Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both the 11-22 (22-44 35 mm equiv) and the 14-54 (28-108) are excellent. The 14-54 is my standard lens, but the 11-22 is definitely the better of the two - which is saying a lot. I am convinced that that lens at 11 is giving me results comparable to those I got with my M 21 ASPH...I've played with the 7-14, and it's quite good, but it's slow for me and I don't often want that wide a lens. ----- The new E330 arrived on my doorstep Friday - Olympus gives me equipment, so keep that in mind as you read my Oly comments...This is the first DSLR out with a live LCD, and has features very similar to the new Panasonic being discussed earlier - two "live views" - one normal, one macro. So here are some test images, shot using the live view LCD..(And I stress that these are just test images, not 'art.' ;-)) http://gallery.leica-users.org/album373 All are shot at 800 iso, and the results are a definite improvement over 800 in earlier Olympus bodies. All were shot as jpgs because there is, as of now, no Adobe raw converter for these files - there undoubtedly will be fairly soon. The cat was shot in black and white mode, and I think they really got that right. (if it seems a tad soft, blame it on my shaky hands.) I shot the comics to check color rendition - this was set for "natural" color, with all the settings in the neutral position. I don't know how it looks on your monitors, but the colors in the capture image are dead-on the colors in the comics - perfect. The two shots of my daughter - the one with the, uh, gesture, is her normal pose when I point a camera at her! - were back lit, one using the spot meter, one using the matrix mode - at 800 iso. About the features - the LCD swivels out from the back and the camera can be used like a TLR, which I can't wait to try for lap shots on the T...The LCD is REALLY dark in dim light, almost unusable, but in day light, normal room light, is fine. There's a booster mode for use in dim light, which works, but which gives really weird images. The LCD live view feature does NOT show depth of field, nor does it show exposure accurately... The viewfinder is small and fairly dim - no question. It doesn't touch the E1, and is not as good as the E500. Apparently this has to do with the placement of a second sensor for the live view feature. The ergonomics are excellent, better than the original E300 - nice grip, well place controls, good heft. The MOS sensor does seem to be an improvement over the original Oly 4/3 ccd, and I assume it will eventually migrate to a new pro body - God knows when. Over all, the camera strikes me as a potentially great street shooter using the live LCD. And the live LCD strikes me, at this point, as a great idea that still needs work. B. D. On 2/26/06 12:11 PM, "bruce" <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote: > B.D., as listed on their site, there is an 11-22 and a > 14-54 ................ to which do you refer? And they also show a > 7-14 ?4! > > B. > > On 26-feb-2006, at 16:45, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> The 11-44 2.8-3.5 Olympus is a truly outstanding lens...no need for >> a Leica in that range. What's needed, as Dieder noted, are some >> fast primes...a 1.4 or f2 14, a 1.4 17.5, a 1.4 25, and a 1.4 42 or >> 45. >> ___ >> Sent with SnapperMail >> www.snappermail.com >> >> ..... Original Message ....... >> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:09:10 -0300 Eduardo Albesi >> <eduardoalbesi@ciudad.com.ar> wrote: >> "So a great system... >> "Let's hope some D-Super Angulon 10.5/3.4 or a D-Summicron 14mm, >> 25mm ... >> " >> "Best >> "Ed >> " >> "El 26/02/2006, a las 11:43, B. D. Colen escribi?: >> " >> " >> "___ >> "Sent with SnapperMail >> "www.snappermail.com >> " >> "...... Original Message ....... >> "On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:06:44 +0100 Didier Ludwig >> "<rangefinder@screengang.com> wrote: >> ""Here is a first picture of the Panasonic 4/3 >> ""The Leica will look the same but probably in chrome like the >> digilux 2 >> ""http://tinyurl.com/s5f6a >> "" >> "" >> "" >> "" >> "" >> "" >> "" >> "">>Leica and Panasonic are going to cooperate with Olympus to build a >> "">>4/3rds DSLR and lenses for same. >> ""> >> "">the 4/3 standard includes a normalized lens mount and >> "">communication... so not only for a camera. >> "" >> ""_______________________________________________ >> ""Leica Users Group. >> ""See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> " >> " >> "_______________________________________________ >> "Leica Users Group. >> "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> " >> " >> " >> " >> "_______________________________________________ >> "Leica Users Group. >> "See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information