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A Zip archive of seven original Olympus E-1 images I took at the beginning of September at an Olympus press seminar in Mallorca is now available for download.

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The images contained in the file were produced by a pre-production Olympus E-1 and lenses and initially I warned that theyt may not be fully representative of the final shipping product. However, after several weeks use of a production E-1 I feel they are adequately representative.

Notes on each image file:
Image parameters reproduced here are also available via examination of the standard EXIF format data recorded in each file.

Image file: P9010061.JPG
ISO: 100
Lens: 50mm f/2.0 Digital Zuiko Macro
Focal length (35mm equiv): 50mm (100mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed: 1/1000th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Bright, direct, midday sunlight
Notes: This was as close as I could get to the watch using the 50mm f/2.0
Digital Zuiko Macro. The watch case is 36mm wide, not including winding knob. The watch face is a cream beige off-white.

Image file: P9010114.JPG
ISO: 100
Lens: 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital Zuiko Zoom
Focal length (35mm equiv): 54mm (108mm)
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter speed: 1/250th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Bright early afternoon sunlight
Notes: This was a slightly 'grabbed' shot from a distance with the 14-54 zoom on full tele. This usefully shows extreme highlights and shadows in the same image. I understand the girl in the white dress was probably celebrating her Catholic confirmation. The scene was just outside the cathedral in the Old Town of Palma, Mallorca.

Image file: P9010128.JPG
ISO: 100
Lens: 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital Zuiko Zoom
Focal length (35mm equiv): 14mm (28mm)
Aperture: f/5.0
Shutter speed: 1/125th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Bright early afternoon sunlight
Notes: Again, the periphery of the scene and some of the background are in shadow, while there are highlights to test the dynamic range and the meter.

Image file: P9010171.JPG
ISO: 400
Lens: 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto
Focal length (35mm equiv): 300mm (600mm)
Aperture: f/3.5
Shutter speed: 1/320th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Mid afternoon, overcast, semi-shade.
Notes: This was taken using the 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto on a monopod. The sun had gone out but the ambient light was still quite good.

Image file: P9010178.JPG
ISO: 400
Lens: 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto
Focal length (35mm equiv): 300mm (600mm)
Aperture: f/4
Shutter speed: 1/400th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Mid afternoon, overcast.
Notes: Again using the 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto on a monopod.

Image file: P9010254.JPG
ISO: 100
Lens: 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital Zuiko Zoom
Focal length (35mm equiv): 54mm (108mm)
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter speed: 1/320th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Mid afternoon, sun slightly obscured by broken cloud.
Notes: I deliberately took this to see if any chromatic aberration could be coaxed out along the sharp eddges of the leaves against the sky. The sky has been bleached slightly as the meter has concentrated on the foliage. A wider shot shows the sky to be more blue.

Image file: P9010264.JPG
ISO: 800
Lens: 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto, with EC14 tele-converter
Focal length (35mm equiv): 425mm (850mm)
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter speed: 1/400th
Meter setting: Program ESP (evaluative)
Lighting conditions: Mid afternoon, overcast.
Notes: Back to the monopod-equipped 300mm f/2.8 Digital Zuiko Telephoto, but this time with the EC14 teleconverter (approx 1.42x conversion).

Image sharpness was set to normal (which is equivalent to low on some cameras) and white balance was set to automatic. None of these images were subject to the E-1's noise filter mode. All images were photographed using SHQ JPEG mode (least compression JPEG mode, highest resolution).

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