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Subject: [OM] Re: Magnum photographer shooting war with Olympus digita l P&S
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:59:19 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Timpe, Jim wrote:
> 
> Mark said:
> 
> The E-1 isn't that big:
> 
> E-1:      141mm x 104mm x 81mm  660g
> OM-1:     136mm x  83mm x 50mm  510g
> E-300:  146.5mm x  85mm x 64mm  580g
> 
> Sure the E-300 is closer to an OM-1, but the E-1 isn't that much heavier
> than an OM-1.
>                                       -mark
> 
> 30% is significant to me.  I only handled an E-1 briefly for an afternoon,
> and have only had the E-300 for about a week now, but it does feel closer to
> OM-ness.  How's that for scientific, y'all?

Nah, a 1Ds MKII at 1565g is significant :-)
                        -mark


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