Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: [OM] some news about the 4/3...

Subject: RE: [OM] some news about the 4/3...
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:50:35 -0800
Mike;

 
> 
> I suppose it was inevitable this thread would draw me
> out of lurk mode. For the past several weeks my
> Pacbell ISP email account has only worked on the newly
> merged SBC/Yahoo web based email and it stinks! I no
> longer can get my mail from their pop servers and
> their tech support is beyond worthless. Anyway, the
> good news is that as of two weeks ago I am now an
> employee of UCSC (University of California Santa Cruz)
> as a senior electronic tech in Media Services.

Sounds like  nice position. Congrats.

> 
> On to the 4/3. Yes, I am definately excited. The
> thought of that 600/2.8 and that big zoom has me
> thinking this will be a huge hit for sports shooters.
> However, the camera will have to be fast in every
> respect (buffer write/dump speed, AF speed and
> accuracy, etc.) to satisfy this market. The imager
> needs to be noise free up into higher ISO speeds
> (shouldn't be an issue--it is a fairly large imager).
> I have seen enough to say I will definately hold off
> any rash (Pent*x or Can*n) DSLR decisions 'till the
> later part of this year. From intitial appearences it
> looks to be pretty much everything I hoped and thought
> it would be--now let's see if it can produce results
> once it releases. Knowing Olympus I think it will.

I hope you're right about this part. 

George

> 
> As far as OM adapters, a reminder that Scott at
> Acratech assured me that he will be doing an OM-to-4/3
> lens mount adapter if one is at all possible. So, if
> Olympus does not do one, all hope is not lost.
> 
> 
> 
> =====
> Mike Veglia
> Motor Sport Visions Photography
> http://www.motorsportvisions.com
> 
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
> 
> 

< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz