I fully agree about the C5050. It's a nusiance to use and I sold mine
(alas highly depreciated) the other day. It's strictly OM for a while
now. All DC's I tried feel and handles more like toys than gear for
picture producing. But then again, I never held an E-1.
Henrik
PS I always liked the picture quality on the 5050, though
> I had a few 4x6 prints made from my C5050 today, at a professional
> lab, not
> walmart or the grocery chain store. Some were just birthday pics. The
> skin
> colors are not natural at all, but perhaps it is due to being taken
> with
> on-camera flash. The colors in the outdoor pictures was fine though,
> and
> overall picture quality is okay. But for snapshot flash pictures, I
> would
> certainly prefer prints made with Kodak Portra 400VC on my Oly Epic
> 2.8, at
> a fraction of the overall cost. Even my wife, who is not very picky
> about
> picture quality as I am, commented on the poor skin tones, and some
> purple
> fringes showing up. Unless the E1 significantly exceeds the C5050 in
> picture
> quality, I would have no interest in spending that kind of money on an
> E-1.
> After all, you can only use it for prints, not slides. And if you only
> want
> it for computer screen use, it is a bit expensive for me for that
> price.
>
> And, yes, the C5050 is really not a fun camera to use, chiefly because
> of
> the shutter lag and poor viewfinder. I would much prefer even my OM10
> over
> the C5050 to use. Comparing it to the OM2s or OM1n is a joke imo.
>
> I've never handled the E-1, but I would suspect it much more fun to
> use than
> a compact digital camera. If they depreciate at the rate of present
> digital
> cameras, I may pick one up on the used market at about 1/4 its present
> value. That will likely be a couple years or so though.
>
> Wayne
>
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