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• August 5, 2005, on Olympus E1 Review:

  I've found my Olympus E-1 kit to be a superbly designed and rugged tool. I respect the art and expertise of others here, having only briefly worked as and with pros. But I do take photgraphy seriously and have followed it closely for four decades. During this time, few have dared to innovate as Olympus did with the E-1 (even more than the OM). Its 4:3 ratio is more effectively useful than the 3:2 that 35mm became shoehorned into, and its form, proportions and controls--mostly--reflect consequent elegant ergonomic engineering decisions. I long examined and tried the Nikon D70 and Canon 20D outfits before finally buying an E-1, 14-54 & 50-200 zooms and 50/2 macro. In part because that whole kit fit easily into one of Adoramas sweet little Slinger bags...with even room for the 7-14 zoom I'm saving for!. In part because of the bright, uncluttered viewfinder. And mostly because of the incredibly solid feel, impressive sealing and solid construction that made even the 20D, whose newer t...

• December 4, 2005, on Olympus E1 Review:

  Jan Walker, are you certain that you've set up everything properly on the E-1? I recently had a pleasant surprise when my E1 system managed to produce good shots of Sandhill Cranes in flight at a nearby riverside wilderness area. I was initially frustrated and angry with the camera. Then I read and re-read the sometimes cryptic manual and examined and reset half a dozen functions. To my delight I found that by canceling NR and a number of other functions, I could get pretty decent bursts of speed, even in RAW and that-usually--setting focusing to the centre sensor and burst mode worked well enough to track these fast moving birds with the 50-200 zoom. (You're right about the lack of a focus limiter to keep this lens, with its long focus range, from really hunting , once it starts...the single focus point really greatly here! I also went from a p&s (an Oly 5050 that I still use under water) to the E-1 (after a long hiatus from film) and was initially diappointed with the E-1 images...

• December 4, 2005, on Olympus E1 Review:

  Jan Walker, are you certain that you've set up everything properly on the E-1? I recently had a pleasant surprise when my E1 system managed to produce good shots of Sandhill Cranes in flight at a nearby riverside wilderness area. I was initially frustrated and angry with the camera. Then I read and re-read the sometimes cryptic manual and examined and reset half a dozen functions. To my delight I found that by canceling NR and a number of other functions, I could get pretty decent bursts of speed, even in RAW and that-usually--setting focusing to the centre sensor and burst mode worked well enough to track these fast moving birds with the 50-200 zoom. (You're right about the lack of a focus limiter to keep this lens, with its long focus range, from really hunting , once it starts...the single focus point really greatly here! I also went from a p&s (an Oly 5050 that I still use under water) to the E-1 (after a long hiatus from film) and was initially diappointed with the E-1 images...