Has your A1 CCD given up the ghost yet, Chuck? Judging from my experience,
you don't get much warning before ... pfft.
At least it looks like Sony are reasonably quick at rework over there. KM
service agent quotes ~ three months over here. "Can't get the parts from
... Sony" :-(
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Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: 09 January 2007 14:43
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: FL40 and C8080
I think I'll stick with my Minolta A1. Compared to the C5060, for example,
it has a 28-200/2.8-3.5 equivalent lens vs. 27-110/2.8-4.8 so it's both
longer and faster. It has a larger sensor with 50% more surface area for
less noise, ISO range to 800 vs 400. It has moving sensor image
stabilization good for about 2 stops, a PC connection as well as a hot shoe
with both protected to 400 volts, an intervalometer for time lapse
recording, and a live histogram. It has a spot meter whose measurement
point can be moved anywhere on the image but it does not do multi-spot
averaging. However, with the live histogram I'm not sure the multi-spot
averaging would buy much of any additional function.
I just wish I could have all this in a full frame DSLR.
Chuck Norcutt
khen lim wrote:
> Yes, I have access to all the E-series models but frankly I prefer to
> wait it out now. What I am looking for, nothing out there currently
> fits the bill but something will crop up. Here's my take on what I
> have been using of
> late:
>
> E-300: Nice but no multispot
> E-330: LiveView is great but not as good as C-5060 and no multispot
> E-1: Love everything about it but no LiveView
> E-500: Nothing there I need to be honest, nice as it is but it's not
> for me
> E-400: Very impressive little bugger, love the size, feels like a
> lodestone in my hands but no LiveView, no multispot (or did I miss
> finding it???)
>
> C-5060: Amazes me everyday, LiveView, multispot, pity lens not
> interchangeable
> C-8080: LiveView not as flexible as C-5060 but built like a tank,
> handles supremely, multispot is beautiful to use, love it
>
> Any comments? Love to hear what others might have to say.
>
> K.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 09/01/07, Richard Ociepka <ociepka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> khen lim wrote:
>>>
>>> The thing about these "small" cameras is that they're damn good
>>> little cameras that I use professionally and produced the kind of
>>> results that,
>> to
>>> be honest, exceeded my expectations so long as you know how to work
>> around
>>> their obvious limitations. I have no illusions about what their
>> limitations
>>> are especially when compared to DSLRs but quite honestly I have not
>> really
>>> come across THE DSLR that I would part with my cash, Olympus or
>> no-Olympus.
>>> And that's being quite frank - and sad - about it. But of course
>>> that's another topic altogether.
>>
>> Khen, how then did you come to possess the E-300...on loan from Olympus?
>>
>> Dick
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