Well, it's a somewhat free country...Certainly one is still free to post
nonsense on the internet. ;-)
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Scharf
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:27 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: E-1 impressions
>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:46:40 -0500
>From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] More E-1 stuff...
>The nonsense that's getting posted about this camera is truly
>astounding.... No B&W? And what pro DSLR gives you real b&w...? Just
>convert using one of many very very good PS plug ins...
>4/3...Okay, either you like it or you don't....It sure hasn't caused me
>any problems and I've shot 35 mm and 2 1/4 for some 40something
>years...
>Expensive? No more so than similarly built cameras....
>YOU couldn't figure out how to get the histogram...That's the CAMERA's
>fault? Just push the INFO button on the back twice....first push gets
>you over exposure points, second gets you the histogram...it's
>virtually instantaneous...
B.D.,
I didn't post any of the the stuff you cite above. Danrich did from the
Gary Fong review that I originally posted a link to, and it looked like
I posted these comments from the way Danrich posted the quote. I merely
posted the link to the review by Gary Fong. You have issues with what
Gary Fong wrote? Take them up with him.
>Only three lenses? No fast telephoto? What the *#$ are you talking
>about...there are NOW four lenses...2.8-3.5 14-54 (28-110 35 equiv)
>50f2 macro (100 f2 35 equiv) 50-200 2.8-3.5 tele zoom (100-400 35
>equiv) and the 300 2,8 (600 35 equiv)....a 100-400 that's 2.8-3.5 is GD
>fast...as is the 300 2.8.... Further, Olympus has promised an 11-22
>(22-44 35
>equiv) early next year, and several other lenses over the course of
next
>year, and more the following year - including fast primes and wide
>primes...
Once, again, I did not write this. Likely when Gary Fong wrote, there
*were* only three lenses available. If you have issues with what Danrich
posted as a quote from Gary Fong, once again, take it up with Gary Fong.
>Call me a curmudgeon - call me whatever you like...
Okay, you're a curmudgeon.
>But I really don't
>understand people who walking into a store, play with a camera that's
>entirely new to them, and start making prononcements about it. If you
>don't like Olympus because it broke your heart when it stopped
>supporting the OM line, fine. If you don't think the E-1 stacks up
>against the competion, fine. But if you're going to "review" the
>camera, try spending some real time with it; learn its features; shoot
>with it under real conditions; compare it in a fair way to the
>competition. Don't just pop off a few shots in a camera store and start
>making pronouncements.
Hey, B.D, it's a free country, remember? People can post what they like
here. I made it clear in my initial post that they were simply
observations made in a very short time with the camera. I think many
listmembers found them to be of at least some interest. Certainly from
the no. of posts relating to it, it has generated some very interesting
discussion. At least it's photography related rather discussions of
opossums, eBay selling practices or SUVs, or who shoots and eat rabbits.
I made it clear in subsequent posts that some of my observations would
likely change with some time with the camera to get familiar with it,
and that I *planned* to get some time with the camera. Life's too
short...Lighten up.
-Stephen.
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