Fine - Go price Canon and Nikon autofocus Pro 2.8 300 mm lenses and
compare to Oly's street price...Look at B&H...and look at the USA price,
as that's the price that gets you a real warranty and compares with
Oly...
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of W Shumaker
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:52 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus E-1, a dealer's perspective
Doesn't the lens say 300mm on it? It is a 300mm lens then.
And, it is a 300mm lens on an E-1. A 300mm lens that can
have a smaller image circle. It may be a very sharp lens, but it would
be a 300mm sharp lens, and if it could be attached to a 35mm camera
body, would still be a 300mm lens (but may not perform as well with the
smaller image circle). I could crop my 35mm film, call my lens a 600mm
equivalent FOV, but it would still be a lens with an optical focal
length of 300mm. If I have a 4x5 camera with a 180mm lens attached, I
still call it a 180mm lens. We are mixing up optical focal length versus
FOV. So, for this camera, the E-1, this is a 300mm lens.
Wayne
At 10:15 AM 10/29/2003, you wrote:
>I absolutely do not understand this reasoning - which I know has been
>adopted by several people.
>
>For THIS camera, this is a 600 mm lens. It is not an old 300 cobbled
>onto an E-1. It is a new len, designed specifically for the camera,
>that provides a magnified view equal to that of a 600 on a 35 mm
>camera. Given that, it is downright cheap for a 600 2.8, and it is
>competitive even if considered a 300 2.8.
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>The only price I saw that really raised an eyebrow for me was the price
>of the 300/2.8. Yes, it's effectively a 600/2.8 but optically it's
>still a 300mm lens and should be somewhere in that price range, not
>that of a 600mm. <snip> Andrew "frugal" Dacey
>frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>http://www.tildefrugal.net/
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