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March 5, 2006
A story and a beat
3 of 3 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulPros: Creative, well balanced, flows from song to song
Cons: Appeals to the electronic crowd even though it contains much much more
This time around the producers brought a new artist to make the "make believe" band more believable. Don Harper worked on a project called the "Grey Album", in which he mixed J-Zay's Black Album with The Beatles White Album. The new style is obvious when you compare Demon Days to the original self-titled release. In the previous album songs were great, but they felt very disconnected and without a common theme. Here that disconnected/
disjointedness that made the original less than perfect is gone. The songs flow from one great track to the next. Also a nice added flare is the story the album paints as a whole. A sort of close apocalypse world where everything is going down the darin, and then an anwser to the problem (lyrics from the last track "turn to the soul"). My only problem is that the pop-hits will turn away some listeners or keep people from taking the album seriously. A great listen and a great message. ...
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Considering the 2 lens deal this camera is a steal
3 of 3 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulPros: Full Featured, Two lenses, Amazing battery life
Cons: High ISO is very grainy, Direct connect is USB 1.0 (aka super slow)
It is difficult to review a Digital SLR where everyone is looking for a different combination of features. First remember this is more of an enthusiast level camera not a pro level. If you want pro level camera's you need to look at $1500+ only cameras. This camera is very solid and durable, yet not too heavy. I took it on a week tour of London and never found the wieght tiring. Another increible feature is the battery life. I took over 500 photos over a week with about half using the built in flash and the battery was still fine. That is amazing. One charge and 500 photos (3 GB of memory cards). Also this camera takes RAW format, which will become the norm soon. The real reason this package is soo good is the two lenses. Most camera's will only give you one cheap lens, but the Olympus deal gives you the normal 14 - 45mm and the 40 -150mm. Now this camera uses 4/3 technology so those zoom numbers are actually quite impressive (about 100 meters). The 40 - 150mm is a better quality lens (actually from the Japan factory) The built in timer works perfectly, the additional flash capabilities have proven easy, and the photo modes are super handy. Want action shots, rotate and shoot, want night-time portrait, twist and shoot. The only problem I ever had with the photos was that high ISO settings (800 and 1600) were unseemingly grainy. I mean the photos were not good enough to be printed larger than 4 by 6. When you consider a normal photo with this camera can be blown up to 20 x 24 without any noticeable defects, why the high ISO shots were so poor seems wierd. Still not often do you need rapid shots in low light so this problem is almost nothing. As for a small technical thing, this camera was made in 2005, now why does it use USB 1.0? USB 1.0 has been around since 1997. It is slow and out dated, almost any modern camera would use USB 2.0 or Firewire. For the amount of money putting a USB 1.0 port seems stupid. However again most people have card readers and would never plug the camera in directly anyway so this point is mute. The two problems are nothing compared to the value saved by the two lenses and the fact this camera is a joy to use. Easy, fast, handy, light, durable, and a battery life to rival every electronic device and then some, the E-Volt 300 is a great digital SLR. Buy one already. ...