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Subject: [OM] Re: FYI - E-420
From: "Tom Fenwick" <super.wide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 23:21:12 -0800
And Olympus data sheet:

http://fourthirdsphoto.com/Preview/images/25mm%20lens%20data%20sheet.pdf

Tom

On 04/03/2008, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  More details here -
>  <http://www.olympus.com.au/content/blogcategory/33/104/>
>  At an RRP of AU$350 I'd expect it to sell in the US for a similar
>  price to the 35mm macro (just over $200) - we pay rather inflated
>  prices down here. The 50 macro is over US$600 here compared to B&H
>  price of just over $400.
>  Interesting that now some of the most interesting and cheaper digital
>  primes are 4/3rds. This seems like as close to a pancake 50mm as
>  we've seen in years -
>  95g (3.5oz. approx) 23.5mm deep (just under 1"), 43mm filter size,
>  aluminium screw-in cap, screw-in lens hood (optional).
>  It all sounds rather Pentax Limited - very cute.
>  With a light body like a 400/500 series, it's back to the pocket SLR
>  (OM1/40mm or Pentax M/40mm pancake).
>
> Andrew Fildes
>  afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
> On 05/03/2008, at 5:32 PM, Tom Fenwick wrote:
>
>  > Excellent news!  Thanks.
>
>
>
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