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Re: [OM] Back in the fold...E-620 on it's way.

Subject: Re: [OM] Back in the fold...E-620 on it's way.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:21:35 -0400
We'll be waiting and watching right along with you.

Chuck Norcutt

Jim Couch wrote:
> Last night I pulled the trigger on a E-620 with the two kit lenses! I 
> will once again be an Olympus shooter!
> 
> After lugging a Nik*n D200 and a handful of wonderful (but hefty) Tokina 
> & Nikkor lenses around for two years I realized how far I have come from 
> my old OM gear. The Nikon setup works great, but is just plain too heavy 
> and bulky for my type of photography (travel, climbing, backpacking & 
> cycling.) This point was underlined when I realized that 90% of my 
> photography this past summer was with my film cameras (mostly a CLE and 
> Contax G1) The choice of film was as much (if not more so) for the light 
> weight and compact cameras as for the characteristics of film.
> 
> I had been disappointed in the past with Olympus' offerings as I thought 
> that they did not really leverage the 4/3 concept in terms of making the 
> cameras & lenses small and light. Over the past few years this has 
> certainly changed, and a number of the current bodies and lenses remind 
> me of the light, compact OM gear. I have been watching the 4/3 system 
> develop for years and the E-620 seemed to combine the handling, level of 
> control, and size & weight I that have been looking for. It appears that 
> this kit will be very well suited to the type of photography I have 
> always loved. I have not been this excited about a new camera purchase 
> in ages!
> 
> If the E-620 meets my expectations I will be adding some of the upper 
> end glass to the kit, but for now I think this kit will serve me well. 
> (I do plan on picking up the 9-18 before the rebate runs out at the end 
> of the month though!)
> 
> Jim Couch
> 
> 
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