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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ireland and Olympus E-P1
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:33:35 -0400
References: <001101ca3862$b0d1a440$80f510ac@chris0436b6050>

Nice set of images.  I really enjoyed the tour.  I'll be heading for  
England in a month or so and hope to have a GF-1 to take along so you  
experience with the EP-1 is very relevant.  I see you took your, what  
is it, a D300? along though, too.

Regards,

Dick



On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Chris Williams wrote:

> I've posted some of these images before, however Adobe Lightroom can  
> finally read the EP1 raw files so I was able to work on an edit for  
> a slideshow.
>
> Some images with Leica lenses (90mm,28mm,35mm) and others with the  
> EP1 kit lens(14-42). U2 show with kit lens.
>
> I'm impressed by the RAW images as I could clearly pull  out some  
> info the small jpegs could not. While I'm clearly spoiled my D3  
> image quality, the EP1 delivers high quality images a small chip P&S  
> only wishes it could do. While I'd say the images are similar to APS  
> size sensors, they do appear softer than a sDLR image. High ISO is  
> very useable at 800-1600iso. I did use 2500iso and it does an okay  
> job. The AF speed is not made for fast moving objects, though this  
> can be done by using manual modes.
>
> If the E-P1 was under $600, I would own one just for the ability to  
> use Leica lenses.
>
> www.zoeicaimages.com/Ireland2009EP1
>
> Chris
> NOLA
>
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