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Re: [OM] Re: [OM] 18mm Zuiko test and why you shoudn´t sell it

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OM] 18mm Zuiko test and why you shoudn´t sell it
From: julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:55:03 +0000 (GMT)
Why? Bodies are pretty cheap in comparison with exceptional lenses. If I had 
the need of one, I'm not sure the need to buy a compatible body would stop me. 
More likely to be an issue would be how I planned to use it, and therefore the 
further implications of having a body and lens which was incompatible with the 
rest of my system.
For example, if I were a C*N*N user who wanted to use a Zuiko 350, the 
additional cost of a body to mount it on would be negligible in comparison, and 
the additional weight of the body permanently attached to that particular lens 
would also be negligible. Therefore, what problem? With the 18, the equation is 
a bit different, but even so.... Also, if the lens was only for a specific use, 
the flexibility provided by an OM4 would be wasted, so that wouldn't be the 
body of choice.
Having said that, I have not seen a lens from a different system which would 
give *me* sufficient advantage over the equivalent Zuiko to make *me* want to 
do it. All part of the equation, but there are no absolutes, and each person 
makes this judgement individually. Don't forget that there are some L*IC* users 
who spend more converting Zuiko 180/2s to M mount than an OM body would cost 
them.

Julian

>  from:    Jim L'Hommedieu <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
>  date:    Thu, 14 Nov 2002 05:25:56
>  to:      olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>  subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OM] 18mm Zuiko test and why you shoudn´t sell it
> 
> Or maybe they were testing the Zuiko on a body with mirror lockup and
> aperture pre-fire and the other mounts didn't have that advange coming from
> whatever bodies they were on.  Gary Reese's test notes show me over and over
> again that they're less to testing than meets the eye.  And more.
> 
> These tests, especially across families like this, mean little to me,
> personally.  Is a Canon F-1 (FD mount) guy gonna pick up an OM 4 to take
> advantage of the sharper 18?  Not likely.  Would you pick up a body in a
> different mount all together to take advantage of one or two exceptional
> lenses?  I wouldn't and please don't tell me that ALL of the exceptional
> lenses were made in OM mount!
> 
> It's kinda titilating to see an Olympus lens "beat" a Leitz lens but......
> Lama
> 
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