Hi the list,
I am no more waiting on Olympus... I have the OMtoEOS adapter
and hope C*non allows nonEOS lenses on their bodies (yes with
stopdown metering...).
The C*non 300D (1.200 Euros) seems now attractive (if compatible...)
and IMO it is not unbelievable that full size CMOS could come with the
same price in 4 or 5 years because c*non does not seem to design
Digital lenses (except the zoom sold with this 300D).
Just my opinion (or hope....) !
Christian
Le Jeudi 18 Septembre 2003 17:39, Skip Williams a écrit :
> My question is whether the OM lenses are further away from the film/sensor
> plane in an E-1 vs. the OM-System. If so, then the introduction of a
> simple lens element will certainly degrade the fine performance of the OM
> Zuiko's. If not, then they will offer the same functionality as the Canon,
> Nikon, Fuji, or Kodak DSLR's where you can use Manual focus lenses.
>
> IMO, this marketing, technicaly-laced, mumbo-jumbo bulls*it from Olympus
> America is insulting. Either they're going to make an adapter and allow
> use of the older lenses, or they're not. Yes, I know that the light-ray
> parallelism of the Zuiko Digital lenses will likely improve their
> performance with the E1 vs older lense. But you can't tell me that they
> will be ahead of the Canon L series lenses, which were designed for film; I
> just won't believe it.
>
> Yes, the new lenses are certainly better integrated into the E-System, with
> digital communications between lens and body, etc. Duh! I wouldn't expect
> any type of integration between the OM Zuiko's and the E-1 except the mount
> and perhaps an external lever to stop the lenses down to shooting aperture.
> This upcoming "white paper" will likely be nothing except marketing hype
> in the guise of a technology paper. It will talk about the lens' features,
> their parallelism, and how they're designed with the body in mind. It will
> have lots of graphs, the Japanese like those, like MTF's, and diagrams
> about sensor shape and light rays. But in the end, it's still the same BS
> that we on this list heard from OA about 2 years ago when they released
> that lame PowerPoint slide show on why OM lenses couldn't be used on a
> digital camera. Remember?
>
> Still-fuming-and-getting-madder-at-OA,
>
> Skip
>
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> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:24:54 -0400
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I filled a request for information form on the Olympus site, asking
> >about an OM to E-1 adapter, and this is the response I got...I don't
> >know what the real story is..
> >----
> >
> >Dear B.D. Colen,
> >
> >Thank you for your interest in the E-1 Digital SLR.
> >
> >One of the major features of the E-1 camera is that it is the world's
> >first all-digital professional SLR system. This means that the camera
> >body and lenses were specifically built to handle light to much more
> >exacting manner than a film camera requires. Although the OM lenses are
> >very accurate, they are not optimized for digital photography. An OM
> >lens adapter is certainly possible but we did not want to offer it
> >because it would compromise the performance of the E-1.
> >
> >Additionally, the new Zuiko Digital lenses are "intelligent". That
> >means that lens telemetry and other information is recorded with the
> >photographic data. Using this information, there are functionality
> >advantages that can be realized with digital photography that was not
> >possible with film camera equipment. We will soon offer an in depth
> >technical white paper on the advantages of the Zuiko Digital lenses.
> >This white paper will further explain the advantages of using our new
> >Zuiko Digital lenses.
> >
> >In addition, you can view details about the E-1 on our website at
> >http://www.olympusamerica.com/e1.
> >
> >If you have any questions or require further assistance, our E-SLR
> >Professional Customer Support Staff is available, Monday through Friday,
> >8:30 AM until 7:00PM East Coast time, at 1(800)260-1625.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >E-1 Digital Technical Support
> >Olympus America Inc.
> >-------
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
>
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Hermanson
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:23 PM
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> >
> >
> >If dealer net doesn't change, it should have a street price under $125.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
> >mail: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
> >Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
> >21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
> >631-424-2121 Turnaround 4-5 weeks
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> From: <ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:49 PM
> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> >
> >> In <001301c37d18$86caa360$39e27ad1@hppav>, on 09/17/03
> >>
> >> at 08:37 AM, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> >> >Well, halfway down the page I
> >> >found item # 260209, official name "OM Adapter MA-1"
> >> >Listed use "For use with E-1 System Digital cameras. OM to 4/3 lens
> >> >adapter" WELL!?
> >>
> >> You tease! What was the price?
> >>
> >> --
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
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