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[OM] Re: olympus Digest V3 #320

Subject: [OM] Re: olympus Digest V3 #320
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:10:15 -0500
Keep the OM since you can use OM lenses on the 300D with an inexpensive 
($20-30) adapter.

Chuck Norcutt

Allan Mee wrote:

> Yep the Canon 300D is a revelation - the quality of the images from it are 
> *FAR* superior to those from my OM2!
> It still feels a strange to use - I'm not normally nervous when using a new 
> camera - but I took a few shots today of a friend's baby - and it kinda felt 
> like I was using somebody else camera I was usig it so gingerly lol
> But the images from it are stunning! Love it. I might sell either my OM2 or 
> Canon A1 (I wanna keep at least one decent film SLR as a backup and still 
> occasionally shoot film - I'm not afraid to use and abuse my film SLRs - 
> they're used to it! lol
> Allan
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>>From: Stephen Scharf <scharfsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [OM] Re: olympus Digest V3 #320
>>Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:48:06 -0800
>>
>>
>>Allan,
>>Congratulations on your 300D. Going digital will be a revelation for
>>you, as it
>>was for me four years ago.
>>
>>You're right that you can get stuff on low light with digital you
>>could never
>>get with film. I took a sports photography course in 2004 with one of
>>SI's leading
>>staff photographers, Peter Read Miller, and he commented that they
>>now can
>>cover sporting events with digital in low or available light that
>>would have been impossible with film.
>>
>>The print quality is better too, especially with today's inkjets.
>>
>>You'll never look back.
>>
>>P.S. I saw your previous post on how your 300D is the best
>>camera you've ever owned, or possible ever used...
>>perhaps it's best that Moose and I withhold our 5D and 1D MkII's
>>respectively! You think you're spoiled now... ;-)
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Stephen.
>>
>>On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:20 PM, Listar wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I really am amazed at the performance of the 300D - especially in
>>>very low
>>>light conditions. I'm definitely gonna get a T-mount for it and do
>>>some
>>>astro-photography next year! (I've got a T mount adaptor that fits
>>>into the
>>>eyepiece tube of a reflector). I did think digital would be rubbish
>>>in low
>>>light conditions - but I'll stick my neck out and say digital is
>>>better than
>>>film for low ight conditions / night work!
>>>Allan
>>
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