Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, how is the viewfinder? I have never tried one but have heard reports that the Olympus 4/3 viewfinders are small and dim. Since the viewfinder is a most important part of a camera for usability for me this has put me off so far. I am not expecting an M or Olympus OM1 quality viewfinder but how does it compare with the Canon? TIA Frank On 4 Jul, 2007, at 21:57, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I know this is a Leica list...but still, I have to put in a plug > for my newly acquired Olympus E410. I just came back from a couple > of days in Spain. I took the Olympus because I needed to travel > light. I took about 300 pictures and have just finished culling > them down to 153. Having looked at most of them at 100%, I conclude > that this little Olympus is as close as you can get to an M camera > in a DSLR package. Actually, my Domke 803 bag which contained the > E410 with its 14-42mm lens and a 1.4/30mm Sigma weighed much less > than the same bag loaded with an M outift. And most importantly, > the images shot at night at ISO 800 are highly usable. "Highly > usable" in this context means "better than 800 film". Not as good > as what I get from my Canon 1D2 at this speed, but the margin is > not big. And I could squeeze it into my carry-on bag. > > I am not going to post 153 images so you'll have to wait a few days > until I have selected 30-40 of them to post. But take my word for > it: highly recommended. Sure, I would like an M8. But the Olympus > is 1/6 of the price of an M8, and in some ways it is more flexible > than an M8. I just got my Leica R-Four Thirds adapter, so my 100mm > Apo Macro (which I have decided to keep since none of you > philistines wanted to buy it) can now be used both on the Canon and > on the Oly. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information