Yes it is most definitely a more complex beast than the E-1, and most certainly more complex than any basic SLR of the past. Personally I'm still a Luddite and the only thing I change when out and about is the aperture. So long as there's a dial for that then everything else is gravy
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Raist, as you're into streetlife photography I'd have thought that the speed to capture an image is more important than worrying over a particular setting. Not sure if you were able to catch
BBC - Photography - Genius of Photography - Homepage ? One episode featured Joel Meyerowitz, obviously a very well known and respected photographer. He takes a lot of street shots with his little film Leica and basically doesn't touch anything but the shutter release as he's working. He still seems to get some great shots. I'm pretty sure that if he used the E-3 he'd fold the LCD inwards, dial in the aperture or shutter speed he wanted to work with and fire off a load of fine shots. It's nice to be able to tweak things quickly in the field, but the main tweakable features are still at hand on the E-3 I think. Stick it in auto-ISO and it's pretty much a point and shoot but with superior output
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