We'll be waiting and watching right along with you.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Couch wrote:
> Last night I pulled the trigger on a E-620 with the two kit lenses! I
> will once again be an Olympus shooter!
>
> After lugging a Nik*n D200 and a handful of wonderful (but hefty) Tokina
> & Nikkor lenses around for two years I realized how far I have come from
> my old OM gear. The Nikon setup works great, but is just plain too heavy
> and bulky for my type of photography (travel, climbing, backpacking &
> cycling.) This point was underlined when I realized that 90% of my
> photography this past summer was with my film cameras (mostly a CLE and
> Contax G1) The choice of film was as much (if not more so) for the light
> weight and compact cameras as for the characteristics of film.
>
> I had been disappointed in the past with Olympus' offerings as I thought
> that they did not really leverage the 4/3 concept in terms of making the
> cameras & lenses small and light. Over the past few years this has
> certainly changed, and a number of the current bodies and lenses remind
> me of the light, compact OM gear. I have been watching the 4/3 system
> develop for years and the E-620 seemed to combine the handling, level of
> control, and size & weight I that have been looking for. It appears that
> this kit will be very well suited to the type of photography I have
> always loved. I have not been this excited about a new camera purchase
> in ages!
>
> If the E-620 meets my expectations I will be adding some of the upper
> end glass to the kit, but for now I think this kit will serve me well.
> (I do plan on picking up the 9-18 before the rebate runs out at the end
> of the month though!)
>
> Jim Couch
>
>
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