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Subject: [OM] Re: Evolt review
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:35:03 +0800
The review exactly match their magazine name :-) I perfer dpreview and 
Imaging Resource much more, they are more professional.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CyberSimian" <OlySimian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Some quotes from the conclusion to the Evolt review in the 22nd January
> edition of the UK weekly photo magazine "Amateur Photographer":
>
> "With its first four-thirds camera (the E1) Olympus proved that a 
> physically
> small, five-million pixel sensor can deliver images that are comparable 
> to,
> if not better than, its six-million pixel contemporaries with larger 
> sensor
> arrays.  With the E300 the company is proving that ... a highly-populated
> sensor does not necessarily produce superior results."
>
> "On paper the combination of price and sensor resolution appears to be a
> promising one, but the promise and the reality are somewhat different."
>
> "However, I am more concerned with the amount of noise generated and
> transferred to the final image.  With higher than anticipated noise levels
> throughout the ISO range, tthe E300 clearly asks whether a 17x13mm imaging
> chip is physically large enough to house a high pixel count using today's
> technology.  Hopefully when Olympus releases its next high-end E-system
> model -- maybe in a month's time -- it will provide the definitive answer 
> by
> delivering both high resolution and high quality in a single package."
>
> "FOR:
> o  Good at capturing/resolving fine detail
> o  No discernible fringeing
> o  Supersonic wave filter for dust removal"
>
> "AGAINST:
> o  Excessive noise at ISO 200 and above
> o  Auto white balance unpredictable if no definite white point
> o  ESP meter easily thrown towards under/over-exposure
> o  Difficult handling for photographers using left eye"
>
> -- from Cy in the UK


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