Now the negative reviews keep piling in. New York Times columnist and Mac enthusiast David Pogue gives yet another less than stellar review of the latest Olympus Pen. It's gonna hurt.
UPDATE: 7/30/09
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I read the review on onlinephotographer.com and it is funny that he claims that this camera should only be used in manual focus mode.
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ReplyDeleteanyway, the guy says it's AFA, autofocus attempt. I used it indoors on a couple of occasions. It wasn't great but it got the job done. I don't know if it would be better in direct sunlight. I saw a Sigma DP1 with full accessories asking for $450 ... tempted but the slow operation is going to be a major issue.
aiya! now i'm torn. i really like the look & feel of the EP-1 (well, i've always been quite an Olympus fan since i've shot pretty good pictures with my OM-1 - my first camera), but am not sure if it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteour vp of sales just bought one & has been raving about it. he let me play with it & it seems to work great. but what do i know? i'm so amateurish...
A still more detailed review can be found at dpreview.com.
ReplyDeleteYou just have to make a decision. You can't use it to shoot actions in conventional fashion that's for sure, no soccer for kids or social snaps in the dark. People who own them tend to rave about them as you know you don't want to appear stupid for buying a duh. When shooting condition is optimum I am sure it can give stellar performance. But then again, most $300 cameras can. So it really comes down to your passion toward the camera. Love is blind sometimes.
The camera is indeed very attractive, but I agree that it's over-priced, just as always Olympus cameras have been. Personally I'm not gonna spend $1000 on a startup m4/3rd system to replace my digicam, it just doesn't justify the cost difference.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all the guy at the Times will be testing a toaster tomorrow. Cameras are tools and just like any other profession there are different levels of tools. Is the camera made to shoot an NFL game? I think not. Would it be a stellar performer for travel? I bet it is. No flash, so what. They do offer an external flash that for me is always a better option. As far as low light I have seen results in that area and they are STELLAR. Maybe our esteemed writer at the Times should learn how to shoot RAW like real photographers. Or maybe he should just stick to toasters.
ReplyDeleteCameras are more like toys. Ha ha. I see what you are saying and apparently you have a very different opinion from Pogue. That's fine. Even most DSLR have a built-in flash so the general expectation is that it "should" have a flash especially for a compact. The auto-focus is kind of iffy in low light and that's a personal experience. So you really need to know what you are doing like manual focusing or using hyperfocus, depth of field to shoot. Not for the "average" user and I think there is such an average user out there. So all in all, I think the criticism has some merits though you may not like the tone of it. At the same time I do understand there is no perfect camera for everyone. If you can work around or indeed think of them as features rather than shortcomings, I think that's great.
ReplyDeleteHappy shooting everyone.