If Olympus wants their E-1 to be adopted by pros and serious amateurs, they
are going to have to make something like an OM adapter (maybe a T adapter?).
Otherwise these users will not be able to use all sorts of micro, macro,
astro, copy, medical, etc. equipment. An OM adaptor would greatly expand the
market, not just to OM lens owners, but amateur astronomers, medical labs,
surgeons, etc. It would be an almost cost-free way to greatly increase the
potential market. Therefore, based on the last decade's record, I predict
they won't do it.
Paul Farrar
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> My question is whether the OM lenses are further away from the film/sensor
plane in an E-1 vs. the OM-System. If so, then the introduction of a simple
lens element will certainly degrade the fine performance of the OM Zuiko's.
If not, then they will offer the same functionality as the Canon, Nikon,
Fuji, or Kodak DSLR's where you can use Manual focus lenses.
>
> IMO, this marketing, technicaly-laced, mumbo-jumbo bulls*it from Olympus
America is insulting. Either they're going to make an adapter and allow use
of the older lenses, or they're not. Yes, I know that the light-ray
parallelism of the Zuiko Digital lenses will likely improve their
performance with the E1 vs older lense. But you can't tell me that they
will be ahead of the Canon L series lenses, which were designed for film; I
just won't believe it.
>
> Yes, the new lenses are certainly better integrated into the E-System,
with digital communications between lens and body, etc. Duh! I wouldn't
expect any type of integration between the OM Zuiko's and the E-1 except the
mount and perhaps an external lever to stop the lenses down to shooting
aperture. This upcoming "white paper" will likely be nothing except
marketing hype in the guise of a technology paper. It will talk about the
lens' features, their parallelism, and how they're designed with the body in
mind. It will have lots of graphs, the Japanese like those, like MTF's, and
diagrams about sensor shape and light rays. But in the end, it's still the
same BS that we on this list heard from OA about 2 years ago when they
released that lame PowerPoint slide show on why OM lenses couldn't be used
on a digital camera. Remember?
>
> Still-fuming-and-getting-madder-at-OA,
>
> Skip
>
>
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> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 18:24:54 -0400
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >I filled a request for information form on the Olympus site, asking
> >about an OM to E-1 adapter, and this is the response I got...I don't
> >know what the real story is..
> >----
> >
> >Dear B.D. Colen,
> >
> >Thank you for your interest in the E-1 Digital SLR.
> >
> >One of the major features of the E-1 camera is that it is the world's
> >first all-digital professional SLR system. This means that the camera
> >body and lenses were specifically built to handle light to much more
> >exacting manner than a film camera requires. Although the OM lenses are
> >very accurate, they are not optimized for digital photography. An OM
> >lens adapter is certainly possible but we did not want to offer it
> >because it would compromise the performance of the E-1.
> >
> >Additionally, the new Zuiko Digital lenses are "intelligent". That
> >means that lens telemetry and other information is recorded with the
> >photographic data. Using this information, there are functionality
> >advantages that can be realized with digital photography that was not
> >possible with film camera equipment. We will soon offer an in depth
> >technical white paper on the advantages of the Zuiko Digital lenses.
> >This white paper will further explain the advantages of using our new
> >Zuiko Digital lenses.
> >
> >In addition, you can view details about the E-1 on our website at
> >http://www.olympusamerica.com/e1.
> >
> >If you have any questions or require further assistance, our E-SLR
> >Professional Customer Support Staff is available, Monday through Friday,
> >8:30 AM until 7:00PM East Coast time, at 1(800)260-1625.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >E-1 Digital Technical Support
> >Olympus America Inc.
> >-------
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Hermanson
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:23 PM
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> >
> >
> >If dealer net doesn't change, it should have a street price under $125.
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
> >mail: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
> >Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
> >21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
> >631-424-2121 Turnaround 4-5 weeks
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:49 PM
> >Subject: Re: [OM] New E-1
> >
> >
> >> In <001301c37d18$86caa360$39e27ad1@hppav>, on 09/17/03
> >> at 08:37 AM, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> >>
> >> >Well, halfway down the page I
> >> >found item # 260209, official name "OM Adapter MA-1"
> >> >Listed use "For use with E-1 System Digital cameras. OM to 4/3 lens
> >> >adapter" WELL!?
> >>
> >> You tease! What was the price?
> >>
> >> --
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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