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Re: Olympus E-330 first impressions

Ian Burley

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Re: Olympus E-330 first impressions (Bob Ross)
Re: Olympus E-330 first impressions 13 February 2006 6:29 pm

Interesting suggestion about the spot meter - only have a Sekonic L-308S at the moment - the Lumidisc attachment might work pressed up against the eyepiece...

The Mode B live mode does have a time-out and it's certainly less than 8 minutes by default.

Interestingly, I exclusively used the live preview for the DXO test target tests I did today and I preferred Mode B because it gives a perfect fit view for 100%framing. The zoomed manual focus is also nice in Mode B.

It did make me wonder at the time if over-use of Mode B would affect the noise test results and I do plan to repeat the tests using Mode A and Mode B separately to see if there is a difference.

One annoying thing I've found is the one-touch custom white balance calibration procedure - it's impossible to fathom without the manual and involves pressing the release mode selector button at the same time as the shutter release. The E-500 has a dedicated button for this.

Ian

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