Let me see, Andrew. You are advising him to get a system with lenses
that are not as good as his 30 year old lenses. Why buy a new modern
camera and put lenses on it that make it perform like a pre-OM camera
with not even automatic aperture or focusing aids like microprism or
split image in the viewfinder? Most people do not buy a new digital
camera in which speed is frequently a selling point in order to futz
around like you would with a view camera, without the view. Perhaps
better advice is to pick a camera make that does not require the
substitution of other makers' wide angle lenses to improve its image
quality. I would say to chuck it all an embrace the new. No reason at
all to keep one foot in the past.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On / November 22, 2007 CE, at 4:52 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> The first thing you'll want to consider is which of your OM lenses
> will work well on digital. There's a number of wide lenses I wish I'd
> never sold (16mm, 18mm, 21/3.5) as they work really well on a Canon
> 5D it seems. Apparently the smaller aperture models are better than
> faster. Some love an OM 200mm on an Oly digital (400mm, f4
> equivalent!).
> A friend who works in a camera store just put an OM 50/1.4 late model
> on a Canon 10D and was astonished by how much better it was than the
> good quality (but not L grade) zoom that he'd been using. And he
> traded it in for US$25.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
List usage info: http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies: olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================
|