[Leica] For anyone who's interested...

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Leica glass - of course not.

Downside - like the digital Rebel, it's not a pro body, not sealed the
way the E-1 is - although unlike the Rebel, it is a metal body with a
solid feel to it. The mirror,rather than prism-based viewfinder is okay,
but it's not as good as the E-1. I can do manual focus on the E-1 with
no problem; it's pretty iffy on the Evolt. Most of the same features,
but some are somewhat limited - for instance there are far fewer
saturation, sharpness, and contrast settings. The autofocus is instant
and right on- even better than the E-1 which is fine. Nice built-in
flash. Good color rendition. But frankly, the b&w mode is so good, I
will probably use it as a b&w-only second body. The 8 mgp is nice, in
that it makes cropping more doable. 

Keep in mind - for anyone who isn't aware - that I get this stuff free
from Olympus. 



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
eric
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 7:30 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] For anyone who's interested...


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.
> 
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