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Nah... I'm not too fond of gin anyway. Do manuals go down well with Islay whisky? Lagavulin isn't too brute and should match the rather smooth operation of an Olympus camera, don't you think?Well, to be honest Jorgen, although I cannot deny the existence of said Bath Tub, I don't have any Gin either (if we buy it the children drink it first), and therefore no tonic.
However this doesn't matter, because I never read manuals, especially those for the E5, because, like you, I don't even have an E-5, let alone it's manual.
However, as a general principle, IF:
1. I did have an E-5
2. I decided to read the manual
Then I think it indubitable that I would go out and buy some Gin and Tonic especially to read it in the bath.
You would probably be able to borrow someone else's bath?
all the best
That's an overstatement, an oversimplification of the goals of good UI.Hasn't it been famously stated that if the user has to read the manual, the product is not well-designed?
I'm with Cam on this - although not with myself, in that I rarely read manuals, although I do always keep the manual for new cameras in my bag for reference.I always keep a copy of the camera manual, for any modern camera, in my bag with me when I'm on a shoot nonetheless. Sometimes looking up a function and reading about it is indeed the fastest way to solving a problem. ;-)
Speaking of. I was on Olympus's sites and didn't see an upgrade for Viewer or Master that would process the E-5 raws. Aside from what you probably got in the box, is there anything available out there that will?ISO 3200 seems quite usable:
Can't wait to work on files like this with the Lightroom 3 tools from raw!
The version of Olympus Viewer 2 that comes in the box is the only released application software currently able to read E-5 .ORF files to the best of my knowledge. I expect that to change very soon.Speaking of. I was on Olympus's sites and didn't see an upgrade for Viewer or Master that would process the E-5 raws. Aside from what you probably got in the box, is there anything available out there that will?
I doubt they can, or would even be interested to try. Much of the difference in body size with the E-3/E-5 has to do with the viewfinder and image stabilization system, and was necessary.... (and then they can put something similar in a body like the E1!)
Sometimes the hardest thing to find is what's right in front of you.But I do write manuals, and it's quite irritating when someone asks a question one has (clearly of course) answered!
HI Godfrey -To me, the E-3 was a very well laid out, nicely realized and developed design. Different from the E-1 for sure: a little less organic and more practical. I'm glad they didn't change the E-5 body from the E-3 very much: I liked it immediately when I first handled the E-3 in 2007.
Sorry, but I've never used Live View mode on an E-3 so I can't really judge whether the E-5 is any quieter in operation. One thing on the E-5 that might make a difference is that I noticed an option to disable Phase Detect focusing in Live View. This might reduce the amount of mirror flapping that goes on ... I don't know for sure.Thank you Godfrey.
Just a question, the LV shhoting activation is as noisy as it is in E3 or is it usable also in a quiet environment?
Hmm.HI Godfrey -
I do agree - I liked my E3 as well. Perhaps what I mean rather than size explicitly is the 'organicness' of the E1 - three points:
1. that feeling of solidity that the E3 was slightly missing
2. such an elegant design on the E1 (E5 looks more utilitarian)
3. The shutter noise . . . but you'll agree with that!