Personally I'd wait for the newer digital. You can
always buy the E-20 and use it, then sell it on ebay and
get some of your money back, if you can afford to do it.
Sam....
> Get it as far in advance as possible so you can learn to use it, and get
> plenty of backup nimh batteries.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Help me! Help me!
>
>
> > 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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