Purchased the E1

Hi to everyone on here.

I am a working professional in the Uk and have been interested in the E1 since its conception.

We currently do a varied range of work, from social portriature, product and also wedding work.

The main attraction to the E1 is the increased dynamic range, the 12 frame buffer size (ideal for studio situations), the ultrasonic dust remover and hopefully a sharper image accross the whole frame are to name but a few.

We currently use Canon digital, 10D mainly with 300D as a back up (we also had a 1D, which although I did not get a chance to use extensively, seemed pretty good).

The E1 should arrive this morning, so I plan to use it heavily over the weekend and do a lot of side by side comparisons with the 10D, both in our studio and also in the field.

As someone who uses the camera as a working tool, it will be interesting to make the comparison with a camera (10D) that I have found to be perfect in most situation except:-

1. Dust on the sensor is a complete pain.
2. With certain lenses (including L series) there can be some softness.
3. Buffer size has occasionaly not been enough.

I hope the E1 lives up to my expectations and will post a few examples on here once I have them.

Regards

Mark
http://www.shadowphotography.co.uk

Hello Mark

Good luck with your new 'toy'! From the little testing I was able to do I found it an amazing tool, especially to take shots of people. The details and rendering of colours are amazing.

I look forward to your findings and your comparison between the E-1 and the 10D.

Have fun!
Yvonne

Marky boy said:

Hi to everyone on here.

I am a working professional in the Uk and have been interested in
the E1 since its conception.

We currently do a varied range of work, from social portriature,
product and also wedding work.

The main attraction to the E1 is the increased dynamic range, the
12 frame buffer size (ideal for studio situations), the ultrasonic
dust remover and hopefully a sharper image accross the whole frame
are to name but a few.

We currently use Canon digital, 10D mainly with 300D as a back up
(we also had a 1D, which although I did not get a chance to use
extensively, seemed pretty good).

The E1 should arrive this morning, so I plan to use it heavily over
the weekend and do a lot of side by side comparisons with the 10D,
both in our studio and also in the field.

As someone who uses the camera as a working tool, it will be
interesting to make the comparison with a camera (10D) that I have
found to be perfect in most situation except:-

1. Dust on the sensor is a complete pain.
2. With certain lenses (including L series) there can be some
softness.
3. Buffer size has occasionaly not been enough.

I hope the E1 lives up to my expectations and will post a few
examples on here once I have them.

Regards

Mark
http://www.shadowphotography.co.uk

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Yvonne

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and eager to read the about results of your comparisons with the 10D. Sure there will be pros and cons, I think the character of the two cameras are totally different. Waiting for your first shots and opinion.
Good luck for your new device.
Peter A.

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P.A. Olympus E-20, Hoya filters http://w3.enternet.hu/paczel

Managed to get a few hours with the Olympus this afternoon.

My initial impression is that it is sperbly made - feels better than the Canon - the shutter sounds better - stupid comment I know, but it does.

Shot jpeg and raw - copmared to the Canon and in good well lit situations - image quality is well on a par with the 10d which has a whole megapixel advantage.

Printing off at A4 size, the Olypus certainly has a warmer look and feel to its images, whether this is more 'accurate' is another question, but the printed images did look very good.

I took a couple of picture of my son and daughter in the back garden and also with the canon - straight from the camera, very little was required in terms of PS adjustments. They do look very good indeed.

Took some indoors at 800 and 1600 ISO, the Canon here in simillar light is a clear winner with images at 800 iso on the Olympus comparing with 1600 ISO on the Canon, so a whole stop extra in favour of the Canon.

The Olympus software is particualrly slow, but only by say 1sec compared to the process time of a raw file on the Canon.

What did impress me was the metering on the Olympus and the dynamic range.

It appears to give a fair amount of latitude and I intend to experiment with that aspect of both cameras tomorrow -i.e. by deliberatly overexposing both at 1/3 stop increments to see which holds the highlight detail better.

The 14 -54 lens seems VERY good and using it handheld v's the Canon with the 28-135 IS USM lens I would have to say that the Olympus shots were marginally sharper and in particualr at the edge of the frame.

It is early days with this camera and apart from the 'slightly' higher noise at higher iso, the olympus E1 is very good indeed.

I am looking forward to playing with it in the studio under controlled lighting to see how it fares against the 10d.

In some respects the 10d wins - price for a start, however to get decent lenses you need to pay a significant amount of money and the packeage with the 14-54 lens (its a great lens btw) is very good value with the olympus.

I hope to post some comparisons tomorrow in identical situations and subjects with both cameras.

For anyone having both on their short list and given that I have used my 10d for the best part of 6 months now (shot approx 7000 frames with it) the E1 betters it (initial impression remember) in mainly image quality - exluding above 800 iso.

Hope you have found this useful - more to come.

Mark
http://www.shadowphotography.co.uk

Hi Mark,

I will be very interested to see your comments and comparison. I'm being considered for a position in a local studio and if it comes through will need to jump very quickly to a true DSLR camera. The E1 and 10D are my short list.

I handled both in a store on Friday, didn't have a CF card with me as it was a spur of the moment thing, and my impressions of both were favourable. In fact I think there was very little to choose between them in terms of ergonomics or build quality. Both looked like very capable cameras. I could live with either.

Did notice the shutter on the Olympus is quieter than the 10D, perhaps that's what you meant by the E1's quality feel in the shutter department?

Basicly the E1 is going to have to have an eye-popping image quality in comparison to the 10D for me to buy it. Weather-proofing doesn't mean anything in this situation, buffer requirements are dictated by strobe recycle times (1.5 - 4 seconds) so 8 frames, 12 frames it's a moot point. I like the focal length of the standard Olympus zoom, but in the studio I'll be using primes mostly and I have a case of Canon lenses already to choose from.

I'll take your test into consideration though and apreciate the time you are taking to allow everyone on the forum to see the comparison of the two. Planning on going back Monday with a card to do my own little comparison as well.
Looking forward to your comments. Thanks for doing this.

Regards,

Doug B
Torontowide.com

I had the 10d twice. The first had focus issues, the second was fine. I got the E1 today and the first thing I noticed was how sharp both lenses I got were. With the 10d, I had way too many lense to choose from and reviews to read. Some too soft and all the other problems. These new lenses seem to be sharp through all zoom lengths and apetures.

ron

Marky boy said:

Hi to everyone on here.

I am a working professional in the Uk and have been interested in
the E1 since its conception.

We currently do a varied range of work, from social portriature,
product and also wedding work.

The main attraction to the E1 is the increased dynamic range, the
12 frame buffer size (ideal for studio situations), the ultrasonic
dust remover and hopefully a sharper image accross the whole frame
are to name but a few.

We currently use Canon digital, 10D mainly with 300D as a back up
(we also had a 1D, which although I did not get a chance to use
extensively, seemed pretty good).

The E1 should arrive this morning, so I plan to use it heavily over
the weekend and do a lot of side by side comparisons with the 10D,
both in our studio and also in the field.

As someone who uses the camera as a working tool, it will be
interesting to make the comparison with a camera (10D) that I have
found to be perfect in most situation except:-

1. Dust on the sensor is a complete pain.
2. With certain lenses (including L series) there can be some
softness.
3. Buffer size has occasionaly not been enough.

I hope the E1 lives up to my expectations and will post a few
examples on here once I have them.

Regards

Mark
http://www.shadowphotography.co.uk

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