Hey, I want free equipment too. I promise to say its good stuff...:)
Larry
"B. D. Colen" wrote:
> How about the possibility that, unlike Nikon and Canon, Olympus has
> released the beginnings of what is the first digital system camera -
> with camera and lenses specifically designed to function together. The
> lenses are specifically designed to eek out the best possible
> performance from the specific sensor. This list doesn't suggest that
> your Zuikos are somehow inferior - it only suggests that they will best
> perform with this particular sensor if used within these f stop ranges.
>
> Nikon and Canon did NOT - and still have NOT - designed cameras and
> bodies specifically for each other. Instead, they took their existing
> body line and adapted some bodies to carry sensors. For Nikon and Canon
> to start acknowledging at some of their lenses will not perform
> optimally on their digital bodies unless stopped down, is for Nikon and
> Canon to acknowledge that do not have a digitally optimized system.
>
> This doesn't mean that you won't get "acceptable" results with Nikon and
> Canon lenses on their bodies, but it may help explain some of the
> problems that have been reported, particularly with the wide angles.
>
> And perhaps this also suggests that what some on this list have said was
> just PR bull from Olympus about E-1 lens design, is in fact reasonably
> accurate information.
>
> B. D.
> (Yes, I have gotten free equipment from Olympus. ;-) )
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:19 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Free OM-to-E-System adapter - Update
>
> This is fascinating. Olympus are really precisely specifying the focal
> lengths and aperture ranges they consider could give acceptable
> performance. (I never saw Nik or Can do anything like this for their
> DSLRs
> - but then I don't have a Nik or Can or a mailing list like this for
> them.) They are almost banning small apertures.
>
> Do you think Oly are hyper-careful or are Zuikos + the E-1 so much worse
> than Nikkors or Cannons? Or maybe the E-1 CCD doesn't have the
> micro-lenses that the Nik and Can sensors have - that could be it...?
>
> br
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> Jez
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> Jim Terazawa
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> 20/01/2004 17:05
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> For those who are interested, there is a listing of the compatible OM
> lens and recommended aperature ranges (based on the calculations made by
> Olympus spec) with the E-1 adapter. The list is located at:
> http://www.suisui.ne.jp/~t-oku/page1-OM-43ad.html
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