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Re: [OM] E-1 lenses resolution vs. conventional lenses - fact or hype?

Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 lenses resolution vs. conventional lenses - fact or hype?
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 12:38:08 +0800
I have never seen a E-1 but Olympus spec. mentioned it is 0.96x with 50mm
(100mm equ.) lens, how can it be as large as our OM which is 0.85x (OM4)
with 50mm lens?  Not the mention the super big OM1n/2n screen.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Before you say that Olympus hasn't made a decent viewfinder, I suggest
> you actually pickup an E-1 and try focusing with it; you will be shocked
> at what you see - it's full frame, bright and contrasty - enough so that
> I can manually focus in low light, without the aid of a rangefinder in
> the center (none of the digital cameras have that, unfortunately.)
>
> To say that the image is small really makes less than no sense - it's
> full frame, and magnified to whatever 35 mm equivalent you're using - so
> the image looks no smaller than the image you see in your Omwhatever, or
> the image I would see in a Nikon f100 using the equivalent focal length.
>
> Try it before you comment on it.
>
> B. D.
>


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