Hey guys I finally received my Canon EOS 1n from Camera World of Oregon.
They told me I would get it in two days. Well one week went by and I
figured they didn't have any in stock. When it approached two weeks I
called them back. Their excuse was they couldn't verify my home number. My
reply was: "what do you mean" ? they read my phone number back and they had
it right. They claimed to have called me three times to verify if I placed
the order and no one was home and I have an answering machine. They never
sent me a postcard or anything.
To make a long story short they offered to ship it to me gratis for the mix
up. (thought that was nice) I then received it in two days but , they did
not include the manufacturer's $150.00 rebate they promised. When I called
back , I spoke to a sales person who said that was strange. He said: " That
the salesmen there ,are very good about typing this in on the bill of sale".
(what's up with that!) He said he would check to see if the $150.00 rebate
was being offered at that time. (while on hold , I was saying to myself ,
here we go again) But he came back and said yes it was available and would
send me one. He blamed the customer service people. "Sometimes they
forget".
Anyway , I am bringing this because some of you expressed an interest in
this half-breed version. (opps politically incorrect , hybrid , no offense
anyone.) The Canon to Olympus adapter fit the camera perfectly. You cant
even tell by looking at the camera body , that it's a different mount. It
was neat seeing the juxtaposition of a Olympus Camera body cap on the EOS1n
body.
Well I used it for the first time to shoot an evening football assignment.
The EOS 1n with the Zuiko performed like a Mazzerati (Italian sports car.)
I liked the sound of the shutter.(sounds like a silenced machine gun, tat ,
tat , tat.) What blew me away though was how I had more in- focus shots
with the Zuiko lens than I had while using the OM-4Ti with the standard
screen. The Canon EOS1n had a much brighter viewing screen than the 4Ti ,
it made manual focusing easier. When I placed the 4Ti back on , my cornea
had a hard time adjusting because of the difference in light in the view
finder. (I have never used a beattie screen ,so perhaps I have been missing
out.) I always knew my OM-1 and even OM-2000 was a lot brighter than my 4Ti
, but I still could not believe how bright the Canon Eos 1n was. I was
telling a Canon photographer friend of mine who shoots exclusively EOS and
he asked what screen did I have in it?. I said the one that came with it.
He said that's nothing Canon has another focusing screen that's even
brighter. I replied your kidding! , Nope he said.
Anyway I shot wide open at 2.8 sometimes at 6,000 of a second and as the
light quickly gave way I shot manually @ 250th with fill flash and it
performed excellently. All in all it seemed strange having my film
auto-matically wind on and rewind. I kept reaching for things that weren't
there if you know what I mean. (old habit)
If any of you wanted to see it , I will be placing my Olympus 350mm f2.8
(blk version) on ebay either tonight or tomorrow. The EOS 1n is attached to
the lens , but not included. I need to free up some denario . I'm curious
to see how an Auto-focus lens performs now.
If Olympus won't make a camera with a faster shutter and X-sync , heck just
make it yourself.
Sam ....
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