The Ohanaware Weblog

The Olympus EPL-1 is a superb pocket-able camera, that produces best of class photos (and even surpassing some DSLRs). Albeit it suffers from one fatal flaw that prevents it from being adopted in the field of HDR photography.

Let me start by saying that I absolutely and unconditionally love this camera, and have done since the moment I touched it. Not only is it’s image quality superb, it’s usability is great for beginners and people who know how to use a camera (I’m looking at you Sony). I was disappointed when I found this flaw, my feelings compelled me to find a way around around this problem. As I’ve spent some time with the camera, I’ve grown to love it even more and can’t bear the thought of having to give it up. However as I’ve yet to find a satisfactory solution, the bigger DSLR is seeming more like my only option.
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Forget Megapixels and think Megapixels per cm2.
As the megapixel race is coming to an end, the new race begins. The race for Megapixels per cm2. This time it’s not the largest number that wins, but the smallest… Megapixels per cm2, is a way of measuring sensor density, the higher the density the more problems arise, which then requires the cameras to do more processing to make an acceptable image.

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