{"id":8482,"date":"2010-04-05T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/04\/05\/hannah-with-e-pl1\/"},"modified":"2018-04-03T15:51:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T07:51:19","slug":"hannah-with-e-pl1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2010\/04\/05\/hannah-with-e-pl1\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah with E-PL1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that I\u2019ve had the E-PL1 for nearly a fortnight and used it with a third party flash unit for indoor flash photography, I think I\u2019ve got a better feel for the camera, its utility and limitations. Oh yeah \u2013 opportunity to show more previously unposted pictures of Hannah too.:)<\/p>\n

Aside from that focusing hunts a little, even when it settles with focus confirmation, results can be occasionally completely off. It\u2019s roughly occurring in about 10% of all the close-up images I take. I still haven\u2019t quite figured out why that\u2019s occurring: it\u2019s unlikely camera shake\u2026 not when the exposure time for some of the out-of-focus images is at 1\/80s at 80mm-equivalent focal length with optical stabilization. It can\u2019t be an incorrect focusing point since the entire image is blurry. Gaah. I need to test this characteristic a lot more.<\/p>\n

Still, the 90% of the time when the focusing gets it right, the level of detail the E-PL1 and lens can resolve is amazing. Dare I say it \u2013 even better than what I get off the D300 with Sigma 24-60mm f2.8. Just amazing.<\/p>\n

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\nLeft<\/strong>: 27 March, Long John Silver\u2019s @ Rivervale Mall. 1\/60s, ISO250, f3.5. Right<\/strong>: 28 March, 1\/60s, ISO200, f5.2.<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve also been trying out the built-in movie mode too. It takes minimally-HD video at 1280×720 @ 30 fps. On the one hand, video taken in low light is pretty clean and devoid of the kind of image noise I expect off the Panasonic HDC-SD20. However, the inability of the E-PL1 to do quick focusing in Continuous-AF is a real delimiter, and would be real sad if it wasn\u2019t so funny watching the poor camera taking 1-2 seconds each time you reframe a scene in movie mode. So, the video this thing takes works \u2013 but only in static scenes or if I\u2019m shooting at wide-angle where the focus hunting effect is less pronounced.<\/p>\n

All said, what still counts are the images that I can get out of this without post-processing; and in this regard, I\u2019m still terrifically happy. Granted, the images I can coax out of this look best in controlled situations, but thankfully it\u2019s still (much) more good than bad. Add to the camera\u2019s portability \u2013 it follows me everywhere when we go out, or when I\u2019m at work \u2013 I find myself a lot more willing to just have fun taking pictures of everything.:)<\/p>\n

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\nTop<\/strong>: 31 March, 1\/60s, ISO200, f4.3. Bottom<\/strong>: 4 April, 1\/60s, ISO640, f3.5.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now that I\u2019ve had the E-PL1 for nearly a fortnight and used it with a third party flash unit for indoor flash photography, I think I\u2019ve got a better feel for the camera, its utility and limitations. Oh yeah \u2013<\/p>\n

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