When Red Becomes Pink

Suburban Landscape 56, originally uploaded by jjvornov.

Olympus finally revealed their flagship DSLR last night, the E-3. A year ago I got tired of waiting for a replacement for my E-1 and bought the D80 when it was first released.
My photographic output increased tremendously. I developed a working style within a few months and I’m working on my second year follow-through. For the most part, I’ve used my Nikon film legacy lenses including the 50mm f1.8 (this image), the 24mm f2.8 (which lives on the camera) and the 70-300mm f4-5.6 G. In the spring I added the 12-24mm f4 DX because I had nothing wider than the 24mm, which provided a film FOV of 36mm.
Looking at the E-3, I see no reason to switch back from Nikon. The only real E-3 advantage over the Nikon equivalent (D300) is in-body image stabilization. Since I have little trouble hand holding a 1/30 exposure with the 24mm, I feel comfortable with Nikon’s VR approach at the telephoto end.

Author: James Vornov

I'm an MD, PhD Neurologist who left a successful academic career on the Faculty of The Johns Hopkins Medical School to develop new treatments in Biotech and Pharma. I became fascinated with how people actually make decisions based on the science of decision theory and emerging understanding of how the brain works to make decisions. My passion now is this deep explanation of what has been the realm of philosophy, psychology and self help but is now understood as brain function. By understanding our brains, I believe we can become happier, more successful people. View all posts by James Vornov