Olympus E-1 Hands-On Report
DP-Now’s editor Ian Burley has just returned from a trip to Majorca to test out the new Olympus E-1 DSLR (what a great life journalists lead!). Ian has added a hands-on report of the E-1 on the DP-Now forums, with a full preview due later this week.
Here’s an interesting snippet of information to whet your appetite:
“The Four Thirds standard, around which the E-System is based, relates to the old Videcon picture tube sizing standard and the key dimension to note is the sensor diagonal of 22.3mm. We were told that this means that cameras could be developed with sensors of any aspect ratio a manufacturer desired, including square format, as long as the sensor diagonal remained 22.3mm. So the Four Thirds standard name is not tied to the 4:3 aspect ratio that the E-1 has adopted.”
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#1 Mad@TT
Just this morning I was looking at the pics they were taking in Mallorca (I even saw mr. Burley on a few of them
I`m quite impressed by the 300/2 and overall quality of the sistem. Some very nice features (pressing the WB button takes a test shot then you either confirm the settings or adjust, programable buttons etc.)
PS "(what a great life journalists lead!)."
you should have seen the hotel they were staying at hehe
6:37 pm - Tuesday, September 2, 2003
#2 Mark Goldstein
When I spoke to Ian at the weekend he was looking out at the sea from his hotel balcony, just past the Level 2 swimming pool!
I don't suppose you've got any pics that I could publish here?
6:47 pm - Tuesday, September 2, 2003
#3 Mad@TT
Pics are not mine but from the magazine editor I cooperate with. I`ll let you know if he decides to publish anything on the net ( http://www.e-fotografija.com - some 300D pics from London if you haven`t had enough yet
Let`s just say that pool is one sweeeet thing overlooking the bay
6:54 pm - Tuesday, September 2, 2003
#4 Ian Burley
Oh yes, Matlaž Intihar from Slovenia. I think his colleague took a pictire of me posing with the 300mm f/2.8
And, Mark - I made a mistake, its a single level pool, but Mad@TT is correct, it's the sweetest thing overlooking the bay!
Ian
9:03 pm - Tuesday, September 2, 2003
#5 Mad@TT
MatJaž not MatLaž but I don`t think he`ll mind
10:28 pm - Tuesday, September 2, 2003
#6 Mad@TT
Hey Mark....as promised - The Pool
http://www.e-fotografija.com/artman/publish/article_67.shtml
(scroll down)
1:17 am - Friday, September 5, 2003
#7 Mark Goldstein
Very nice! I've already seen it though - Ian Burley sent me a photo the other day
Excuse my ignorance, but which country/language is http://www.e-fotografija.com in?
12:15 pm - Friday, September 5, 2003
#8 Ian Burley
Mark, read up the page - Slovenia
Ian
1:19 pm - Friday, September 5, 2003
#9 Mark Goldstein
Ahh, Slovenia...it's too early for me to focus properly this morning.
Anyone know a good translation service for Slovenian? That Olympus E-1 article that Mad@TT has linked to looks good...
1:25 pm - Friday, September 5, 2003
#10 Mark Goldstein
This is posted on behalf of Matjaz Intihar:
"Slovenia?
w - italy
e - hungary
n - austria
s- croatia
only 2.000.000 peoples speaking this language.
I will must translate my pages some days.
With best wishes
Matjaz Intihar"
12:09 pm - Tuesday, September 9, 2003