I love the control over the picture that the DP1 gives me. I’m the King and the DP1 my slave. Just as I want it to be. :) Now, last morning I woke up with snow outside - I live in Sweden and normally this is normal - but years have become warmer and snow a rare sight. I took some shots more or less to test how nice bokeh the DP1 have - walking the dog.
Btw, as someone said at the forum already - turning off quick preview makes the DP1 faster between shots. And I also tested a normal SD card that came with another camera - it’s SOOOO SLOW! It really takes ages. So please. Use fastest card you can find, it’s a huge difference!
Timed save times RAW (light blinking):
SanDisk Extreme III 4GB: 2.5s
Canon SD SDC 32MB: 10s
Time before you can take another shot (single mode): 3.8s and quick preview off.
(As soon as it start to save to your card, you can take another shot) but you can’t change exposure etc during the “save” time so fast card is very important for the overall feel. If you try the camera make sure you have a fast SD.
Fint! Tog du hundbilden på Flickr med manuell fokus?
EDIT: Ja, den är manuellt fokuserad och jag tittade på displayen. :) misstog mig om vilken bild du menade. Jag har en till som är nära och som jag inte lagt upp.
ja, jag satte den på 40cm och tittade inte på LCD’n. Stog brevid och tryckte till. :) Bra med ratt som säger avståndet.
Buh, I don’t believe that: “I’m the King and the DP1 my slave”. Allow me the question, why do you treat your SLAVE like a QUEEN? :D :D :D
Dear mr Rytterfalk,
As I am in strong doubt beteen DP1 and Olympus E-420 I would like to ask you your opinion on the following matter concerning shot to shot time.
As I am taking lots of pictures of my children it seems important to me that I can shot very fast after each shot in order to not miss this “best smile” or “best look” as they are not posing but flying all over the place. Taking lots of shots makes the deal here.
If I imagine 2-3 second between shots with the DP1 and less than a second with the Oly I could believe this faster shot to shot time could be a important feature for me. What is your opinion about this.
Best regards
Bert Rietveld from Holland
Hi Bert!
In your case I’d say go for the E-420! To have continues AF is very useful if you wanna shot kids in motion. :)
But the “best smile” thing - I don’t think it would matter too much those extra seconds. Back in the film-days people got great smiles without todays speed. And don’t forget you do have continues mode on the DP1 - that’s three RAW’s within a second! then you wait 12s for the next burst. But I bet it will feel slow compared to the E-420. :)
Good luck with your choice!
// Carl
Hallo Carl,
Thanks for your honest reply. What is your general opinion about the E-420 ? It will fit into a coats pocket and most probabley a wide angle pancake will be out in the future. Apart from portability what would you make choose between them ?
Regards
Bert
Hi Carl and Bert,
Carl: Thank you for the great DP1 info contained on your site, it really looks to be a splendid camera :-)
Bert: for those “best smile” shots I find myself often using RAW JPEG on continuous mode to take 3-5 shots in succession on my E-510 and E-410. The responsiveness is excellent and sometimes those extra shots really make the difference for me. The buffer is fast enough that you can still have quite a few frames “in reserve” after that first burst too.
An example of E-410/E-510 “best shot” taken from a burst:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdhodges/2190410448/
NOTE: I DO recommend a fast focusing lens, focus wise 12-60mm is superb, 14-42mm is suprisingly okay. But they do sometimes slow down in low light.
IMHO a slow focusing lens really negates the importance of continous mode… it sucks to either have (a) an out of focus shot -or- (b) shots AFTER the “best smile”. Slow focusing often causes both A and B for me :-(
For coat-pocketability, I wouldn’t recommend the E-410/E-420. It takes me some time to get it out of a pocket/bag and so I usually carry it via the neckstrap.
For true pocketability I personally prefer a smaller camera (DP1 would be nice, but SD800 is fine for my spur of the moment shooting ;-) Carl can probably tell you more on this than me.
PS I didn’t mean to turn this into an Oly thread, but I felt you asked a really good question and that Carl provided some good info!
JD - Thanks a lot for your info, and the beautiful shot you provided. specially with full size and all. I don’t mind lots more info on other cams. I love shooting with everything and I do believe that with the right mind you can make everything shine!
Your comment was found in my SPAM spider net so it took a while for it to come out in the light. :) Sorry about that.
To Bert, I need to test the E420 myself to be able to give you more. I will attend a big photo fair soon showing some pictures made with my SD14 / DP1 and I will try the E-420 for sure! Hope they have it. :)
Thanks guys for you very helpfull info.
JD do you think the 14-42 kitlens is good enough not to make you want to buy the 20-54 immediately ?
As far as the DP1 is concerned I think this is a fantastic start for a new era on digital pocket camera`s . Applause for SIMGA.
It`s only that for every camera you need to ask yourselve ” what do I use it for and does the tool fits those needs” In my case I need something with faster shot to shot .
Regards
Bert
I really like the 1st photo with the weight on the line and the blurred house in the background.
Is this what’s meant by the dp1’s shallow field of view?
And if so, how close do you have to be to the foreground item to get the background to blur?
Thanks, and keep up the great site…
Paul.
Thanks for the many unsurpassed imputs on this camera! I’m also about to order a Dp1, and against the odds on the availability I hope to get one in the end of the month. One of my concerns is still the speed and what SDHC card to buy with the camera.
Said Karlsson mentioned in his blogg that he used the Panasonic 4GB SDHC card and that it was performing slow. I was actually thinking of buying a Panasonic SDHC card after reading the following speed test of the Dp1 - here it seems like that would be the fastest choice, faster that Sandisk Extreme III indeed?! Do you have any other info on the Dp1 and SDHC speed that I might have missed?
Thankful for any thoughts on the subject.
M
SDHC Speed test: DP1
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=27373842