Martin R

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December 20, 2004, on Olympus E1 Review:
some more comments to add: - as a student you get the E-1 + 14-54/2,8-3,5 for roughly 1000 Euro if you buy it in Eastern Europe which is an incredible cheap price comapred to other DSLRs, because the lens itself surely is worth around 500 Euro. - Olympus has provided a free OM->4/3 Adapter, so it's possible to use OM lenses like 50/1,4 or 400/5,6 which you can get very cheap at ebay. You have to use stop down metering and focus manually and spot metering doesn't work very well (other metering modes do) but it is an option if you need some special lenses. You can also use tilt/shift lenses made for other mounts, i.e. Nikon via Adapter. Manual focus and stop down metering should not be a problem with that kind of lens. - AF is faster with new firmware and battery-grip (which sadly is very expensive) - high ISO noise is much better controlled if you use Adobe RAW at the expense of some detail I made the switch from Canon gear, which I used for many years (including one year...