and it takes very VERY nice looking pictures.

I think that's what most people who buy a point and shoot are looking for? Now when you drill right down to the pixels the detail is missing (even if it does tend to look smooth and buttery) due to Venus III as compared to an entry level DSLR (or an E-1), but the camera is just not marketed to the same segment. Go back and look at the image comparisons with the Canon S3 IS (which is a really excellent point and shoot) and in that class the Panny holds up really well. I should mention that I'm not sure about the price point however! If the Panny costs twice what the S3 IS costs then Panny is smoking crack! But that's the market that I see this camera in - top of the line point and shoot with RAW capability. It's got a small sensor and the images will suffer as a result (as they ALL do in this class), but that's just par for the course.

I would wager that at up to 8x10 the images that the Panny can provide will be simply outstanding for MOST people's needs and most people will look at the JPEGs that this camera produces and be amazed and pleased. This just isn't that crowd here!

Best,
Oly
 
How does Oly's old E-20 compare, image quality wise, to these new top-shelf point and shoot 'wannabe DSLR' type cameras?

Thanks,
Oly
 
Try again, not sure why it didn't work... (This is from the E-20)



Oly
 
After seeing both the full res files of the res chart, the tabletop scene and several of the samples at ISO 100, there MUST be something strange going on in the ISO 400 sample I downloaded. This cam isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.

Phil...what's up with that second sample image of the man against the foliage?

David B.
 
Good point. Does the Pany use the 2/3 in chip or a 1/1.8 in chip? Whatever, there has been a lot of improvment since 1999, when the E-10 was introduced.
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I think the Panny is on the 1/1.8? At any rate, these cameras are really interesting to the point that I wonder what Oly could do with an E-500esq body with the 18-180 permanently affixed in this market. Seems to me like it would instantly be the class of the bunch, but I'm really wasing brain cells here because what I really want is something to travel with to accompany my DSLR that's pocketable but also has low(ish) noise and some sort of high-res or RAW file option.

Whatever...like I said - wasting electrons here. :-)

Oly
 
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