But I would disagree with you. The D2X clearly isn't an OM, too big, but I am
very pleased with the D80. It is a nice compromise -- smaller, great pics.
Excellent inexpensive lenses available too.
Tom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Leandro DUTRA
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:18 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: E-pro thingy
>
>
> 2007/8/27, Jez Cunningham <jez.cunningham@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > You remember a while back the Oly marketing presentation that made a
> > comparison betwen the E-pro-thingy and the anticipated D300 and the
> > anticipated 40D? The one that was quickly withdrawn but someone
> saved?
> > Well now we have N*kon and C*non specs to compare, and we can see how
> > accurate they were. It'll be nice if someone could see how the E-
> pro-thingy
> > stacks up ?
>
> As Maitani wisely said, specs aren't important — the camera concept is.
>
> To me, Cannikon are nice as intermediates between the Olympuses and
> medium format — as witnessed by their reaching near-medium format
> resolution. But they are too big and heavy for me, they will never be
> decent OM (E-1, E-510), rangefinder (E-330) or Pen F (E-410)
> substitutes. Made for Goths and Scythians I figure; I need stuff made
> for Latins (me) and Easterners (missus).
>
> Unless digital technology changes radically, I don't see them dealing
> decently with vignetting and the such, M-8 wizardry withstanding;
> while I see technology advancing in miniaturisation, so I don't see
> myself needing anything bigger and heavier than 4/3 systems.
>
> What I do want now they don't give me: openness in output (DNG,
> OpenRaw) and camera control (gPhoto drivers). The latter doesn't
> exist, the former I would buy a Leica if I could.
>
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