What's all that green stuff all over the place? ;-)
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] 4/3 is real!!
> Promising, perhaps, but the Pentax is already here and will have a film
> 'sibling'. I'm very interested and will keep watching the rollout of the
> Pentax. Might be my next solution. Can someone point me to the Pentax
> mailing list?
>
> My problem is that I can't see investing in a system from a fringe player.
> As much as I hate to say it, Olympus is not mainstream and never will be
> again -- if they ever truly were.
>
> On the other hand, the E-20 is an excellent camera. I used it yesterday
to
> shoot my daughter's first soccer game of the season. I prefer the OM
system,
> but honestly don't have the money (film, processing, etc) or time
(scanning,
> etc) to spend right now -- so the E-20 is it.
>
> Pros:
>
> - Instant gratification. The images still need a little work, but mostly
> cropping and a little USM. 5mp is plenty to crop from for a web image.
> - No film and processing - no cost, no wait time
> - Excellent results.
>
> Cons:
>
> - Shutter lag. Prefocusing helps a lot, but you still have to anticipate
too
> much
> - Write lag. You can only shoot a limited number of shots before you have
to
> wait on the camera. BAD design.
> - Zoom range. It just doesn't 'get out there' far enough. Much of the game
> was on the other side of
>
> I'm not sure I really even care that much about removeable lenses. Give
me
> a 24-300 and I'll be happy :)
>
> Tom
>
> P.S. The shots are very 'snapshot-ty', but you can see them at
> http://www.scalesfamily.com/Shelby/st030301/webpages-best/Index.htm
>
>
> > Yep, it looks nice.
> >
> > Imagine a system covering 28 thru 400 mm plus 600mm ALL at F/2.8! Plus a
> 100
> > F/2.0 macro thrown in for good measure. (oops, just saw the zooms are
> > f/2.8-3.5, bummer)
> >
> > How about a matched 2x for the 600 giving 1200 f/5.6 (wish list)
> >
> > Nothing wider than 28 is hole though. They said part of the purpose of
> > this was better digital wide angles. Let's hope they're up next.
> >
> > And it looks like the battery compartment thing on the bottom which
makes
> > the thing look so huge, is an option. So it really is E-20 size with
> > theshort-range zoom on it.
> >
> > But speaking of the E-20, it has a 35-140 F/2.0-2.4 ie a full stop
> brighter
> > lens. How come big brother's lenses are slower?
> >
> > Anyway, it does look promising.
> >
> > George
> >
>
>
>
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