E' stata la mia prima digitale seria per le mie fotografia di reportage; avevo uno studio fotografico e nel 2004 acquistati questa reflex. Ho pensionato subito la pellicola 35mm ed i miei matrimoni, album formato 30x40 cm, erano bellissimi. Una volta, il marito di una coppia appena sposata mi chiese se avessi usato la pellicola per quanto erano naturali e belli, i colori. L'ho cambiata con la successiva E-3, solo perché dopo 4 anni di duro lavoro, la mia un giorno si fermò. Pur apprezzando le migliorie, l'ergonomia e lo scatto discreto della E-1 rimangono nel mio cuore. La prossima settimana, un mio amico fotoamatore mi regala la sua perché non la usa da molto tempo. Non vedo l'ora che arrivi...
The E1 had the most sexy shutter sound. I think Only the Em1x come close. Oh and another thing that would always impress my Cannon and Nikon friends was the door for the memory cards. That things is built like a gorillas arm.
The Olympus E-1 was my very first DSLR, fast forward 20 years and after many camera bodies later the one camera I held on to was the E-1. It still works great too. The color science is top notch. Thanks for this nostalgic moment.
Thank you, Robin, for validating my use of "old" cameras (circa 2012-2016 digital for me, not to mention film cameras as old as 45 years!). It is now, and always has been, about the images and not about the gear.
Great video , Robin. Yep my E-1, rests in my camera bag, since upgrading to the E-30. Yes, the 50mm macro is one of my fav lenses. Before I got the E30 I could print Super A3 prints, with the E1. KB
I still have my mint condition E1 and won’t be selling it. As you said in your review the ergonomics and handling are superb. Just the tiny LCD screen shows it’s age now. Who needs more the 3 focus points? Lovely camera and great sensor for 5.5 MP. Very interesting review Robin.
There are some people I know about that say that "all the digital cameras are disposable" and that "in five years it will be broken or obsolete" or "it's not made to last" and that "digital cameras are all cheap trash compared to film cameras." My everyday DSLR turned 10 this year, and we have 20 year old DSLRs like this E-1. Clearly they are all still working and they are still very usable to create great photos. All the camera needs is someone to take it out and make great photos with it
Great portraits with a pretty model. I remember I used to use a 3 megapixel point & shoot Fuji camera 17 years ago. The pictures came out perfectly good for viewing on a monitor or TV and I even printed out a couple good ones!
Robin thank you again! Great video teachingI sitll having my e 3 and my e 620 some , or , a lot of my favorite flowers pictures were taked with the e 620 !
I shot all kinds of wedding, portraits, and corporate conferences with this camera -- it was a jewel. I still have one of my E-300's and a few 4/3 ZD lenses, including the 50mm f/2 and the wonderful 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5. The Kodak sensor was a color masterpiece. By the way, nice portrait shots, and my hat is off to your model -- she was relaxed and did a great job of giving you some creative poses.
Hands down the E-1 was the most comfortable and ergonomic DLSR style body I've ever used. I would still be shooting with mine, but it was impossible (at least it was for me) to review the images properly on the LCD so I wasn't sure I got the shot in focus till I got home and transferred the images. I do miss the legendary 50 f/2 lens. What a classic.
Yeah I love my e1. But I have the same issue while doing landscape photography. I thought I had bailed a few really great handheld shots but once I got home and loaded up the photos they were blurry. But, in a tripod or in good lighting the camera is amazing
Dear Robin, thank you for the very interesting video. I am in love with my 4/3 system. As a collector it is possible to buy all of the pro cams (as there are only 3..) and all Zuiko lenses. Since several years the system is dead and no new lenses coming out. That is good for my wallet... But back to the E1. In my point of view the style of the image quality fits best to people wearing nostalgic clothes. In this case it would look best if the model wears 50th or 60th dress. I also found that the sound of the cam is absolutely superb. After the sound of the mirror there is a great piep made by the electronic components. The combination of a big lens (like 14-35 or 35-100) with a good sound make the model feel very important... That helps us catching good pictures from a happy model.
You really don’t need tons of gear or megapixels just to enjoy photography. One time five megapixels were plenty for photography and its plenty for online and for print just not large prints. Thanks, Robin
Awesome video Robin! in my opinion, the best shot is at 8:15, very cool light and shadow portrait 👏🏼. Yes, CCDs are special, I printed many 8x10 pictures I took with my 6mp Epson R-D1 and they look great! It is not the violin...!
I love this format and especially like your videos. Not only did you teach me photography, but through regular photo walks I learned more about myself. I wish you the best with your videos and your photography.
POV videos are so informative. The poses and the lighting gives me ideas for my next shoot. POV videos should be a bigger part of your repertoire as they are a great way to give people ideas which means they go out and take more photos
I never used the e-1 but still have an E-3 I use quite often as I love the way it renders colors, very "film look", I also have its 14-54 and 50-200 lenses, great combination and on top of that, these great lenses are fully compatible with the OM1D.
Still have mine. It was a wonderful piece of gear. Solid as a brick, or close anyway. Love it. And forgot that the native ISO was 100... and the POV vide's, pretty good stuff Sir.
This was a great watch for me. Good to see you work with a human subject. "Do something with the wall", "Do something with your hair", brilliant! As an engineer, I do some amateur work and my mind is thinking, "Use three fingers to move your hair two inches to the left......"!! ;-) Ok, so I don't actually say that, but I'm too tied up in details to just work with the model. Thanks for that, and this type of video is very good.
Hi Robin, huge hugs from Brazil! Thank you for doing that, old cameras are the best teatchers! I believe that if you can do good pictures with a old camera, you can use whatever you want!
Thank you Robin for featuring the E1. I was inspired by your earlier POV video with the E1 to dig up my Lumix L10 (from 2007) and do some shutter therapy :)
Great video !!!! I don't know if my little Kodak Z650 point and shoot camera has this CCD sensor in it, but at only 6mp it just takes stunning pictures . I also own a Olympus OM-D EM10 Mark II that I am very pleased with.
Thanks for sharing! I have an E-410 that still works great and with 10MP is more than enough for my use. Other than what you mentioned in the video, the other drawback I would add to shooting 5MP today is that those who have 4K screens will not be able to fill the frame if they are looking at their pictures on a monitor or a TV and will have to digitally zoom in which might create some undesirable artefacts. However, if you're still using a 1080P screen or even 720P you'll have much more details than what you need.
Robin any idea which of the ccd olympus models is best e1, e500, e400 etc Full frame transfer to interline tranfer newer and more megapixels Older doesn't necessarily mean worse etc Just wondered which has best image quality from the ccd sensor differences between these models e1 5mp, e500 8mp and e400 10mp Which one to go for?
The Olympus E-1 was my 3rd DSLR after the E-300 and Digital Rebel. I loved the feel and sound of the camera with Olympuses great color. The files looked bigger than the 5 megapixels the camera had. As one who does not keep my old cameras much, I sold it for the E-3.
It's 20 years already??? Jesus... I bought mine E-1 new, as well as that 50mm f2 macro, which didn't had that much of the crazy bokeh, but on the other hand it was crazy sharp even wide open. That being said , it's kinda strange to see that lens so battered, since mine appeared brand new even at the time I've sold it, despite heavy use. Note that lens was faster and more accurate on newer bodies like E-3.
Hi Robin. Do u know anyplace in Malaysia that still can service the olympus E-1? Mine is having a faulty lcd screen. I think the lcd polarizer film starts to degrade..
Hello! I own e-400 and considering to buy e-510 for image stabilization and I agree colors from these early cameras are something special. But I noticed that skintones from these cameras are a little bit too dark. Just like examples from this video. Don't you think so?
Great VDO Robin~ I’ve notice you’ve removed entirely the focusing ring probably due to dissolving rubber. Does it affect manual focusing when you do macro shooting with it?
Robin can you do a review on the Original olympus omd em-5 even tho you had made a video on it. I wanted to know the manual setting about the live time mode
Not sure about 5Mpix, but around 10-12Mpix you are well covered for most outputs. Also my first digital cameras were 4Mpix Casio QV-R40 and 6Mpix Casio EX-Z110 and both served me for years. But at that time every improvement was significant. Going from 4 to 6 Mpix was 50% increase. I also used to shoot with Pentax K100D which is 6Mpix APS-C and images were quite good. That camera also was not putting high demands on lenses. Even weaker lenses had quite good output as all those small issues were hidden. But then 14.6Mpix K20D was introduced and the difference was very significant. Suddenly you could crop some part of image and still have enough resolution to play with. On the other hand older lenses started showing limits. Now with 24Mpix APS-C K3 without AA filter I can clearly see all the chromatic aberations and imperfections of older lenses :D But yes, for most outputs I do resize those pics to something like 3000x2000 or 4000x2660 anyway and it is well enough for final customers/users/consumers. Barely anybody has 40" 4K monitor or prints A1 photos.... most people look at photos on some 12" to 24" screens, mostly with just FHD resolution or if they print, it very rarely exceeds some A4/Letter print size. This leads back to my everyday carry small cameras - even some 12Mpix Oly XZ-2 can do a lot of things and be better than latest mobile phone cameras. It has fast sharp lens, CMOS sensor, shoots RAW.. Imagine having such camera in 2004.. it would easily rival output of hi-end DSLRs of that time and nobody would complain that it does not have enough resolution :D
Hahaa, point on for no croping. And a special feature - no iAuto. I would say that if you want to go old-school but stay digital then this is the way to do it.
Thank you Robin! Those CCD sensors are really special, different from the CMOS sensors of today. The Pentax K200D is one the latest camera's (as far as I know) with a CCD sensor, 10MP. Quite affordable camera as well. The E.Zuiko 50mm macro is an outstanding piece of glass, I still have one. Connected with MMF-3 to E-M1.2 it's faster in focussing than on a E-1 in my experience.
Got myself a brand new looking E5 with less than 1000 shutter count for 350 bucks. BEST deal ever! I have to add a E5 to my collection of oly dslr. The last emperor to rule 4/3 lenses 😂
E' stata la mia prima digitale seria per le mie fotografia di reportage; avevo uno studio fotografico e nel 2004 acquistati questa reflex.
Ho pensionato subito la pellicola 35mm ed i miei matrimoni, album formato 30x40 cm, erano bellissimi.
Una volta, il marito di una coppia appena sposata mi chiese se avessi usato la pellicola per quanto erano naturali e belli, i colori.
L'ho cambiata con la successiva E-3, solo perché dopo 4 anni di duro lavoro, la mia un giorno si fermò.
Pur apprezzando le migliorie, l'ergonomia e lo scatto discreto della E-1 rimangono nel mio cuore.
La prossima settimana, un mio amico fotoamatore mi regala la sua perché non la usa da molto tempo.
Non vedo l'ora che arrivi...
Lovely model and your interaction with her is effective and professional.
Thanks! Communication is the key!
The E1 had the most sexy shutter sound. I think Only the Em1x come close. Oh and another thing that would always impress my Cannon and Nikon friends was the door for the memory cards. That things is built like a gorillas arm.
Nothing in my opinion can beat the colors came out from this beast. I still shoot occasionally with my E-1 and never it fails to amaze me to this day.
The Olympus E-1 was my very first DSLR, fast forward 20 years and after many camera bodies later the one camera I held on to was the E-1. It still works great too. The color science is top notch. Thanks for this nostalgic moment.
Thanks Tony! Yes Olympus figured out the color science indeed
Excellent results, Robin, and you can never have too many photos of a beautiful young lady.
Very true that! Thanks
Very informative, good discussion, very good fun.....Very Robin Wong..... don't ever change
Thanks Tony, you are very kind!
I know why you brought me to Olympus and why you could do that anytime again.
Thanks for your inspiration and shutter therapy
No worries, more shutter therapy adventures coming
It was amazing camera at that time!!!! What beautiful memories!!
Indeed, such amazing colors
Nicely done, Robin. Very good. I just love old cams, even digital cams.
Thanks, same here
Great photos of a lovely lady. I should get out my old E-1 to see if I can possibly understand why the old Kodak CCD sensor is so good!
Great shots. Love how you communicate with you model.
Thanks Plato, that was the intention of the video to show how I work with the model. Also kudos to Erika for being so easy to work with
Agree 100 %!!! Use it use it use it, the more yout take pictures the better your pics will be !!!
Thanks, the problem with a lot of people - they just don't shoot enough
Thank you, Robin, for validating my use of "old" cameras (circa 2012-2016 digital for me, not to mention film cameras as old as 45 years!). It is now, and always has been, about the images and not about the gear.
Thanks John, any camera is great camera in my opinion, we just need to work harder as the photographer to get great shots. No excuses
Outstanding presentation Robin. You have once again proven that it is not the gear which makes the photo. It is the photographer.
Thanks! I still have a lot to learn myself, and more than anything I also make these videos as a reminder to myself
I use my e-5 all the time. It’s an excellent camera with great color science.
E-5 was my workhorse for many years!
Great video , Robin. Yep my E-1, rests in my camera bag, since upgrading to the E-30. Yes, the 50mm macro is one of my fav lenses. Before I got the E30 I could print Super A3 prints, with the E1. KB
Thanks Ken, indeed E-1 is amazing!
I still have my mint condition E1 and won’t be selling it. As you said in your review the ergonomics and handling are superb. Just the tiny LCD screen shows it’s age now. Who needs more the 3 focus points? Lovely camera and great sensor for 5.5 MP. Very interesting review Robin.
Yeah I only used one AF point and generally just center AF and refocus. Glad you have the E-1
I think that that CCD is the same that is in the E500 as well. Beautiful sensor
I like this pov style, and yes old camera can do good photos today.
Thanks Sebastiano, more LOV stuff coming for sure
It's nostalgic. Thanks for sharing your passion and joy. Good work.
There are some people I know about that say that "all the digital cameras are disposable" and that "in five years it will be broken or obsolete" or "it's not made to last" and that "digital cameras are all cheap trash compared to film cameras."
My everyday DSLR turned 10 this year, and we have 20 year old DSLRs like this E-1. Clearly they are all still working and they are still very usable to create great photos. All the camera needs is someone to take it out and make great photos with it
WOW........Beautifull camera and best model...are you big FOTHOGRAPER. Felicitaciones from Colombia
Even by today's standards, that lens is stellar. The 50mm f2 is probably the last Four Thirds lens I would part from. So sharp. So, so, so sharp.
i still have it
I love the special rendering of the lens
@@robinwong me to. Sad that it is so slow on em5 mark 3
Great portraits with a pretty model. I remember I used to use a 3 megapixel point & shoot Fuji camera 17 years ago. The pictures came out perfectly good for viewing on a monitor or TV and I even printed out a couple good ones!
Yeah I am sure that Fuji compact is amazing too
Robin thank you again! Great video teachingI sitll having my e 3 and my e 620 some , or , a lot of my favorite flowers pictures were taked with the e 620 !
E-620 is so special, it even has backlit buttons
Thanks Robin. I still use my E-3 and E-620 for macro shooting with 50mm Zuiko lense. The results are great.
Thanks! Yes the 50mm is indeed a great macro lens
LOVE the format and the actual method of how you captured the images. This gives us some helpful tips. Great job.
Thanks so much, more POV stuff coming for sure
I shot all kinds of wedding, portraits, and corporate conferences with this camera -- it was a jewel. I still have one of my E-300's and a few 4/3 ZD lenses, including the 50mm f/2 and the wonderful 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5. The Kodak sensor was a color masterpiece.
By the way, nice portrait shots, and my hat is off to your model -- she was relaxed and did a great job of giving you some creative poses.
I love old camera reviews. Makes me wanna get out and shoot.
Honestly such a fun video!! I could watch these all day. Love ya Robin 😘
Thanks so much, you are too kind, and please do go out and shoot!
08:22 - My fave.
Greetings from someone also liking his E-1 and pressing da button just to hear it. I do definitely not wish to get rid of it.
Indeed photography is no secret. Love more of this POV style videos.
Thanks for arranging the event Van. Let's do more soon
Hands down the E-1 was the most comfortable and ergonomic DLSR style body I've ever used. I would still be shooting with mine, but it was impossible (at least it was for me) to review the images properly on the LCD so I wasn't sure I got the shot in focus till I got home and transferred the images. I do miss the legendary 50 f/2 lens. What a classic.
Yeah it was a bummer the screen was so low in resolution, But for everything else it works so well
Yeah I love my e1. But I have the same issue while doing landscape photography. I thought I had bailed a few really great handheld shots but once I got home and loaded up the photos they were blurry. But, in a tripod or in good lighting the camera is amazing
Awesome video! Amazing portraits! The model was great! Camera is a hidden gem!
Thanks! And yes the camera is amazing
Dear Robin, thank you for the very interesting video. I am in love with my 4/3 system. As a collector it is possible to buy all of the pro cams (as there are only 3..) and all Zuiko lenses. Since several years the system is dead and no new lenses coming out. That is good for my wallet... But back to the E1. In my point of view the style of the image quality fits best to people wearing nostalgic clothes. In this case it would look best if the model wears 50th or 60th dress. I also found that the sound of the cam is absolutely superb. After the sound of the mirror there is a great piep made by the electronic components. The combination of a big lens (like 14-35 or 35-100) with a good sound make the model feel very important... That helps us catching good pictures from a happy model.
Nice vid - great camera. Thank you.
For 5 mp pictures the quality is outstanding almost filmic appearance with yellowish tone.
You really don’t need tons of gear or megapixels just to enjoy photography.
One time five megapixels were plenty for photography and its plenty for online and for print just not large prints.
Thanks, Robin
Thanks Alvin, one day I am going to steal your words. "You don't need tons of megapixels to enjoy photography"
@@robinwong Please use my words to hopefully get the idea out. We all love gear but nothing wrong with older gear.
Awesome video Robin! in my opinion, the best shot is at 8:15, very cool light and shadow portrait 👏🏼.
Yes, CCDs are special, I printed many 8x10 pictures I took with my 6mp Epson R-D1 and they look great! It is not the violin...!
Thanks Ricardo, that is my favourite shot too. Yes CCD sensors have amazing colors
Great Video. Thank You Robin.
Thanks Doug, glad you like the video
I still use that 50mm for all of my outdoor portraits with the converter adapter
Glad to know you still use the 50mm!
I love this format and especially like your videos. Not only did you teach me photography, but through regular photo walks I learned more about myself. I wish you the best with your videos and your photography.
Thanks so much Pascal, I shall continue to do more POV style video
POV videos are so informative. The poses and the lighting gives me ideas for my next shoot. POV videos should be a bigger part of your repertoire as they are a great way to give people ideas which means they go out and take more photos
Thanks John for the feedback and I have a few more POV stuff lined up already! Can't wait to shoot and share them.
I never used the e-1 but still have an E-3 I use quite often as I love the way it renders colors, very "film look", I also have its 14-54 and 50-200 lenses, great combination and on top of that, these great lenses are fully compatible with the OM1D.
Thank you :)
Thanks Lecky
More of these Robin, they get a big thumbs up from Me 👍
Thanks Tony, more to come
Love your E-1 content! I bought and E-400 partly because of your videos. Thank you!
Thanks for this video. Maybe I will get out my old E-620 and take it on a photo walk.
Still have mine. It was a wonderful piece of gear. Solid as a brick, or close anyway. Love it. And forgot that the native ISO was 100... and the POV vide's, pretty good stuff Sir.
Thanks, yeah I shot most of the images as close to ISO100 as possible to get best results. More POV stuff coming for sure
Beautiful photos Robin. This is Ian Davis from many years ago. I still follow and enjoy your work. Rooting for you, man.
This was a great watch for me. Good to see you work with a human subject. "Do something with the wall", "Do something with your hair", brilliant! As an engineer, I do some amateur work and my mind is thinking, "Use three fingers to move your hair two inches to the left......"!! ;-) Ok, so I don't actually say that, but I'm too tied up in details to just work with the model. Thanks for that, and this type of video is very good.
The E1 is a Legand love mine.
Indeed it is
Model camera e400 have kodak sensor ccd and 10 mP resolution
Glad you have that camera too
Thanks Robin. Just got mine from EBay.
You are doing really valuable content. Thank you
Thanks, I am glad to be able to share
Hi Robin, huge hugs from Brazil! Thank you for doing that, old cameras are the best teatchers! I believe that if you can do good pictures with a old camera, you can use whatever you want!
Awesome video Robin, I have and still use the E500 which has that amazing CCD too. I use the 50 f2 macro too with the E500, Cheers!
E-500 is an amazing camera too!
Thank you Robin for featuring the E1. I was inspired by your earlier POV video with the E1 to dig up my Lumix L10 (from 2007) and do some shutter therapy :)
Great video !!!! I don't know if my little Kodak Z650 point and shoot camera has this CCD sensor in it, but at only 6mp it just takes stunning pictures . I also own a Olympus OM-D EM10 Mark II that I am very pleased with.
The sensor for E-1 is Micro Four Thirds, so it is different. Nonetheless Kodak does know color science well, they were a film company after all
@@robinwong Thanks for replying !!!
Enjoyed the review. Would love your take on the quirky but interesting Sigma DP Merrill series of cameras.
I could not find any Sigma in the market, it is like no one uses that at all around here
Thanks for sharing! I have an E-410 that still works great and with 10MP is more than enough for my use. Other than what you mentioned in the video, the other drawback I would add to shooting 5MP today is that those who have 4K screens will not be able to fill the frame if they are looking at their pictures on a monitor or a TV and will have to digitally zoom in which might create some undesirable artefacts. However, if you're still using a 1080P screen or even 720P you'll have much more details than what you need.
Robin that was truly awesome! Please make more videos like this 🙂 Greetings from Poland! 🇵🇱
Thanks! More POV videos to come for sure
Hi Robin,
I bought a E-1 with less than 4000 shutterclicks... Its like New with a 14-50 Leica Its Phantastik 😊
Thank you for your Videos
50mm f2 is awesome
Awesome indeed
Great video Robin, and very nice photos! It only shows that there is nothing old in old cameras...I would say there's experience instead ;)
Robin any idea which of the ccd olympus models is best e1, e500, e400 etc
Full frame transfer to interline tranfer newer and more megapixels
Older doesn't necessarily mean worse etc
Just wondered which has best image quality from the ccd sensor differences between these models e1 5mp, e500 8mp and e400 10mp
Which one to go for?
Nice video. Do you know if there are any adapters for the E1? Nikon F lenses would have been nice to use with this camera.
The Olympus E-1 was my 3rd DSLR after the E-300 and Digital Rebel. I loved the feel and sound of the camera with Olympuses great color. The files looked bigger than the 5 megapixels the camera had. As one who does not keep my old cameras much, I sold it for the E-3.
It's 20 years already??? Jesus... I bought mine E-1 new, as well as that 50mm f2 macro, which didn't had that much of the crazy bokeh, but on the other hand it was crazy sharp even wide open. That being said , it's kinda strange to see that lens so battered, since mine appeared brand new even at the time I've sold it, despite heavy use. Note that lens was faster and more accurate on newer bodies like E-3.
Hi Robin. Do u know anyplace in Malaysia that still can service the olympus E-1? Mine is having a faulty lcd screen. I think the lcd polarizer film starts to degrade..
Hi, do you know if the focus points get in red iin the viewfinder when you lock focus on something?
Robin... The best portrait len for this old 4/3 is this 50mm f2? Or are there any better lens for portrait?
Hello! I own e-400 and considering to buy e-510 for image stabilization and I agree colors from these early cameras are something special. But I noticed that skintones from these cameras are a little bit too dark. Just like examples from this video. Don't you think so?
The skin captured by the camera was true to life, if you think the skin is too dark... You do know there are people with dark skin right?
@@robinwong Sure, I know. Skintone on photos was just darker than on video.
Great VDO Robin~ I’ve notice you’ve removed entirely the focusing ring probably due to dissolving rubber. Does it affect manual focusing when you do macro shooting with it?
Very interesting. I just found Olympus e1 on ebay for 200USD
That is a steal!
my father still uses my old E3 and 12-60. i still have the 50mm f2 is mint condition
E-3 is another legendary camera from Olympus
Is it possible to use the E1 lenses on today cameras?
In the video you presented your camera but did you presented Erika at a moment? I am not sure.
The video is about the Olympus E-1, not Erika. I am not sure what you are asking for.
Robin can you do a review on the Original olympus omd em-5 even tho you had made a video on it. I wanted to know the manual setting about the live time mode
Now I see the reason why models need to be tall
4:13 Fast foward to the pretty woman.🤣👍
Not sure about 5Mpix, but around 10-12Mpix you are well covered for most outputs.
Also my first digital cameras were 4Mpix Casio QV-R40 and 6Mpix Casio EX-Z110 and both served me for years. But at that time every improvement was significant. Going from 4 to 6 Mpix was 50% increase.
I also used to shoot with Pentax K100D which is 6Mpix APS-C and images were quite good. That camera also was not putting high demands on lenses. Even weaker lenses had quite good output as all those small issues were hidden. But then 14.6Mpix K20D was introduced and the difference was very significant. Suddenly you could crop some part of image and still have enough resolution to play with. On the other hand older lenses started showing limits. Now with 24Mpix APS-C K3 without AA filter I can clearly see all the chromatic aberations and imperfections of older lenses :D
But yes, for most outputs I do resize those pics to something like 3000x2000 or 4000x2660 anyway and it is well enough for final customers/users/consumers. Barely anybody has 40" 4K monitor or prints A1 photos.... most people look at photos on some 12" to 24" screens, mostly with just FHD resolution or if they print, it very rarely exceeds some A4/Letter print size.
This leads back to my everyday carry small cameras - even some 12Mpix Oly XZ-2 can do a lot of things and be better than latest mobile phone cameras. It has fast sharp lens, CMOS sensor, shoots RAW.. Imagine having such camera in 2004.. it would easily rival output of hi-end DSLRs of that time and nobody would complain that it does not have enough resolution :D
Used to be my dream camera before 43 was phased out by oly
Yeah and mirrorless is the future!
Hahaa, point on for no croping. And a special feature - no iAuto. I would say that if you want to go old-school but stay digital then this is the way to do it.
I did not even realize there was no Auto mode on E-1! That indeed will force you to play around with the settings more
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Thank you Robin! Those CCD sensors are really special, different from the CMOS sensors of today. The Pentax K200D is one the latest camera's (as far as I know) with a CCD sensor, 10MP. Quite affordable camera as well.
The E.Zuiko 50mm macro is an outstanding piece of glass, I still have one. Connected with MMF-3 to E-M1.2 it's faster in focussing than on a E-1 in my experience.
Yeah I'd think the newer cameras have improved the AF speed too!
Wish mine was as nice as yours, mines beat to hell.. my second body was as nice but a broken pin bricked it..
Hey Jude, I think wear and tear is a normal thing, and it shows you have used the camera well!
@@robinwong it is my favourite digitsl camera I own 😁
4k is 8 megapixels
camera is older than the model...
“Do something to the wall”? Ok.
Got myself a brand new looking E5 with less than 1000 shutter count for 350 bucks. BEST deal ever! I have to add a E5 to my collection of oly dslr. The last emperor to rule 4/3 lenses 😂