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I love this site and have been reading about the E-3 for months. I have learned so much from the many experienced photographers who chime in on a regular basis (thank you all). After becoming convinced that the E-3 is the best camera in its price range, I took the plunge and purchased it along with a 12-60mm SWD lens back in May. I am very happy with this camera system. It feels wonderful in my hands, the controls are logically placed (for me), it is fast, and the amount of customization the camera offers is particularly impressive (e.g. MyMode settings are great -- I have one set for indoors and one for outdoors).

I have just downloaded the lastest firmware (v. 1.2) and have noticed much better white balance on indoor shots. I have many questions that I could ask right now, but all I want to say with my introductory posting is that "Olympus makes great products!"

Jeff
 
You sound as ecstatic as I am!

I got mine back on May 16, and later added the 12-60SWD. I have the E-1, and the E300, both fine cameras. But the E-3 is a cut above. The JPEG output at LSF is astounding. The high ISO performance is much improved, and as you pointed out this thing is fast!

Today, (Heaven help me) I ordered the 50-200SWD and the EC14 teleconverter.

This, for me, is the ultimate, perfect kit. I must stop now. I must! No more gear!

:-)

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Tom, Ohio USA
(Equipment in profile)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zuikosan/
http://tbower.zenfolio.com/p892784076/

'One should not LIVE in the past, but one should never FORGET the past'.
 
Everyone hates the E-3, Michael. Here's why...

It's too expensive, too heavy, too bulky, it's made out of mag-alloy instead of carbon fiber, it has a tilted viewfinder, a cheap card door, a centered mirror box, an XD card slot (good gawd!), no PASM dial, a confusing and overly complicated menu, lousy soft RAW, laughable WB even after FW 1.2, failing lens release buttons, poor AF (tracking or otherwise), image degradation when using IS, questionable anti-dust, poor ISO100-200 performance, a lousy 230,000 pixel 2.5” tilt-swivel LCD that isn’t waterproof after all, no external focus assist, a separate portrait grip that doesn’t work as advertised, a slow as molasses in January battery charger, ergonomics that pale in comparison to the E-1, only has 10.1 million effective pixels (giggle, that’s a good one; everyone else has 12-14!), depends on SAT to fake DR, and last but certainly not least and is actually at the top of your latest laughable attempt at pro-spec gear called an E-3...

...a built in flash for crying out loud! A built-in flash on a pro-spec camera? Who the hell makes this thing? Sigma? Come on now, Michael! When was the last time you even HELD a camera? If you have recently, it was probably a D300. 75% of the forum members here are waiting for Cameta to fire sale the E-3 in 10 months so they can actually afford it...or at least feel less guilty for buying it.

At which time I'll probably by a second.

By the way, all these faults of the E-3 were culled from this very forum. No doubt I missed 10 or 12 more faults with the E-3, but in a nutshell...oh... just do a search.

With all its faults, Michael, the stupid thing actually does take remarkable photographs. Pick one up and try it some time. Post some examples here on the forum; I’d love to see your work. Coming from Campbell Soup, you must have quite the portfolio!

Oh, and congrats to Jeff; you’ll love it :)

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Regards,

Steve
 
Tommy_2 said:
17th st photo are selling it for $380?
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I do not want/need a 400mm f/7.0 lens with a compromised image. Even the Oly 2x degrades the image somewhat. In my experience, the EC-14 image degradation is imperceptible. That's the reason I stick with my 50-200mm + EC-14.

If I were a birder or dedicated wildlife photographer on a budget, I might think differently.
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Cheers,

Jim Pilcher
Colorado, USA

'It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see...' -- Henry David Thoreau
 
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Cheers,

Jim Pilcher
Colorado, USA

'It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see...' -- Henry David Thoreau
 
Here you go...

This is what you need to paste into your post

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just skip the quotation marks.

To get the above string, just find the image with the desired size on flickr (large size), right click on the image, select Properties. Then select and copy (Ctrl+C) the adress string, and paste it into your post like I did here..

and you'll see this



Kind regards,
Magnus
jkrankin said:
OK, here's a baby bee caught in flight this morning with my new gear.
I was surprised at how sharp it turned out. Can't wait to get the
50-200mm (Tom, I may follow in your footsteps).

http://flickr.com/photos/27643756@N07/2578558176/

By the way, I couldn't embed the photo directly as many of you do.
How do you do it? What trick am I missing?
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