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Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4Ti
From: "Tim Chakravorty" <suchismit@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:56:08 -0700
CH, 
I don't think I am going to get the 300/4 AF-S anytime soon :-(    I have 
played with it at a local
Wolf Camera and love its feel. Focuses fast and noiselessly !
I took some   "glamor" shots with the 80-200 on a friend's kids.  Here they are
http://home.attbi.com/~suchismit 

-Tim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4Ti



> I do hope you try out the 300/4 AFS and give us some comment, my
> friend who is a die hard Nikon fan (also owned quite a lots of OM
> gears), he don't like the 300 very much. He even prefer the 80-400AFS
> zoom better, he said the 300 just like the 70-180 Macro he once own,
> the slide just came out very un-natural (although very colorful). He
> mentioned the Zuiko 300/4.5 has much better color/contrast rendering
> than his N-300. But not many people can manage such a heavy non IF
> manual focusing Zuiko.
> 
> C.H.Ling 
> 
> Tim Chakravorty wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > One thing I have rarely heard people suggest is to raise two families of 
> > camera systems, as long as they
> > complement each other. For me  Olympus is the primary system for focal 
> > lengths below 100mm, including
> > macros. And going out on a limb here, I am afraid to say that the Zuiko 
> > family had no quality zooms in the
> > 70-200 range. So I decided to start a new family  with a Nikon  N80(gifted 
> > to me), and the absolutely
> > fabulous Nikkor 80-200/2.8ED. Sorry Zuikheads, but the Zuiko 85-250/5 is 
> > *nowhere* near the Nikkor
> > 80-200/2.8, resolution or contrast.  (I know this is blasphemy and I can 
> > see war breaking out.. :-) )
> > The quality long lenses from Olympus ( 180/2, 250/2, 350/2)  are very 
> > expensive and  I truly don't see the
> > rationale behind their cost. (Perhaps because they are old designs and 
> > manual focus ?) So for me the Nikon
> > family will grow with the long lenses , maybe a 300/4 AF-S sometime in the 
> > future, while I will happily
> > keep the shorter ones from Olympus.
> > 
> > What does this mean for you ? If you want to be an expert nature 
> > photographer get an Om-4/Ti by all
> > means. It just doesn't get any better than that. But if you want to pursue 
> > photojournalistic type of subjects,
> > such as closeup grab shots of people , or even serious wildlife - forget 
> > Olympus. You will spend an
> > eternity focusing and fumbling with the spot meter. So you might consider 
> > buying into another system,
> > not necessarily by getting rid of what you have.
> > 
> > Life is short. Taste the best of everything .
> > 
> >
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