The E3 certainly works well with the 50-200 and this is one of the
main reasons why I kept it. When I need the reach beyond what the M8
can provide (my longest M lens is a 90mm), the E3+50-200mm combo is
just the ticket.
Nathan
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On Aug 24, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> At the rate I'm going, though, the E-1 will be my 10-year digital
>> camera...
>
> I'm about to borrow a friend's E-500 for some testing to see if its
> capture is reminiscent of the E-1's with a few pixels to spare. He
> also owns the 510 but I've been enabling his venture into the OM
> system and he's pretty much gotten lost therein. You might get a
> chance to meet him if the Zuikofest cum ribs is on for this weekend.
>
> However, to qualify for that kind of longevity, I think the camera
> needs the feel and handling of the E-1. My E-330 is probably
> technically superior to the E-1 in terms of capture and it has those
> two lovely LV modes. But held up to the eye, it's just sort of
> tolerable compared to the E-1.
>
> If you get a chance to score a 50-200, old type or new, at a good
> price, go for it, but I have found that while the E-1 is very accurate
> focusing the 14-54, the 50-200 can be very poor with the E-1 and even
> with the E-330. I'm sure there's more than a bit that could be blamed
> on the photographer in my case, but I found myself using LV with the
> 50-200 on every possible occasion to get assurance about critical
> focus. (The E-3 finally brings home the bacon with the 50-200, BTW.)
>
> 8-10 MP is completely adequate for me. I find that my backroads kit
> consists of E-3 plus 14-54 in my digital bag, another bag with one OM
> body and 4-5 primes and small Velbon tripod. All this fits in the
> commuter bags of my BMW motorrad ("Wow, I didn't know BMW made cars
> too!"). I have finally found a way to make digital and film work
> together, where the E-3 works as a means to proof some of the things I
> think might work well on film as well as to capture occasionally
> things that I would otherwise miss shooting slide film in particular.
> I might start carrying the DZ 1.4 TC in the digital kit to get a wee
> bit more length now and then, but the 14-54 pretty much gets it all
> done for me.
>
> The E-3 is such a pleasure to use that its relative size and weight is
> not a deterrent. I'm really hooked on the viewfinder in particular,
> but I need to work harder on figuring out my base settings. On
> Saturday I put over 200 miles on the motorcycle, scouting and shooting
> in the two counties north of here, about 12 hours straight at it, and
> I brought along the PL, thinking it would improve my photos. Well, it
> does and it doesn't. It really improves clouds and sky, but it so
> flattens foreground plants that it almost appears to mess with color.
> I was actually kind of disappointed with a couple shots on digital
> with PL that I think will be OK on film with PL. I just think that's
> kind of weird, but I guess we have to remember that a sensor is not
> the same as film. In practical terms, I'm still learning what that
> amounts to. I see it working in a more nuanced (i.e., trickier) way
> with ND grad split filters as well as PLs.
>
> Yours rambling on,
> Joel W.
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