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Subject: [OM] Re: Evolt review
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 09:05:58 -0500
Is a middle of the road digital camera supposed to compare to a top of the 
line Leica?  I don't thinks so. I handled the EVolt at Photo Expo last year 
and it felt hefty and sturdy.
Isn't it a plastic clad metal frame?

John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 4:54 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Evolt review


>
> I took a close look at the E-300 / Evolt this afternoon. Compared to the
> feel of handling of an OM4T or a Leica M3  this E-300 feels like a piece
> of
> cheap plastic crap and yes "Made in China" is stamped very visably on the
> base of the thing. Along with the detachable zoom lens the E-300 felt as
> if
> it would float in a pool of water ....... just felt cheap, and lightweight
> and shoddy and looked likewise.
>
> Is there any digital camera that has anything like the feel of build
> quality
> of an OM or Leica or older age Nikon?
>
> Perhaps the Evolt should be renamed "Revolt"
>
> John Hudson
>
>
> .
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, 14 January, 2005 03:40 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Evolt review
>
>
>>
>> That is just not true. The 1D Mk II noise levels are lower than its
>> predecessor and the 10D. The 20D noise level is about the same as the
>> 10D. It may be generally true, but the entire 8MP generation.
>>
>> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos20d/page20.asp
>>
>>
>>
>> Winsor
>> Long Beach, California, USA
>> On Jan 14, 2005, at 5:54 AM, Alienspecimen wrote:
>>
>> > When it comes to noise, the EVOLT is not unique.
>> > According to the reviewers, it seems that the "entire 8MP generation"
>> > is much noisier than the previous ones.  For once, none of them got it
>> > exactly right
>>
>>



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