Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Forgot to say that the OM1 resolution is about 21MP but them's analogue megapixels. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G Hopkinson Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2007 17:36 To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: LUG Olympus vs. Leica Mark, come on over to the metric system! Here's the size comparisons for you (WxHxD) inches rounded to nearest tenth OM1 136x83x50 mm 5.4 x 3.3 x 2 in E510 136 x 91.5 68 mm 5.4 x 3.6 x 2.7 in E410 129.5x91x52 mm, 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.1 in EOS 400D 126.9x94.2x65 mm, 5 x 3.7 x 2.6 in D40X 126x94x64 mm, 5 x 3.7 x 2.5 in K10D 129.5x92.5x70 mm, 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.8 in The chief reason for the depth distance between the E410 and the E510 is a more prominent grip. The four thirds sensors are physically smaller but all of these cameras have about the same resolution. The crop factor on the four thirds is almost 2x vs about 1.5 times for the others. Cheers Hoppy Who was brung up on imperial but saw the light later. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark Rabiner Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2007 16:12 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: LUG Olympus vs. Leica On 7/18/07 4:40 PM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> typed: > Hi Felix, I tried an E510 this week in a shop and was pleasantly > surprised by the viewfinder brightness. The frame was a bit small - > but the focusing screen is a bit small of course. > I was very impressed. > Frank > > On 18 Jul, 2007, at 15:20, Felix Lopez de Maturana wrote: > >> Only the finder is no very good. > Is it roughly the same size camera body as a Nikon D40 or comparable Canon e Rebel XT and Xti but with a 2x mag instead of 1.5? Half the sensor size in other words? Or is it it bigger camera body than those cameras? So far all the 4/3's camera have been bigger than the smallest APS-C format cameras. They are giving the specs in millimeters on the Olympus so you can't do a direct comparison against the inches Nikon and Canon gives. Only your larger inkjets will know for sure. Larger than letter-sized perhaps. The quality the larger sensor size would give you that is or smaller. I think I'll write a letter on a picture-sized piece of paper. If the Olympus FT had come out and was the same size or bigger than an OM1 (which I know did come out a bit later) would anyone have bought a bigger camera which put out a smaller sized neg? As if Yoshihisa Maitani would let such a thing happen in the first place. http://www.geocities.com/maitani_fan2/talk_maitani.html " Mr. Maitani told "I did not care too much about cameras. I just wanted to take pictures. I became a camera designer by chance instead of a professional photographer. The most important thing for me was taking pictures as I wanted. No camera at all is my ideal." Mark William Rabiner Harlem, NY rabinergroup.com _______________________________________________ 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