And Le*ca screwmount lenses are not compatible with the M and R series without
an adapter. Dunno if Le*ca themselves ever made an adapter, but I imagine
they optimized each lens line for the body series and wanted to SELL lenses
for each series.
Earl
On Thursday 01 April 2004 04:46, you wrote:
> Hi Moose:
>
> I hear you on that point, but I was hoping we could lose the hand wringing
> about which digi, when I bought my OM 4 in 1985 it was because it was what
> I wanted, and I had no qualms about the Nik*n or Cont*x systems I left. I
> am neutral on the digi stuff, my major point was that there is no real
> connection, other than the Nameplate.
>
> Gord
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:57 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: It's been lonesome up here in the saddle since my horse
> died.
>
> > gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > > as I stated in my reply to Tom- There is nothing to link the OM to the
>
> E1
>
> > >other than name. To expect loyalty or conjunctivity is really climbing
> > > up
>
> a
>
> > >rope, I don't think it has anything to do with Oly stopping the OM, it
> > > is two totally different technologies and there is no bridge.
> > >
> > >Gord
> >
> > For me and several others, it isn't the fact that the systems are
> > unrelated, but Oly's coy off again, on again dance about an OM to 4/3
> > adapter. The fact that adapers are now available from another supplier
> > doesn't reduce the irritaion with Oly. They have been playing OM users
> > for fools (and themselves, the way they have chased their tails on the
> > issue). All that noise about poorer performance from OM than new digital
> > designed lenses will probably be true with the E-x with a 10 or 12mp
> > sensor. If it's true with the E-1, there is something wrong with the
> > camera*. OM lenses can give beautiful images with Can*n sensors, so why
> > not the E-1?
> >
> > Moose
> >
> > *Well, there IS something wrong, but it is intentional. Like all DSLRs,
> > it has an anti-aliasing filter, which reduces the resolution of the lens
> > to avoid sampling artifacts. So all that super resolution of the new
> > lenses is wasted until a later generation of the camera.
> >
> >
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