Sounds like an E20. :-)
Skip
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Subject: [SPAM] [OM] Re: E1 vs E300
From: "Dean Tyler" <dtyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 14:13:22 -0500
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>How about an upgrade on the c-8080 like they did to the 5060. Faster write
>times and performance, better AF and zoom performance, tilt and swivel
>display, flash, etc. The 8080 is such a nice design and with a little
>improvement it would be great.
>
>Dean
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Skip Williams [mailto:om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:14 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: div2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: E1 vs E300
>
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>
>There are rumours of as many as seven new lenses and three new bodies at
>PMA. A couple of the lenses may be f/2.0, pro-spec zooms like 28-80 and
>70-200 ranges (35mm equiv). There is also a full-frame fisheye on the
>docket, a fast wide angle, a longer, 75-250 zoom, a fast tele macro, and
>more that I can't remember.
>
>Personally, I'll be surprised to see as many as five lenses and more than
>one new body. But they really need two new bodies: an E-1 replacement,
>dropping an 8MP sensor into the E-1 body, and a new, pro-spec camera with
>higher MP and faster/bigger than the E-1. The 5MP E-1 is going to get
>slammed down pretty hard this year without an update. No matter how good it
>is, size does matter to some extent in this market.
>
>Skip
>
>
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>Subject: [OM] Re: E1 vs E300
> From: "David Irisarri" <div2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:29:31 +0100
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>Hi Skip,
>>
>>What do you mean for PMA f/2,0?
>>
>>Dave
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Skip Williams" <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:59 PM
>>Subject: [OM] Re: E1 vs E300
>>
>>
>>>
>>> The 7-14 is currently showing a $1,800 selling price. Yikes!
>>>
>>> The 11-22 is a super lens, and one that I've never been sorry that I
>>> bought. The 7-14 is overkill for most of us mortals. If I want more FOV
>>> than a 22mm equiv, I'll put my 15mm lens on my Leica. For the number of
>>> times that I'd really NEED the 7-14, it's much more cost effective.
>>>
>>> If you want shallow DOF, buy the 150/2.0, or one of the new PMA, f/2.0
>>> zooms that have been rumoured. But the 50-200/2.8-3.5 is very nice at
>>> shallow DOF, It's like a Zuiko 180/2.8 shot almost wide open, which
>>> produces very nice results.
>>>
>>> Skip
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ---------------
>>>
>>> Subject: [OM] Re: E1 vs E300
>>> From: Daniel Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 10:45:27 -0700
>>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>C.H.Ling wrote:
>>>>> Of course I bought the 11-22
>>>>> immediately to enjoy the fun of super wide.
>>>>
>>>> That's one thing that's keeping me from getting into DSLR just yet --
>>>>Moose "sees in telephoto", whereas I "see in wide-angle", and so I'd be
>>>>wanting to buy the 11-22 if I bought an E1/E300, but those are pretty
>>>>expensive. (now, when the 7-14 comes out, that's going to be very
>>>>tempting!)
>>>>
>>>>> I like DOF control (mostly shallow DOF), less than
>>>>> 1% of my shots are at F8 or below.
>>>>
>>>> That's another thing -- don't you get also more DOF with smaller
>>>>(digital) sensors because of the optics of it all?
>>>>
>>>> One thing that I've found with the Coolpix I have is that I get a lot
>>>>of DOF -- which is handy for macro shots, I've taken way too many of
>>>>those with my OMs where the DOF is so tiny you can't see anything -- but
>>>>it's bad for portraits or isolating things against the background, and
>>>>there's not really the fast lenses for that sort of thing yet. Shutter
>>>>speed, sure, I like being able to dial ISO up and down if it's dark
>>>>(because a grainy but sharp shot is better than a smooth but blurred
>>>>shot, imho), but that's not the only thing that you get with a fast lens.
>>>>
>>>> -- dan
>>>>
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