Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All the systems with VR/IS, whether in the body or the lens, can achieve this. This is 1/40 at 400mm with VR on a Nikon D70 (with a consumer 80-400 zoom): http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/Nagrhole/PHoopoe.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Jan 21, 2008 8:20 PM, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: > A few points about the new Oly - which I have tried but do not own: > Amazing IS in the body - I have an image I'd be happy to send to anyone > off-list, shot with a humongous 2.8 zoom, at 440 mm, hand-held at 1.30thof > a second. > The autofocus is the fastest, most accurate I've encountered. > The viewfinder is large and bright - R8? Of course not, nothing is. But > plenty large and bright for manual focus. > The build is brick...no...M-like, but with moisture and dust seals. > The "live-view" is great for macro and landscape shots, but too slow for > shooting moving subjects - except - because the live-view swivels, if you > need grab shots over your head, close to the ground, etc., it's good for > that. And the LCD turns around, as it does on the RD1, and can thus be > protected. > Noise levels are low, and what noise there is is grain-like - 800 iso is > probably equivalent to 400 iso film. 1600 is pretty close to film at that > speed. > > In terms of shooting speed, it turns out raw images at 5 fps - which is > plenty fast for anything but sports sequences. > > All in all, it's a definite pro-quality contender for anyone who isn't > already invested in another system. > > > > On 1/21/08 1:51 AM, "Luis Miguel Casta?eda Navas" <octabod@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On 21/01/2008, at 7:30, Richard Man wrote: > > > >> The Nikon D300 and the Oly E-3 are so close in running for me > > > > I'd go with the oly if I had nothing to do into action photography. > > High ISOS are the hype thing of the moment, a true cool feature, > > indeed, but as many of you, in the end the vast majority of pictures > > are fine at 100-400 range. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >