Amateur Photographer Magazine

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Yes, it does make you wonder how necessary all of today's typical specification is when the E-1 apparently still does it all so well. It seems it's still a totally viable camera. Do you find the 5 megapixels a limitation...

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Five whole Mp!!! Sheer luxury........ My dear old EOS D30 (circa 2000) has only got 3.2 and that gets plenty of use. If there is a limitation then it does mean I have to be a bit more careful about framing as cropping can cut down the available pixels very quickly.

On the other hand I have experimented with doubling the pixel count using PS and trial prints suggest that A3 remains well within the bounds of possibility. I can't see the E-1 performing any less acceptably.

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If I do not get run out of town for praising Canon on this forum I must state that I have taken a lot of good shots on my Powershot G2 (4MB). Many of its shots are still being passed round the family with appreciation, I still use it occasionally and it has no problem printing to my A3 printer, it is limited ISO wise and I MUCH prefer the Oly handling but credit where its due 4MB is really plenty.

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