Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]very interesting.. neat compact DSLR. some many choices out there.. Downside of the E-300? Can you stick leica glass on it. (without superglue?) Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [Leica] For anyone who's interested... > The new Olympus Evolt (E-300) landed on my doorstep the day before Xmas; > it's Olympus's competitor for the digital Rebel and D70 (and is the DSLR > with a series of mirrors rather than a prism, which gives it a flat top, > and more compact size.) Anyway, among it's more interesting features is > a really, really good built-in black and white mode, and, in addition to > the usual contrast, saturation, and sharpness options in the menus, a > high-key/normal/low-key option. Here are three black and white images, > and one color - > http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS?page=1 > > > "At the movies" and the garage shot were taken in high-key, the shot of > my daughter and the kitten were in normal. The movie shot is noisy - all > three were shot at 800 - but is also hideously underexposed, which will > lead to noise, or grain ;-). > > Comments, vicious attacks, etc. welcome. :-) > > B. D. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >