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[OM] Re: Traitor! I got an E-1 today :-)

Subject: [OM] Re: Traitor! I got an E-1 today :-)
From: cochran@xxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:44:11 -0400
Hi Skip:

Let us know how it goes. I may be next in line to get one. I bought the power 
grip for my C-5060 from Camtech. More secure hand to camera grip plus it looks 
real real cool. I also noticed that autofocusing is faster. 

peace

David

> 
> Well, I finally did it.  I went over to the dark side today.  
> 
> I went to B&H in NYC this morning and bought an Olympus E-1 + 14-54/2.8 +
> FL50.  I have had too many reasons lately to need one and frankly, I was just
> tired of waiting.  The two things that put me over the edge were the
> availability of the MA-1 adapater and the downloading samples from Steve's
> Digicams of ISO 800 and ISO 1600 images.  I compared them to scans from Fuji
> Press 800, both at ISO 800 and pushed to ISO 1600.  The character of the
> digital noise vs. grain is different, as the digital images tend to have
> color bleeding.  But the "graininess" of the images was very comparable.  So
> my last significant objection was overwhelmed.
> 
> I didn't buy the high-capacity battery/grip, the 50/2 Macro, or the
> 50-200/2.8 yet.  That's another $2,000 that I didn't want to spend yet. 
> Perhaps in a few weeks, as I still have some non-OM-System goodies to sell.
> 
> The battery is charging now and I'm going to shoot some basketball tonight as
> a warm-up.
> 
> Wish me luck,
> 
> Skip
> skipwilliams at pobox.com


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