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Re: [OM] Digital Camera that takes OM lenses (READ!)

Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Camera that takes OM lenses (READ!)
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:07:13 +0800

Joel Ingulsrud wrote:

> For the existing snapshot digicams, sure. My expectations for the next
> generation of digital SLRs that Olympus appears to be working on with Kodak
> for next year or that Foveon and others at the high end are already
> delivering is that I will be able to take much higher quality photos than
> with film. The dynamic range advantage that people like Stephen Johnson have
> been enjoying for years is very, very compelling--how much would _you_ pay
> to have 18 stops of dynamic range in a single image? The real revolution is
> about dynamic range, not resolution.
> 

I don't see 18 stops of D-Range, my E-10's exposure latitude is just
similar to silde (may be only a bit better). 18 stops need at least 18
bits to reproduce, I haven't seen any DC has 18 bit yet. Actually
color negative can capture a much better D-Range than the current DC.

> 
> Yup, I bet ink and paper costs will easily end up erasing the savings in
> film costs, but the creative freedom will make it worthwhile. I also assume
> that the new Olympus SLR coming next year will cost significantly less than
> the current offerings from Nikon and Canon. For sentimental reasons I hope
> Olympus at least resurrects the Zuiko reputation, if not the brand, with a
> new series of world-beating optics--otherwise I see no reason to choose
> their offering over anything else with equivalent usability.
> 

The OM digital SLR is claimed to have similar price as the current
E-20. That is a very good price as compared to the others, assume it
has the latest feature like the E-20 or better.

Without details we cannot judge if the Olympus Digital SLR will be a
better choice or not. It is hard to defind the "equivalent usability".
Just like the E-10, it has been available for around one year and up
to now I still can't find a DC from other brand has similar
"usablility". Even many already has 5MP and longer zoom range. They
just lack an optical viewfinder, manual zoom, much more usable manual
focus and fast shutter response.

C.H.Ling

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