Hi Brian
Congratulations for your 70th!
I bought an E-3 to replace my E-1 and I am very happy with it. I also
changed my 14-54 for the 12-60, also a very good piece of kit. I have
heard that the 14-45 is on the mediocre side, so I would change that
anyway.
But the E-3 is a bit larger and heavier than the E-1 so you might wish
to consider the E-520; with the 14-42 kit lens (rather good) it's a
bit lighter and smaller as an ensemble than the E-3 with 14-54 or
12-60 (and cheaper).
As far as noise at high ISO is concerned, you will find that the E-3
and E-520 are much better than the E-1, although I had no particular
problem with the E-1. But also, as Jan Steinman observed a few days
ago, with image stabilisation, the results from lower shutter speeds
are excellent; there is less need to go to higher ISOs. In fact I
have not gone above ISO 800 recently.
Finally, I have the 35 Macro and 50-200 DZ lenses, but I use the 12-60
almost exclusively, such is the range of focal lengths and its close-
up capability.
If you have a broadband connection I should be happy to send you a
couple of RAW files for you to look at.
Cheers
Chris
On 7 Oct 2008, at 06:04, <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I'm probably asking something that has been well covered in digests
> over
> the last year, and I confess to having saved but not read many of
> them.
>
> I enjoy using my E1, and it has been a great introduction to digital
> photography. BUT (and there has to be a 'but' in a contribution
> such as
> this), I am increasingly dis-satisfied at what I can get out of it
> when
> doing landscape photography.
>
> Having, at the ripe age of 70 (just attained), come into some money
> after
> being bought out of the former family home, I am considering up-
> grading.
>
> The lens I have on my E1 is the budget 14-45mm DZ zoom that came
> with it,
> and sometimes I use some of the large collection of manual Zuikos
> that I
> have. So probably I could get a sharper DZ lens (or two).
>
> But I find that there is not nearly enough detail in my tripod
> shots, so
> here I am asking.
>
> The E3 has 10 MP, but I have heard that it is not very good at
> higher ISO
> settings (like the E1).
>
> An Olympus technician I know has a Canon digital for these reasons,
> though
> he does use some Zuiko lenses on it.
>
> What suggestions / comment do you have?
>
> All advice will be gratefully received!!
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