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Olympus E-P2
Is this a rangefinder? (fingers and toes crossed)
http://666kb.com/i/b9ldr3y9qd35m6mpk.jpg
Is this a rangefinder? (fingers and toes crossed)
http://666kb.com/i/b9ldr3y9qd35m6mpk.jpg
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I probably would have got used to it, frustration with raw file converters was the last straw (neither Aperture nor Capture One support it).I hope so as I know you are wanting a quite small 4/3rds camera (still for riding???--how's that going???). I'm neither a Panny nor Oly person, so my mind is open, but I've become a fan of the EVF on the G1--I use it quite a lot with MF lenses.
No, it's a joke - you'll note it says E-P2Is this a rangefinder? (fingers and toes crossed)
http://666kb.com/i/b9ldr3y9qd35m6mpk.jpg
I saw that, it made me wonder if Olympus might have decided to put two Electronic Pens on the market at the same time following on from their extensive reminders of all the previous Pen offerings in the past with their ad campaign - hence one LCD based and one rangefinder type: the E-P1 and E-P2.No, it's a joke - you'll note it says E-P2
I was also wondering if that was a PS job. It would be nice if there was a rangefinder as well. I think the M8 would have been a better camera, had it had live view, for the wider lenses, as I don't much care for hot shoe finders.I saw that, it made me wonder if Olympus might have decided to put two Electronic Pens on the market at the same time following on from their extensive reminders of all the previous Pen offerings in the past with their ad campaign - hence one LCD based and one rangefinder type: the E-P1 and E-P2.
My two dogs and three cats have been ordered to cross their paws until further notice ...
That's a shame. You're giving up about half of the quality that can be gotten out of any camera if you don't put it on a tripod, and particularly with long, heavy lenses or ultra-wide FoV lenses.Golly, I've never ever put any 4/3 camera on a tripod . . . actually that's not quite true, I've sometimes done it for product stuff, but not otherwise.
Hi Diane,I hope so as I know you are wanting a quite small 4/3rds camera (still for riding???--how's that going???). I'm neither a Panny nor Oly person, so my mind is open, but I've become a fan of the EVF on the G1--I use it quite a lot with MF lenses. ...
The trouble around here Godfrey isn't the camera shake, but the subject shake - it's ALL foliage, and it's ALWAYS windy - there's no point in putting a camera on a tripod to take pictures of waving vegetation.That's a shame. You're giving up about half of the quality that can be gotten out of any camera if you don't put it on a tripod, and particularly with long, heavy lenses or ultra-wide FoV lenses.
I only rarely shoot with anything longer than the 40mm lens without using a tripod. The 50-200 is hand-holdable in good light at 50-100mm, but that's about my limit ... and I like using it more with a tripod.
I think so too, problem is that it's 3:2 not 4:3The Voigtlander mini-finder would be a perfect setup for this camera, very tiny and 28/35mm frames.
well ... same in the rainforest when its windy ... but sometimes it works out wellthe subject shake - it's ALL foliage, and it's ALWAYS windy - there's no point in putting a camera on a tripod to take pictures of waving vegetation.
HI There
Here is another one done by someone called 'nosenseofplace' on dpreview:
(thanks to him)
Good Eh!
Based on eyeballing what little we can see of the actual lens mount flange (the only part of the Olympus picture which has a known reference size) I think he understated the size of the Olympus by a bit. The different lenses exaggerate the size difference as well.I saw this image on dpreview, and thought it was interesting:
Apparently SSWF and IS are included. I guess we'll know for sure in a few days.The lack of an in-built OVF does not really bother me. As has been pointed out before, it saves a lot of volume and one can buy external ones from many sources. My big concern would be dust and IS. Of the two feature, SWF dust removal is absolutely required what with the proximkity of the sensor and all that.
Neither tripod nor IS does anything about subject movement. That's up to you, the photographer, to manage.The trouble around here Godfrey isn't the camera shake, but the subject shake - it's ALL foliage, and it's ALWAYS windy - there's no point in putting a camera on a tripod to take pictures of waving vegetation.
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Anyway, that's what IS is for (replacing tripods that is).
Added to which, the quality of my pictures depends on the subject and the composition, not the camera shake
Can't have that.The real trouble is that I simply lose the will to live if I have to carry a tripod around with me, and worse if I have to put the camera on it.
A little bit of masking tape will solve the format proportion problem easily. ;-)I think so too, problem is that it's 3:2 not 4:3
I'm hoping they offer something good with the camera