Michael:
I read your review on the E-1 with some interest, and then
had a play with one at the local agent's here in
Christchurch, new Zealand. my reason for wanting to find a
digicam is because I am in the process of
writing/photographing a book on New Zealand, which will
contain a mixture iio landscape and documentary/portrait
images. I will be travelling the country on and off for the
next year. until now I have been using film, and my
projected budget for the rest of the project sees it at
about $NZ 8000 for film and processing. I run a Canon
rig(1v, 2.8L lenses) but there all the obvious reasons for
going digital..
What has held me out is the quality of the colour from the
canon digi's. it lacks the clarity and intensity of the
results from film. the 1Ds is too expensive, and the colour
from the 10D has a veiled quality that looks to my eye to be
quite muddy, and a little flat, (plus the saturation
controls are crude!)
I like the camera. It is small, lightweight, and handles
intuitively. the shutter response is superb, it focuses like
a dream. The viewfinder rocks. A digital Leica? I would love
to think so...And the Studio software offers a myriad of
controls for RAW conversion. Way better than Fuji's Hyper
utility software. I like it.
But, and here is the point, will it meet my needs? I can Rip
the images up for exhibition. No problemo. For publication
however, will it be good enough for an A3 double spread?
does it have the tonal subleties for high-quality
publication?
it would be neat if you could devote an article to the
question of what is required for this. there seems to be a
lot of assumed knowledge tht is rarely ever published about
this. A lot of prejudice as well.
Help those of us sitting on the fence, who want to make the
change but have yet to be convinced
Many thanks for your help