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Subject: [OM] Re: Ghost from the past...
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:08:24 -0700
Shawn Wright wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Just dropping on the list after several years absent, and glad to see quite a 
> few old 
> names still around, and the list still has a good home! :-) 
> (you old timers might remember me... ;-)
>   
Welcome back!
> ........
> So my questions/observations on the E-500 vs D50 follow, mostly based on 
> reading at 
> Steve's Digicam website:
>   
i have neither camera, but can answer a couple of things until those 
more knowledgable speak up.
> -the shutter lag seems similar, but the power on delay at 2s is much longer 
> than the 
> D50. Is this an accurate statement?
>   
All the E-thingies are slower at start-up than the others, but the good 
news is that the cause is the dust removal system that activates when 
they are turned on. dust on the sensor is one of the problems with DSLRs 
and Oly has by far the best solution, with an ultrasonic vibrator that 
knocks most dust off to fall on a little strip of sticky stuff. Not a 
perfect solution, but better than any one else has come up with. From 
off to a shot is about 2 sec., but from sleep to shot is just under a 
second.

So when out shooting, you let the body go to sleep, rather than turn it 
off, for quicker start-up. Still not as fast s some others, but less of 
a hold up.
> -the multi frame sequence abilities of the E-500 are much less than the D-50
> -the E-500 offers more options for storage -xD & CF 
> -the E-500 battery life is not bad, but still only 1/3 to 1/4 that of the 
> D-50. (i found the 
> battery life of my D575 is terrible, and carry 3 sets of NiMH batteries...)
> -is the OM adapter useful with the E-500? I have 21/3.5, 35/2.8, 50/1.8, 85/2 
> & 135/3.5 
> Zuikos - are any of these suited for this use? 
>   
They will all work on the E-500 with adapter. The field of view will be 
that or twice the focal length on a 35 mm film camera. So it will be 
like you have 42, 70,100, 170 & 270 mm lenses. Great for those like me 
with a tele bent, frustrating for the WA folks.

They can only be used in the Manual and Aperture Preferred modes and 
require manual stop-down .

The ability to use OM lenses with an adapter is one reason most on the 
list who have DLSRs have either Oly of Can*n bodies. You can't use OM 
lenses on the Nik*ns.
> -is my OM gear still worth anything on the market, or should I keep it for 
> nostalgia?
>   
It's all still worth something. Some things are down in value, a few are 
up. Some really clean gear, esp. exotice items and items in LN condition 
with boxes, etc. has held or increased in value. Run of the mill used 
gear is mostly down, but not out. One of your lenses is probably worth 
more than you would guess.

When the full frame Can*ns came out, landscape shooters and various 
equipment obsessives discovered that the Can*n WA lenses aren't all that 
great. So they went on searches for alternatives and Zuiko and Zeiss 
wide and super wides turned out to be the stand-out performers. There 
was a big spurt in sales prices of the 18 & 21 mm Zuikos and the 28/2, 
with some play in other WAs. It's settled down some now, but a decent 
21/3.5 is still generally over $500.

Moose

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