> As an aside, I picked up a Canon Rebel-2000 autofocus SLR camera the other
> day, and I was FLABBERGASTED at how light it was.
I had the same experience yesterday -- not sure if it was a rebel 2000
exactly, but it was definitely a plasticky new wonderbrick. Holy smokes,
that thing weighs nothing..
It's worth going into a shop and asking to try one out just for comparison
-- the camera+(guessing)28-70 lens felt like it weighed less than just the
body of my OM. The zoom mechanism felt really floaty, too -- no focus, just
twist to zoom, but it required almost no effort to turn it, no sense of
feedback somehow.
As my OM is pretty scarred already, I have exactly no worries about dumping
it into a backpack with a bunch of other stuff to rattle around -- I'd be
wary of putting that plastic thing anywhere that wasn't surrounded by a
whole lot of padding..
(interesting that one of the theoretical benefits of the OM system is its
light weight, but I guess only starts to apply when you get further up the
range/onto bigger lenses)
-- dan
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