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[OM] Re: Reviews of E-410 and E-510

Subject: [OM] Re: Reviews of E-410 and E-510
From: "Robert Swier" <om.swier@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 14:42:04 -0500
Does anyone else think these cameras are virtually identical? Except
for IS on the 510, I can't really see why they both need to exist. Why
not throw all their weight behind a single body? The price is almost
the same, the body shape is almost the same, it looks like they both
have the same sensor and both come with the same two kit lenses.

That being said, it looks like I no longer have to figure out how to
get an E-400 in North America, but now there are two new choices that
look roughly equivalent...

Robert Swier
Toronto

On 3/5/07, Ian Nichols <ian.a.nichols@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 05/03/07, Jay Maynard <jmaynard@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 07:59:21AM -0800, AG Schnozz wrote:
> > > 1. Batteries.  The 510 uses the standard BLM-1 battery. This is good
> > > news for those of us who have a little bit of an investment in
> > > batteries.  For example, I've got three, plus the E-1's battery/grip
> > > mega-mouth battery.
> >
> > Yeah. This is probably why the E-510 has that ^&^#$% grip.
>
>
> To be perfectly honest, I prefer SLRs with a grip, I find them much
> nicer to handle and much harder to drop without them being
> significantly harder to pack.  Don't understand why so many folks hate
> them the way they do.  Being able to use the same battery for my
> existing E-300 and whatever (if anything) I get next will be a major
> plus point.  Much worst to have to carry 2 different sorts of battery
> than to have cameras with  grips, IMO.
>
> My only actual gripes with these new models is the lack of a second
> jog-wheel on the front (which would be best positioned at the
> top-front edge of the grip, of course), and the fixed screen (should
> be tiltable at least, now they've put live-view in).
>
> I suppose I should be grateful that they have CF and XD slots, because
> if they only had one slot it would probably be XD.  I'd not consider
> it a negative point if it only had CF, but I guess Oly were thinking
> of compact (Oly) camera owners who wanted to keep using their old XD
> cards.  I could have a rant about that, but I won't.
>
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