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Re: [OM] New to Olympus

Subject: Re: [OM] New to Olympus
From: Paul Haigney <qpw5709@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:32:38 +0100
Welcome to the group

Other brand lenses have come a long way in the last number of years , I would
guess that new design lenses from Tamron,Vivitar,tokina are a match for zuiko,
with a few exceptions which I am sure the group will rush to put forward, I
have always liked Tamron stuff myself when I cant afford zuikos.

Good Luck....Paul
Sebastien Roy wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am new to photography and decided to buy an OM2000 as my first
> SLR camera. I tought the readers of this list might be interested
> to know why someone starting from scratch would go for Olympus
> rather than Nikon/Canon/Pentax.
> The other cameras I considered where Nikon FM10, Pentax ZX-M and
> older ones like Nikon EL2 and FG-20 and Pentax K-1000 and ME-Super.
> All these cameras are fully manual, <=$200 body only, <=$300 with a lense.
>
> Here are the features, approximately ordered by importance:
>
>  - Spot metering (most important feature, IMHO)
>         Only OM2000 has it.
>  - Depth of field preview
>  - Mirror-lockup
>  - Good choice of quality lenses available
>  - Fully mechanical (need battery for meter only)
>  - Light weight and small size
>  - Metal body
>         The ZX-M is full plastic. Not great.
>  - Multiple exposure
>
> As far as lenses go, the 35-70mm/f3.5-4.8 (sold with the OM2000) seems
> to work very well. Its close focusing hability is very nice. I've put
> two example pictures in
>     http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/sebastien/album/om2000.html
>
> This is the only uncertain factor here. I know I will need a portrait
> lense and a wide angle lense sometime in the future.  It is my
> impression that Zuiko offers same or better quality/price than
> the best other brands. Am I right? Any suggestion of lenses to get
> or to avoid? and how about the Tamron Adaptall lenses, are do they
> compare?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sebastien




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