On dpreview.com there is a nice comparison of the E1 vs. Canon 10D and Nikon D100 in terms of weight and size. The E1 is clearly ligther. This would confirm the marketing arguments of Olympus for the 4/3rd system:
Canon EOS-10D Canon EF 28 - 70 mm F2.8 L 44.8 - 112 mm 1692 g (3.7 lb)
Olympus E-1 Olympus 14 - 54 mm F2.8 - F3.5 28 - 108 mm 1174 g (2.6 lb)
Nikon D100 Nikkor 28 - 70 F2.8 D AF-S 42 - 105 mm 1520 g (3.4 lb)
So the E-1 with an equivilant zoom is over 300g lighter than a Nikon D100 and over 500g lighter than the Canon 10d. In general the body of the E-1 is slightly smaller than the other two. This sounds good!
The E-1 has a pentaprism type viewfinder like a normal 35mm film-SLR camera. This is different to the E-10 and E-20.
The E-1 has an interchangegable focussing screen. The viewfinder seems to be a lot better than the one of te E-20. Focus position is clearly visible.
There seems to be no physical connection between the focussing ring of the lens and the lens elements themselves. This is new for people of the old style 35mm film slr. I do not know whether I like this. The lens tells the camera that the focus ring has been turned, the camera instructs the lens to change the focus position. Sounds weired...
"Supersonic Wave Filter" is responsibel for a kind of automatic dustr removal from the chip, each time you turn the camera on. This is new and Olympus is the first manufacturer, which is using this in digital SLR's. For more details please look in the broschure in the scan section.
The E-1 has both, USB 2.0 and firewire, which is very convenient for every user and a good investment in the future developments of the computerindustry.
CF write speed seems to be faster than with the E-20.
At the current time, no reviewer is allowed to write something about image quality or show test-images. This leads to some confusion of the photo-community and it shows obviously that the E-1 is not yet at the stage, where it will be (hopefully) in October in terms of quality image output.
Time will tell...
Canon EOS-10D Canon EF 28 - 70 mm F2.8 L 44.8 - 112 mm 1692 g (3.7 lb)
Olympus E-1 Olympus 14 - 54 mm F2.8 - F3.5 28 - 108 mm 1174 g (2.6 lb)
Nikon D100 Nikkor 28 - 70 F2.8 D AF-S 42 - 105 mm 1520 g (3.4 lb)
So the E-1 with an equivilant zoom is over 300g lighter than a Nikon D100 and over 500g lighter than the Canon 10d. In general the body of the E-1 is slightly smaller than the other two. This sounds good!
The E-1 has a pentaprism type viewfinder like a normal 35mm film-SLR camera. This is different to the E-10 and E-20.
The E-1 has an interchangegable focussing screen. The viewfinder seems to be a lot better than the one of te E-20. Focus position is clearly visible.
There seems to be no physical connection between the focussing ring of the lens and the lens elements themselves. This is new for people of the old style 35mm film slr. I do not know whether I like this. The lens tells the camera that the focus ring has been turned, the camera instructs the lens to change the focus position. Sounds weired...
"Supersonic Wave Filter" is responsibel for a kind of automatic dustr removal from the chip, each time you turn the camera on. This is new and Olympus is the first manufacturer, which is using this in digital SLR's. For more details please look in the broschure in the scan section.
The E-1 has both, USB 2.0 and firewire, which is very convenient for every user and a good investment in the future developments of the computerindustry.
CF write speed seems to be faster than with the E-20.
At the current time, no reviewer is allowed to write something about image quality or show test-images. This leads to some confusion of the photo-community and it shows obviously that the E-1 is not yet at the stage, where it will be (hopefully) in October in terms of quality image output.
Time will tell...