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From: Acer V <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zuikoholics (In)Anonymous <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 3:40 AM
Subject: [OM] dissenting fellar
> ==start quote==
> All of the smaller Zuiko lenses (the 200 mm f/4 on down) share the same
> chintzy plastic construction. If you shake one, it rattles like a child's
> toy. The aperture ring has a loose, imprecise feel to it; I'm always
> afraid I'm going to break one off. Ditto for the spindly little
> depth-of-field preview button. At their price levels, you cannot expect
> Zeiss or Leitz quality from the Zuiko lenses, but they could have been
> designed with more ruggedness in mind.
> ==end quote==
>
> Anyone else agree or disagree? I've yet to /see/ a Zeiss/Leitz lens, let
> alone use one. Since I don't have the comparison, the Zuikos I have seem
> sturdy enough.
There is a difference, but I think this is overstated. And I'd never shake
a lens to see what sound it made. Stuff like the "child's toy" comparison
is a little purple for me shout out that the writer has an ax to grind.
Finally, I thought the images are the point of it all.
John
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> /Acer V
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> If you can kick it, it's hardware.
> If you boot it, it's the OS.
> If after you boot it you want to kick it, it's Windows.
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