The high ISO noise is my biggest concern regarding the E-1. I can handle the
mediocre 3fps speed, I can handle the limited lens selection. But I'm
concerned about the noise.
I shoot a lot of middle-school basketball in dim gyms where I use Fuji Press
800 pushed to 1600. That gives me 1/250 at f/2.8 at the best gyms and 1/60 at
the worst ones. The typical combo is 1/125 at f/2.8 for most of the night
games at 1600. My best shots were with a borrowed Nikon 70-200/2.8 VR lens on
an F5. I've also took quite a few with an OM4t + 90/2 macro and a Canon A2 +
85/1.8 USM. The AF on the Nikon and Canon bodies was far too good to ignore.
I set the cameras on focus-release priority (where the shutter will only fire
if the subject is in focus), and I got 75-80% keepers. With MF, the percentage
is down to 50% and I have to confine myself to less aggressive action. I NEED
autofocus.
But the images with the 90/2 were very, very nice; at least the ones that were
in focus. :-o
I'm going to go to one of the big NYC camera stores soon and shoot some E-1
test shots at high ISO's soon to see what it's like.
I don't relish having to post-process all my shots, although I guess that I
could do it in batch mode. I haven't been too impressed with the noise
reduction results so far with SOTA programs like Neat Image. They tend to make
the images look weird. (This could also be operator error.)
I want to take the pictures with a DSLR and have them come right out of the
camera onto a printer. Is that too much to ask?
Skip
>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Woe is Me - Bridge Camera Fallout
> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 18:03:34 EST
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>In a message dated 3/9/04 3:26:25 PM Central Standard Time,
>agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
>> Would I recommend this camera to other Zuikoheads desperately
>> trying to wait out the DSLR purchase as long as possible? In a
>> heartbeat. There are a few oddball nuances, and noise at the
>> higher ISOs is disastrous,
>
>
>It would be interesting to know how many of us really use the higher ISO
>films with our OMs. I've been back seriously doing some photography for about
>3
>1/2 years and most of what I have been doing is in the 50-100 ISO range. Yes,
>I
>shoot a fair amount of Tri-X, however almost all of my color work is done
>below 200 ISO. So the question becomes, "Does the noise at higher ISOs really
>make any difference given the way I use my camera?" I don't know the answer
>because I'm not yet digital, however it might be interesting to hear from
>folks
>about the magnitude of the noise "problem". Bill Barber
>
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