Slick, silver-tongued devil that I am, after only moderate
cajoling and the tiniest bit of whimpering, I have been given
permission by my good lady wife to buy an E-20, or the like,
before we leave for Alaska the last week in June. I've decided to
go digital on this outing to avoid the airport film x-ray hassles
and travel as light as possible, leaving the OM stuff at home.
These cruises are, after all, not full of great photo
possibilities, but are more snapshot opportunities. I really
don't think they'll change course or anchor for a while just so I
can get a better shot.
So I am soliciting opinions regarding which of two possible
courses of action to take:
(1) Go ahead and get an E-20, even though the price is still high
and it does have certain faults, some of which are currently under
discussion here.
(2) Wait for the interchangeable lens digital body. I understand
it's supposed to be in the $1500 range, and if so, that leaves
$500 of my allowance for a lens, possibly a zoom the equivalent of
the E-20 lens.
I have always been opposed to buying serial number 0001 of
anything, so I am a little leery on that count. I don't want to
be the first to discover some disastrous problem that will be
fixed by the time they make number 1001. But whatever I get, I
want to have it a month or so before we leave so I can have time
to become familiar with it and be comfortable using it. When is
this thing supposed to be available?
Decisions, decisions. Anybody got a suggestion? An opinion? A
clue? The tiniest glimmer of a thought?
Walt Wayman
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