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[OM] Re: how about the olympus E400

Subject: [OM] Re: how about the olympus E400
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:45:37 -0400
Switching to C or N may get you access to more primes but it's not going 
to help the size or weight problem and wide angle views will still be a 
problem with anything other than C full frame.
<http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse1/page3.asp>

Chuck Norcutt


Bernard Frangoulis wrote:

> I am very much in doubt about any future involvement with Olympus 
> DSLRs. I am starting to dislike the big size of the E-1 (I know, 
> everything is relative), and especially the huge grip. Carrying the 
> thing all day is no fun... And street photography with it is not the 
> easiest of tasks. Also, I would very much like to use primes, and 
> especially wide angle prime lenses.
> 
> OTOH, the E-400 looks nice, and lo and behold... no grip! *That* 
> might be interesting... We will see when the tests begin appearing if 
> Oly has managed to contain the noise at 400 ISO and above.
> 
> But... still no primes. Thus, I am also more and more leaning to a 
> C*non digital back for my 21/3.5 and 24/2.8. Or a N*kon, with N*kon 
> primes.
> 
> Apparently, currently, you cannot have small size and primes at the 
> same time - unless you buy a digital rangefinder, but these things 
> are expensive ;-)
> 
> Bernard
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