-- Hi Scott, welcome to the list. I am curious , how did a G end up with a 2
series screen?
Frank
> OK. As promised, a bit about me and why I joined this list.
>
> My handle may be familiar to OM members who frequent photo.net, Miranda and
> RFF.
>
> I joined that last group when I decided to get a small, multi-lens kit
> to keep with me pretty much all the time. Since I had previously
> owned a Contax G1 kit that I had to sell for financial reasons, an RF
> kit made sense to me. I quickly acquired a Bessa R2 and 35/50/75
> lenses. Very nice except I think my eyesight has changed (again . . .
> ) and I can no longer quickly focus an RF. Quick is important to me
> so I decided to look for a RF-like SLR kit. Any surprise that I would
> land on Olympus doorstep?
>
> I've been reading FAQs, articles, books, etc. and have gleaned a lot
> of information. Given that I tend to swim upstream equipment-wise I
> find myself drawn to the the 4T(i) and 2S, in that order. From what I
> can tell, Oly really had the major kinks worked out by the time these
> two were produced. Also, they can use the '2' series screens.
>
> I really appreciate the consistent 49mm filter possibility throughout
> the lens line. My ideal line-up would be a 21/28/40/85 but for the
> fact that the 40 seems to command a very high resale price - what's up
> with that? As such, I'd shift to 21/35/50/85. And yeah, I really
> like ultra-wides.
>
> Haven't bought anything yet, but handled a 1n, 2 and 'G' at a local
> used camera show last Sunday. The 2-13 screen on the 'G' made a
> significant difference in focusability and overall brightness. Of
> course the 'G', as nice as it is, is not in the league of the others
> in other respects.
>
> BTW, has anyone here had any of their 1-x series screens modified by
> Bill Maxwell? He applied his 'Hi-Lux' process to my Hasselblad
> screens years ago and the difference was remarkable.
>
> One bit of confusion . . . a lot is made of the mirror dampening
> mechanism Maitani-san developed for the OM-1; was that carried through
> to the 4T(i) and 2S? Low vibration and quiet are on my 'important'
> list too.
>
> As a final note I should mention that this Oly kit is primarily for my
> personal use though it may find its way to some of the paying jobs I
> shoot. My digital rig is EOS and it weighs more than I do. OK, I
> can't say that for *sure* since our scale is broken.
>
> Thanks for listening this far and I'm looking forward to learning from
> and contributing to the list.
>
> ScottGee1, aka, Scott Gardner
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