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Subject: Re: [OM] wildlife lenses
From: Pauls0627@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:24:38 EST
In a message dated 01/24/2000 9:19:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
denton@xxxxxxxx writes:

> And of course if you are buying lenses in the Zuiko 350 2.8 + 1.4, or 500/4 
>  in Canon or Nikon, the price of the body is really not important in the 
>  large scheme of things.

Good point, Denton. It's like buying computer systems - pick the software 
that gets the job done, then pick the hardware to run it on. In photography, 
pick the glass that will get the shot, then get the body to mount it on.

It seems to me, though, that this was easier in the past, before the advent 
of the current AF "wonderbricks".  Twenty years ago if I wanted that Canon 
600/4 *really* bad I could pick up an AE-1 cheap to use it with, go out in 
the field and be confident I could get decent shots using the AE-1 alongside 
my OMs. Today I'd have to buy something like a Rebel, and switching back and 
forth between an OM-1 and a Rebel would be anything but easy.

People used to think the OM shutter speed dial around the lens mount was hard 
to get used to...

I can see the image in my head now: me, out in the wilderness, OM-4 around my 
neck, Canon Rebel with a 600/4 mounted on the tripod, surrounded by curious, 
photogenic wildlife who are all wondering "who's the guy reading the book?"

At least Nikon still makes the FM2n and the F3.

Paul Schings

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