Thanks for the hands-on update, Daniel. Sounds like it would be nice to
have, but I will stick with the E-1 for a while longer. It still fits my
hands just fine.
For anyone interested in Daniel's E-3, I will give him a thumbs up.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sepke" <daniel.sepke@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 8:21 PM
Subject: [OM] Thoughts on the E-5
> Well I have lived with my E-5 for a couple of weeks now and here are some
> thoughts for those considering it or just curious about it. To give you
> some
> background I have progressed from the E-1 (Hi Jim! Great work you are
> doing
> with the old gal BTW) through the E-3, along the way I have also kept and
> still use a couple of the E-4xx series. I also use the E-620 with the
> class
> I teach. Anyway here are some observations in no particular order.
>
>
>
> Memory card door
>
> Along with the removal of the memory card door latch has come my biggest
> bug
> bear in that you can no longer swap memory cards without power cycling the
> camera. You can pull a card but inserting a replacement while powered
> causes
> an immediate shut down requiring an off and then on again cycle with the
> power switch (slower than just turning it off and back on again as
> something
> freaks out when you put the card in while powered). The graphic warning
> you
> that the door is open is also gone. This change also appears to have
> disabled the shutter count check routine.
>
>
>
> Menus
>
> While they are still too deep with far too many options they do look
> better.
> Not in the same class a Nikon but at least not so Atari looking. The color
> code is useless but it takes some of the tedium out of programming those
> set
> it and forget it functions like what the function button does (IS selector
> is my preferred one here). There are some nice custom options you can turn
> on and off now like the steps in the zoomed out review mode and directly
> embedded copyright info.
>
>
>
> BLM-5
>
> I haven't actually used it yet but its grey and well it's a battery. The
> charger is grey too, whoo-oh! I suspect I will get another when the
> BLM-1's
> I have die. I haven't looked yet but I hope that the lovely people at
> Hahnel
> will be making a charging plate for the 5 type battery someday as I love
> my
> dual charger.
>
>
>
> 1600 ISO
>
> Is at least as good as 800 was on the E-3 so that ticked the box for me.
> Still might struggle in the Chapel at work but that's what the f2 glass is
> there for J (I was shooting at 1600, f2 and may be 1/60 with the E-3 if
> you
> wanna know how dark it is in there, B&W conversion is NOT an option for my
> employer!). Given the light it needs the E-5's noise vs detail is very
> nicely controlled where the E-3 was mush. Underexpose though and the
> things
> lying in the shadows will rise up and kill you, just like they did in the
> E-3.
>
>
>
> Screen
>
> Is lovely and a nice step up from the E-3, not sure how I did what I do
> with
> the one on E-1 at this point. Oh and the E-P1 ZAGG Invisible Shield is a
> great fit for this screen.
>
>
>
> AF
>
> I can't say I have noticed the AF being remarkably better the way some on
> DPR have gushed. But I also haven't pointed the 5 at any sports yet. I am
> hopeful but realistic that it's not going to have changed that much from
> the
> E-3.
>
>
>
> File Size
>
> The slight bump up has given my PC at home a bit of a shock. Apparently I
> was in some sort of sweet spot for it with the E-3 ORF's. Who knew 2Mb
> could
> make such a difference? Perhaps it's the krappy reload I did post of a
> ill-advised HDD upgrade or maybe my trusty Thinkpad is actually show her
> age. L Anyway I can just stare at the wall while waiting for files to
> batch
> convert.
>
>
>
> All told the E-5 does what it's sold as doing, not breaking the mold but
> giving E-3 users a string to hold onto. Maybe it's the last hurrah but I
> still can't convert to Nikon and get the same range of lenses without a
> weight or aperture penalty, or both. And that's before I factor in the
> $15K
> it'll cost me to get what I have again. In the mean time I am dabbling
> with
> an M6 and a couple of lenses to see if an RF will have a place in my bag.
> It
> was quite fun buying the E-5 and the M6 at the same time, "will you take
> three grand for the pair?" I asked and after checking with the manager I
> got
> the nod of a deal done. Yeah I'm sick in the head but I'm having fun.
>
>
>
> Anyone looking for an E-3 with about 35k on the clock? ;)
>
>
>
> Dan S
>
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