Who did you get hooked on 4/3 by having an 8080? Was it simply the
overall quality or character of the camera, the lens, etc? It's not 4/3
right? Mind you, I think for a digicam the 8080 is pretty attractive.
Earl
jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>For those of you who chose either an
>>>E-1 or E-300 over other DSLRs, what was it that made
>>>
>>>
>>you choose the
>>
>>
>>>Olympus?
>>>
>>>
>>I narrowed my choices to Nikon D70, Canon 20D, and the
>>E-1. Salesman recommendations were enough to convince me
>>that in terms of overall build, the E-
>>300 and D-70 weren't what I wanted. In the end, a
>>combination of handling, overall build, recommendations
>>from users and $$$ made me choose the E-1 over
>>the 20D. Knowing that I could buy a complete E-1 kit with
>>a great flash, fast lens, and an extra lens or two for
>>the price of a 20D and a fast lens alone (i.e. no
>>extra battery, no flash, no filters, etc) was a major
>>factor. throw in the fact that I have 25 + years of
>>experience with Olympus, the controls were intuitive for
>>me,
>>and the camera came with an adaptor to use my OM glass,
>>the decision became pretty easy.
>>
>>
>>--
>>Barry B. Bean
>>
>>
>
>Price became hard to resist. I figured the ZD 14-54 with an
>MSRP of $600 (B&H $500) meant that at about $1K the camera
>was the cost of one of the more reasonable advanced digicams.
>
>If money were no object, I would have investigated the
>CWMNBN* from the N competitor. I would not consider Canon
>because I am irrationally indisposed to that marque, but
>also worried about the expense of the lenses.
>
>I got hooked on the 4/3 system with the C-8080. I'm a
>believer now, so the E system is part of the land of milk
>and honey, and everything else ain't.
>
>I didn't expect to like the E-1 as much as I now do and the
>OM lenses work better than I had expected. The camera is
>extremely comfortable in the hand. There is no pain or
>performance sacrifice associated with shooting in RAW mode,
>which suits my penchant for post processing. My other
>digital cameras either don't do RAW or do it quite slowly.
>
>Joel W.
>CWMNBN* (camera which may not be named)
>
>
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