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[OM] Re: Slouching Toward Something Else

Subject: [OM] Re: Slouching Toward Something Else
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:38:29 -0400

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From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, 09 November, 2006 01:24 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Slouching Toward Something Else


> > I think two bodies are needed, a four thirds one for the
> > telephotos - I am guessing the 10mp E-400 will provide better
> > results than a 5d cropped, but time will tell and of course
> > a full frame camera for wide angles.
>
> I'm not so sure about the wide-angle aspect.  The 7-14 ZD pretty
> well takes care of almost anybody's WA needs.
>
> The E-1 is still such an awesome camera for *some* types of
> photography that it's a keeper probably for the long term with
> me.  The only way I'd get rid of it is if I wholesale change to
> Nikon.
>
> I thought about the E-400's lack of weather sealing and it hit
> me that the 5D doesn't have it either.  Other than a bit more
> metal around the case (pretty thin at that), it's not really any
> more robust than the Olympus E-xxx models.

How much "weather sealing" does an E-1 have and what exactly is the
"weather" against which the camera is "sealed"?

jh

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