Mark,
The 11-22mm E-System lens is out.
(I'm evil, I know it.)
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>Subject: [OM] Re: Why go digital??
> From: <OM4Ti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 18:07:27 -0500
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Don,
>If you only shoot 10 rolls a year it is probably not worth it for you to go
>into the SLR, go and play with a C5060 or for a few hundred more the C8080.
>You will be very surprised at the quality if images that these are capable
>of. Use them for a year or so then transition to the SLR if you want to
>spend the money.
>
>I was shooting 20-30 rolls a month until digital. I have not gotten rid of
>film, but digital works for some of my low res stuff like web work. I used
>to shoot 3-10 rolls(108-360 images) at various events, then processing and
>scanning of the images that we wanted to use. Now I shoot those all digital.
>I shoot 1500-2000 images and they all fit on one Microdrive. I use the
>cameras in single shot mode for the stills and continuous mode for the
>action. Then just throw away the shots I don't like. I get quite a few more
>great action shots than I ever did. The slow 1.7 fps of the digitals is
>great, the big Metz flashes can keep up at that pace for a dozen or more
>frames.
>
>The ability to do second curtain flash sync has allowed some shots that we
>could not easily get before.
>
>I have not gone E-1 yet. I have an E10, C720UZ and C5050. Each has it's use.
>Once the 11-22/2.8 comes out I will consider the E-1.
>
>For any large images I still use my OM4Ti and the Zuikos. I like printing
>30x40s for my walls and digital is not up to that yet.
>
>Mark
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donald Shedrick" <shedridc@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:17 PM
>Subject: [OM] Why go digital??
>
>
>> I'm not about to jump fully into digital yet, but I was doing some
>> thinking along these lines:
>> I figure my cost per slide for film and processing is about 30 cents
>> each.
>> If I drop $2500 on a new minimal digital SLR and a few lenses (it
>> could easily run alot more than this), it would take 8333 frames or
>> 231 rolls of film to save the cost of the digital equipment, not
>> including memory cards, more software, storage, etc. If I shoot 10
>> rolls a year, that is 23 years!
>> Now I know alot of you shoot more than this, and I do also if I go on
>> a really special trip, but my point is for me there has to be another
>> reason for going digital.
>> Instant gratification of images immediately viewable and downloadable
>> is the next most obvious reason, but I am a patient sort and I can
>> wait for my slides without going nuts. Besides, there is something
>> very satisfying about holding a slide, and nothing digital comes
>> close to the vividness of a projected slide. And I do not have to
>> spend hours at the computer to process each frame, and I know they
>> will always be there in the future in spite of the inevitable
>> computer format changes to come.
>> I can do anything I need to with my scanned images of slides or
>> negatives, so that is not a compelling reason.
>> I use an inexpensive 2MP point and shoot digital for quick
>> spontaneous snapshots, etc and I love it for that. But I still use
>> print film in my Oly stylus for trips (in addition to slides in my
>> OM-1n) mainly because I find it so much easier to get all the prints
>> back without any computer work.
>> So.....help me out.....why is there so much excitement about digital?
>>
>>
>> =====
>> Don Shedrick
>>
>> http://groups.msn.com/firstlightimaging
>>
>>
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