D-SLRs For The Landscape

Choose the best camera for your landscape photography

OLYMPUS E-3
The rugged splash- and dustproof E-3 features a rarity in a D-SLR: a tilting/swiveling Live-View LCD monitor that makes shooting from unusual angles easy. The 2.5-inch unit shows 100 percent of the actual image area, provides white balance and exposure previews, and works with manual focusing and single-shot autofocusing.

Picture Mode presets (Vivid, Natural, Portrait, Muted, Monochrome and Custom) can be modified for contrast, sharpness and saturation in five steps and gradation in four steps in Custom. SWD sensor-shift image stabilization works with all lenses, while Olympus’ pioneering (and very effective) Supersonic Wave Filter keeps dust off the image-sensor assembly—no need to fear changing lenses in the field.

Features
Sensor: 10.1-megapixel Live MOS, 2x
LCD: 2.5 inches free-angle/Live View
Anti-Dust: High-frequency vibrations
Stabilization: Sensor-shift
ISO Range: 100-3200
Spot Metering: 2%
Estimated Street Price: $1,700

Like all Four Thirds System cameras, the E-3 can use all Four Thirds System lenses. Currently, these range in focal length from the Olympus 7-14mm superwide zoom (equivalent to 14-28mm on a 35mm camera) and 8mm fish-eye (equivalent to 16mm on a 35mm camera) to Sigma’s 300-800mm supertele zoom (equivalent to a 600-1600mm on a 35mm camera. The Olympus 300mm ƒ/2.8 supertelephoto is equivalent to 600mm on a 35mm SLR, but much more compact, lower-priced and a stop faster. The high-end Olympus lenses share the E-3’s splash- and dustproofing, handy when shooting in harsh conditions.


The Olympus E-3’s fold-out, articulating LCD monitor is a fantastic feature for composing landscapes with a unique angle or from a particularly challenging camera position	Menu navigation, AF points and metering modes all can be set via the arrow pad	Exposure modes and AF modes are selected by depressing these buttons and rotating the various command dials. While many photographers eschew a pop-up flash, it can be ideal in low-light situations when one wants to add a little extra pop to a shot	The E-3 has a robust series of accessories, including macro-flash attachments.

Alternative Landscape D-SLR
Camera: Olympus E-420 Sensor : 10 MP/2x LCD: 2.7 inches/Live View Anti-Dust : Vibration Stabilization : None ISO : 100-1600 Spot Metering : 1% Estimated Street Price : $500

Lineage: Olympus introduced its first D-SLR—and the world’s first Four Thirds System camera—in 2003, the pro E-1. That was followed by eight more models, including the first D-SLR with compact-style Live-View capability (the E-330) and the E-1’s successor, the E-3 (there was no E-2). The E-3’s improvements over the E-1 include 10.1 megapixels (vs. 5), a tilting/rotating 2.5-inch Live-View LCD monitor (vs. a fixed 1.8-inch LCD with no Live View), maximum shooting rate of 5 fps (vs. 3 fps), built-in sensor-shift image stabilization that works with all lenses, improved image quality (especially at higher ISOs) and super-quick autofocusing with the new SWD lenses.

Cool Factor: It’s easy to frame dramatic, “huge-foreground-object” wide-angle landscapes with the tilting/swiveling Live-View monitor on this D-SLR.

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G - HASSLER makes this comment

Friday, 30 October 2009

Going back to all the 2&1/4 cameras made - - - Still no digital in square format?
Steve Tracy makes this comment

Monday, 07 September 2009

Having used Just a variety of Nikons over the years before switching to the Canon EOS-1V, I still find that I think of focal lengths in a film sense. The EOS-5D Mk11 seems to fit that bill in every way, and when matched to an all-round lens like Canon's 28-300mm L series lens, there seems little need to ever remove the lens from the body unless extreme wide-angle is essential. It's a very fine camera in every way, and I have no complaints thus far. The combination produces stunning landscapes.
Michael makes this comment

Monday, 03 August 2009

I'm a recent convert to...FILM!!...for really good landscapes. In particular, a Pentax 645N (which you can get for ~$400 nowadays in pristine condition) shooting Fuji Velvia 50. North Coast Photo Services produces high-quality scans during processing....love it!
Jim Horne makes this comment

Thursday, 23 July 2009

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Cees van Leeuwen makes this comment

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

The 5D MII is a fine camera. It has one rather silly design flaw: The program button has no lock and its position can easily be changed. That happens me often in the heat of the photo-battle. Struggling to find the right position of the clouds' shadows, the ideal formation of the clouds. All of a sudden you see it. You slam the brakes, grab the camera, aim and shoot. A split second later the ideal situation has gone. Then you realize the program button has changed position! It happened when you grabbed the camera. Sh.t is the friendliest way to get rid of your anger.
Jack Nichols makes this comment

Thursday, 16 July 2009

the art of the photograph is in the eye of the photographer. The camera is merely the instrument used to create the image. We each have our preferences and it is always an interesting discussion to compare reasons for those preferences. I presonally prefer Nikon because I have used a Nikon, starting with a Nikon F in the late 60's. The most important characterist for me is for the designed to share a philosophy that the photographer is in control, and Nikon does a great job in that respect.
Corker2 makes this comment

Saturday, 27 June 2009

Yha know, I really don't know what the big deal is about the Nikon & Cannon DSLR Camera's. It's true that the Nikon and Canon Camera's are very good, but I don't have any trouble with my Pentax K100D. It shoots a very good Image and will do more than I will ever use. I can inter-change it with all different types of Lens. I have 4 different Lens now and use them frequently. However, since Pentax has decided to dis-continue the K100D and step up to the K10, the K20 and probably more than what I know, I don't really need a more expensive Camera. What I have is just fine for me. As far as I'm concerned, the Pentax has done an excellent job and I will stay with it, rather than change over to Nikon or Canon.
Jan makes this comment

Friday, 26 June 2009

Not knowing when the article was published, it is remarkable that the Sony A900 is not being mentioned as a camera for suberb landscape photography.
Michael West makes this comment

Friday, 05 June 2009

The Canon 5D MKII is currently the canons top image quality dslr, and I can personally swear by its capabilities as a landscape photographers best friend.
Norwood C(ady) Hazard makes this comment

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

I would add that a fully articulated hi res LCD should be among your criteria for a mid-level landscape/nature ready camera. One with a stiff or lockable hinge so that a Hood viewer, with magnifier, can be mounted on it. Like a Rollei twin-lens with snap-up lens— or going way back, to an Exakta. Which mfg will be the first to offer it? And then an artificial horizon line to compliment the grid lines you've already mentioned.

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