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[OM] Re: Gossip, but OT

Subject: [OM] Re: Gossip, but OT
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:16:34 -0500
I would hope Olympus would opt to put the IS in the camera body.

Joel W.

At 03:02 PM 6/7/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>There have been zero rumors about such a lens, and I follow them regularly.
>Unless something has slipped in under the radar, I think your acquaintance
>was mislead.
>
>Also, I'd be surprised if Olympus would introduce a 400mm lens as its first
>foray into IS.  That's like an 800mm lens on a 35mm camera!  Given that the
>300/2.8 is $7k, it'd be astronomical.  Now if it was a 200/2 (400mm equiv),
>then I could believe that, except that it is too close to the 150/2.  I'd
>expect to see the 150/2 with IS before any other lens.  That would be a
>killer for Basketball or Fashion.
>
>Skip



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