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<p>I recently picked up an OM Zuiko 50mm 1.8 and have been using it on my E-410 for a couple of weeks. After getting used to manual focus again, I have been enjoying it immensely -- some fabulous, nearly 3d images... wonderful.<br>

But, I have noticed that my RAW files are about 1 - 2 MBs smaller than when I shoot with a designed for digital, auto focus lens. 8.9 MB instead of 10.25 or so... I have trouble believing that the EXIF info for aperture and focal length could account for this big a difference.<br>

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Hmmm... my battery is in the charger, but I usually turn off the 'noise reduction' (Should have called it detail destroyer) and the sharpness is set to -2.

 

I shoot only RAW and find these settings perfectly acceptable up to ISO 800.

 

Have fun with your new baby!

The E-410 is a lovely camera. It does not have many of the features and do-dads available on more expensive/newer cameras, but it produces some phenomenal images.

 

I have no idea how this is actually possible in this digital age, but there is a definite 'look' to 410 images IMO and I can often pick them out in flickr groups without even opening them.

 

Take a look at Lili's image above and the one attached to this post... then go on a E-410 image search... check the EXIF data and learn how people using the camera have adjusted them. Read the review at http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse410/ for set-up tips... there is much more to this little giant than many would have you believe...

 

One word of warning... it IS an entry level DSLR and to get it to jump through hoops you need to really learn how to use it. When you start wishing for more sophisticated controls, then it is time to look further up the line. But, I suspect I will be using and carrying my 410 for a long time to come, no matter what else I carry.

 

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Katie, you should do exactly what feels best for you - especially if you are working professionally. A camera, any camera, is only a tool.

 

You will find wonderful advice here on this board from knowledgeable people with an amazing number of years behind the camera. Their camera of choice is Olympus. My camera of choice (digitally speaking) is Olympus.

 

We all believe in and trust Olympus products, but If you have lost confidence in your camera, or, perhaps never gained confidence -- get rid of it!

 

You should be able to pick up your camera and take a picture without ever stopping to think about the camera... light, composition, depth of field, subject, etc. those are the things you need to think about.

 

Technology is fun and sometimes addictive, but it has very little to do with photography once you have some kind of reasonable camera in your hands.

 

Canon, Nikon, Pentax... ALL are capable of producing good, great, average and terrible images. The type of image is completely up to you.

 

Go to the store... ignore the sales people... pick up cameras... take pictures on your own CF card, take them home and look at them. When you find the picture you remember because of the subject instead of how you managed to set the shutter speed... you have probably found your camera.

 

Go take pictures.

 

Have fun.

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I don't think so... I have the same 'marks' even on pictures in quite subdued light (no sun at all). I chose these because the shape and number is very easy to see on the quite neutral grey... these represent about 20% of the original images.

I think I know what the problem is here, but Oly's SSWF dust-buster has never let me down before...

 

I see I forgot to mention that these were RAW images.

 

Is this dust? If it is, why does it only show up on high f-stops/long exposures?

 

Should I take it to an Oly service place, or shop for a kit and try to clean it myself? The camera is still under

warranty, but I doubt that matters for this particular problem...

 

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"Street Photography" is what you define it to be, in my humble opinion.

 

Personally, I have a set of rules that I follow when I take pictures on the street. They are simple and clear and they have been developed over many, many years. They can also cause me so much pain it is hard to describe :-) They are:

 

1. Never take unfair advantage of anyone. If I take a photo and feel like I have to run away from someone - I have broken my rule.

 

2. I do not show faces (without express permission) of any of my subjects. It might be legal, but you never, ever know where your pictures are going to get to... I don't want to get anyone in trouble. I will print and exhibit street portraits, but in that situation the 'audience' is limited to the people who walk through or who buy prints. No one has offered me a book deal, so I have not yet had to deal with that little problem...

 

3. If someone asks me to refrain from taking a photo -- I do. If someone asks me to get rid of an image from my digital -- I do. If someone asks for a copy -- I send it to them.

 

4. If I think a photo is good and I process it and discover it is GREAT... but I have a doubt in the back of my head about putting it up on the net... I do not put it online... That is the one that hurts the most...

 

It might be my 'vision' or my 'eye' that makes the image, but it is the people in the image that make it possible -- Without them I get nothing. If people abuse their 'right' to take pictures of people, we may end up with a law like France has that essentially makes street photography illegal.

 

In the mean time, have fun!

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If it is like my E-410 it needs (what I believe) is a Kodak USB cable... The camera end is smaller than a standard USB with rounded bottom corners...

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I have a 410 and like everyone else, I shoot to the CF and use the XD as a back-up or as a second card on those heavy days. The CF is clearly faster and I have run one through the washing machine with no losses (not a recommended procedure!) -- I still use that card and it just keeps going and going...

Thanks David!

I keep looking at that constant F2.8... Then I look at the price and I wonder if

I shouldn't buy one...

 

Has any had any experience with it?

Anyone have an opinion on this camera? I have a chance to buy one at a very good

price and after having read some reviews it looks like a good choice for a

pocket/back-up.

 

Has anyone used it?

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May be a stupid question, but, you have tried opening the .orf files in Bridge... not directly in CS3...

OK, I know I saw a similar question at one point, but be darned if I can find

it... I have two dust bits lodged somewhere in my viewfinder, on the screen,

or...? Nothing I have tried seems to be able to remove them.

 

They are not appearing on the finished image, but they are driving me crazy! I

shoot on the street, so speed and only half-seeing to frame are important to me

and here are these two vivid black bits...

 

I have tried a brush, a miracle cleaning cloth, gentle blowing and a puffer...

no improvement.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Any help most sincerely appreciated.

Rich just about covered the reasons, but I must say that the 410 has a personality and 'feel' that I love. Image stabilization is a big issue for some I suppose and a nice-to-have feature, but I have managed to squeek one or two pretty good images out of my 410 even without IS... ( )... then again, if the E-510 had been on the market when I bought the 410, I probably would have spent that little extra.

 

I agree the 420 is worth looking at though -- digitals are made 'obsolete' so quickly... it is hard to justify investing in a top of the range camera at this point in time...

 

By the way, those kit lenses... they are pretty darn good.