I don't think the kit lens with his was IS. I suspect it is all plastic,
including mount and elements. Perhaps not even coated, to save costs?
They've nothing left to cut on these kit lenses.
Did someone post there were E300 two lens kits for $200, or was I
hallucinating? That wouuld get me into digital today!
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Jackson" <jackson.robert.r@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Woohoo! It's here!!!
>
> The kit lens was kind of cool, actually. It was a 17-85mm f4.5-5.6
> with image stabilization. Not the fastest lens ever, but the IS makes
> up for it. And with the 1.6x magnification factor the lens covers
> roughly 28-135mm. Pretty useful for something so small. It's probably
> half the size and weight of my 35-80mm f2.8 Zuiko.
>
> On Aug 19, 2005, at 7:14 AM, <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> A neighbor has one, with the cheap kit lens. I have used it a bit at a
>> party, and am impressd. I think if I were going to buy a digital
>> today, it
>> would most likely be the one.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>
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