Walt,
The quality you could buy will be second to none, IMO. So it's not a bad
decision, but it's quite a big one. A 1Ds and the L lenses you mention are
quite a beast to handle unless absolutely necessary and cost a pretty penny.
I'm really confused as to why the E-1 isn't on your list. With all the
multitude of E-System discussions over the past months, I don't remember your
decision process or situation, sorry. The main downsides that I see with the
current E-System are: lack of alternative bodies, small lens chloice, no IS,
and uncertainty as to the system's future. Did I miss anything? (I won't go
into my opinions on C/N vs. Olympus.)
For me, those items were not sufficient to make me go to the dark side. The
lens selection covers 90% of my current needs. It does not cover fast, short
primes or long macro lenses, which are both coming. I love my E-1, FL50, 3
zooms, and their performance, which is the real bottom line, right? It
produces great prints up to what I've tried so far, 11x14. I don't need
anything more, including weight, which I really do not want.
Skip
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Subject: [OM] Selling out
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:08:28 +0000
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>Subject: Requested Price
>Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 15:44:55 +0000
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>Dear Customer,
>
>Our current selling price for the: Canon-EOS-1Ds Digital Camera (Camera Body)
>is 7,195.95.
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>To purchase this item at this price, click below:
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>I give up. The digits have worn me down. Resistance is futile. I'm
>seriously, very seriously, considering selling damn near the whole OM kit and
>kaboodle, in one big lump to a well-known neighborhood purveyor of used photo
>gear, keeping only a couple of very special pieces. We have talked already,
>but no deal has yet been struck. I'm taking a few days to contemplate.
>
>Should I wait for a probably better and possibly cheaper 1D? But then would
>my OM stuff be worth less, too? The price I have been offered will enable me
>to begin with only three lenses. But they are fairly nice ones: 24-70/2.8,
>70-200/2.8, and 180/3.5 macro.
>
>Sorry, but I'm getting tired of waiting for Olympus to get their s**t
>together. I've been abandoned one time too many already.
>
>Who woulda thunk I'd even be considering about this? A week ago, not even me!
> Could be just a bit of temporary insanity, a passing fit maybe. But then
>again...
>
>Walt
>
>--
>"Anything more than 500 yards from
>the car just isn't photogenic." --
>Edward Weston
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