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[OM] I wish Bert Keppler were still alive...

Subject: [OM] I wish Bert Keppler were still alive...
From: "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 06:28:39 -0700
...because I'd like to discuss the new OM-D model with him.

I was resentful that Olympus did not produce a full-frame DSLR that could take 
OM lenses -- even though it was obvious such a product was financially and 
commercially impractical. So I switched to the Canon 5D. (I would have anyhow, 
as finances forced me to sell my OM system.)

I found it quaint that Olympus described its DSLRs as compact, when even the 
smallest looked large next to the OM-4T. What should have been obvious -- but 
I missed altogether -- was that Olympus's adoption of the 4/3 sensor was a 
conscious decision to position itself for the return of the OM cameras in 
digital form.

The new E-M1 has a revolutionary viewfinder -- which I described to Bert 
Keppler 43 years ago. I couldn't imagine electronic sensors ever having 
sufficient resolution to replace film. So, I envisaged a camera in which the 
sensor sat at the focusing screen position, and a display -- reflected in an 
angled mirror -- showed what the sensor saw.

What's the point? Well, you could dial in the type of film you were using, and 
the display would show how the scene would be rendered. No more guesswork 
about what you'd get.

The E-M1 has the digital-imaging equivalent -- you can adjust the highlight & 
shadow curves, and hue/saturation as you're looking through the finder. (The 
latter is possible on the Canon 5D2, but it's rather clunky, as you have to 
switch to LCD preview mode.) 

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