Jan Walker

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August 29, 2005, on Olympus E1 Review:
For six months, I have been using an E1 with Zuiko 50-200 2.8-3/5 and 14-54 2.8-3.5 lenses and FL-50 flash. I shoot primarily sailboat regattas, i.e. fast moving targets shot from a wet and unstable platform. Prior to buying this camera, I used an Olympus C740 10x zoom for a year. My comments stem from over 15,000 images under many kinds of conditions. I have been disappointed in some aspects of this camera. The autofocus hunts enough that I have found it necessary to use manual focus for shots where the subjects are close to me and/or close together. It is very difficult to get enough depth of field to cover action at full zoom. The autoexposure cannot handle following all the changes that happen with white sails against dark water when both the subjects and the photographer are bouncing all over the place. I have had best results with manual exposure, choosing the setting from pointing the camera around in Aperture priority mode with at least f11 (always ISO 400 or maybe...