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[OM] Re: Zoom

Subject: [OM] Re: Zoom
From: Gordon Ross <gordross@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 02:27:53 -0600
Hi Earl:

Well there is a logic in what you espouse (albeit laced with some 
rationalization), but the $ are skewed- a used zoom $200 to $400 vs E1 and 
zoom- $2500.00 not to mention software, cards etc.

I am attracted to the E1 but my every instinct is to wait just a bit longer. 
Digital cameras are not in the Pentium 4 phase yet (I mean that computers 
have reached a stasis of low price and no real 'quantum leaps' of change at 
the moment) prices will go lower and there is more technology to come = so 
waiting means more camera and less money, hardly the time to get impatient.

Gord
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 10:32 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Zoom


>
> I believe Gord's original request for info and opinions was in the context 
> of wedding photography.  If this is the prime consideration, then I offer 
> my entirely uneducated, unsubtantiated but otherwise highly significant 
> opinion...
>
> I would go with a faster zoom on an E-1.  I know this is a whole different 
> equation than Gord's not-insignificant investment in OM, but if wedding 
> shooting becomes more than a very sporadic activity, then why not?  The 
> quality of E-1 images seems very well suited to weddings, and the only 
> real drawback seems to be low-light autofocus.  Purchasing an "old 
> technology" zoom in the FL range mentioned, just for wedding work will 
> either be a compromise vis-a-vis speed/low light focusing, or will be very 
> expensive.  If such a lens would not get much use in non-wedding work, 
> then perhaps exploring the E-1 would make sense.  And all the other 
> non-E-1 glass you have could be used on the E-1 via the adapter.
>
> Earl



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