Congratulations, Ian. But don't you feel uncomfortable putting such a high-end
lens on such a low-end body? ;-)
Actually, the E450 is sold in this country only in Currys, a really cr*ppy shop
which tries to sell useless warranties at inflated prices.
Chris
On 16 Aug 2010, at 17:07, Ian Manners wrote:
>
> <http://www.olympus.com.au/component/option,com_product/id,279/Itemid,69/task,spec/>
>
> When mounted on the E-450, its the first time I've had the same feeling
> that the OM Zuiko 35-80 f2.8 on a 4Ti gave me from a digital. Though
> it will be living on my E1 were it feels a lot better balanced.
>
> The E450 came from the bay, a broken 'special' but its now working,
> until next time I pull it apart to find out what I did to make the flash
> stop working. Sigh, its a real pig of a camera to fix but a good one
> for the car glove box with the 25mm f2.8
>
> The 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD has a nice feel, and fast auto focus.
> A lot better than the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 at first feel but will see
> what its like during the week, now that I've finished the house packing
> etc for open days I should have more time again.
>
> Also noticed the 12-60mm has a lot less distortion at 12 than the Sigma
> has at 18 but I'd expect something for the money !
>
> Yep, so much for promising myself I would NOT buy anything
> else and just spend time with the guitars until we moved !
>
> Due to the weather I have a lot of photos of the pets, and the
> outside world from the windows as well as inside photos to
> remember the house by.
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