I realized after a while that the 21/4 was a bit wide for this place. The 35mm lens would have been fine (I cropped to about the equivalent of that in most cases). This little girl was quite fascinated by the funny looking man and quite unselfconscious about discussing me at the top of her voice with her family. I got my picture, though...
Nice shot Roger! It's almost as if the little girl dressed to match the red bridge, ie red blouse + red bridge-- a pleasant nicely composed photo. Thanks for commenting on my recent seascape-- it was the "blues" that stood out to me too.
To answer re your questions about the E-1: I love it!-- operationally fast and sealed against rain and dust-- and it cleans it's own sensor. Can you imagine shooting in the conditions that I routinely do w/o a weather proof camera?-- especially the salt water? Also 2 fast compact lenses that go from 28mm to 400mm! A 400mm f 3.5 is incredible to me. Do you know how much a Nikon 400mm f3.5 weighs-- and costs?-- a LOT in both cases.
Re obsolesence of the 4/3 format. It was a concern to me too until I read comments by Phil Askey of the well respected DP Review. He said that theorhetically the (nominal) 18mm by 13mm CCD sensor of the E-1 could accommodate up tp 31 MP-- such a sensor would yield a monster 93MB file! So, unlike the old Olympus 1/2 frame format, there is a great deal of room for pixel expansion (and other improvements) of the CCD sensor-- unlike the absolute "fixed" nature of the 1/2 frame film format. Even if the E-1 sensor only "grows" to 15 MP, that would provide a huge 45MB file. I can already print very nice 13 X 17.3" photos with the E-1s 5 MP sensor-- it yields a 15.3 MB file. The only complaint I have about the E-1 is that the AF system "hunts" in some situations, ie shooting incoming waves, but as the lenses are fast and bright, the E-1 is easy to manual focus.
Sorry about the "sales pitch", but I love the E-1 and am enthusiastic and optimistic regarding the formats future. Cheers. Craig
Well done. Children, especially in homogenous societies are fascinated (and sometimes frightened) by people who are different than they are. Last year in Yokohama a pair of youngsters were very curious about the hair on my arms. They also make exquisite subjects for great photos.
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