Good to hear from you again Shawn.
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Moose wrote:
> Shawn Wright wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Just dropping on the list after several years absent, and glad to see quite a
>>few old
>>names still around, and the list still has a good home! :-)
>>(you old timers might remember me... ;-)
>>
>
> Welcome back!
>
>>........
>>So my questions/observations on the E-500 vs D50 follow, mostly based on
>>reading at
>>Steve's Digicam website:
>>
>
> i have neither camera, but can answer a couple of things until those
> more knowledgable speak up.
>
>>-the shutter lag seems similar, but the power on delay at 2s is much longer
>>than the
>>D50. Is this an accurate statement?
>>
>
> All the E-thingies are slower at start-up than the others, but the good
> news is that the cause is the dust removal system that activates when
> they are turned on. dust on the sensor is one of the problems with DSLRs
> and Oly has by far the best solution, with an ultrasonic vibrator that
> knocks most dust off to fall on a little strip of sticky stuff. Not a
> perfect solution, but better than any one else has come up with. From
> off to a shot is about 2 sec., but from sleep to shot is just under a
> second.
>
> So when out shooting, you let the body go to sleep, rather than turn it
> off, for quicker start-up. Still not as fast s some others, but less of
> a hold up.
>
>>-the multi frame sequence abilities of the E-500 are much less than the D-50
>>-the E-500 offers more options for storage -xD & CF
>>-the E-500 battery life is not bad, but still only 1/3 to 1/4 that of the
>>D-50. (i found the
>>battery life of my D575 is terrible, and carry 3 sets of NiMH batteries...)
>>-is the OM adapter useful with the E-500? I have 21/3.5, 35/2.8, 50/1.8, 85/2
>>& 135/3.5
>>Zuikos - are any of these suited for this use?
>>
>
> They will all work on the E-500 with adapter. The field of view will be
> that or twice the focal length on a 35 mm film camera. So it will be
> like you have 42, 70,100, 170 & 270 mm lenses. Great for those like me
> with a tele bent, frustrating for the WA folks.
>
> They can only be used in the Manual and Aperture Preferred modes and
> require manual stop-down .
>
> The ability to use OM lenses with an adapter is one reason most on the
> list who have DLSRs have either Oly of Can*n bodies. You can't use OM
> lenses on the Nik*ns.
>
>>-is my OM gear still worth anything on the market, or should I keep it for
>>nostalgia?
>>
>
> It's all still worth something. Some things are down in value, a few are
> up. Some really clean gear, esp. exotice items and items in LN condition
> with boxes, etc. has held or increased in value. Run of the mill used
> gear is mostly down, but not out. One of your lenses is probably worth
> more than you would guess.
>
> When the full frame Can*ns came out, landscape shooters and various
> equipment obsessives discovered that the Can*n WA lenses aren't all that
> great. So they went on searches for alternatives and Zuiko and Zeiss
> wide and super wides turned out to be the stand-out performers. There
> was a big spurt in sales prices of the 18 & 21 mm Zuikos and the 28/2,
> with some play in other WAs. It's settled down some now, but a decent
> 21/3.5 is still generally over $500.
>
> Moose
>
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