I don't think he was ragging on E-system lenses. Just the old, long
tele Zuikos.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
> OMLS wrote:
>> I know people have a lot of nostalgia for OM lenses, but "the world has
>> move on" in the telephoto department.
>>
>
>
> I understand your reasonings, and the focus-slop issue is one of those
> things which is inherent to the focus mechanism itself and not all
> manufacturers were able to figure this out--Olympus lenses were always a bit
> weak in this department. But, no manufacturer was immune from the
> problems--it's just that some were more problematic than others.
>
> As to the usability issues, zooms will always have more general-purpose
> usability than a prime. This is not a "world has moved on" thing, but just a
> logistics thing. When shooting events, I'll gladly use zooms over primes.
> But when finessing a shot (static images), I really like using the old
> Zuikos.
>
> As to Olympus falling behind, well, I'd say that is nonsense. The E-system
> lenses are as good, if not better than any current equivalent from the other
> manufacturers.
>
> AG
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|