[Leica] Epson digital, or what?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

On 5/26/04 7:06 AM, "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Mark - It IS in effect a 600 - go try to find a 600 2.8, much less price
> one. It is competitively priced.
> 
> But since when are you a 300 mm guy? And the other prices you quote are
> not only totally competitive, some amount to give-aways: $719 for a
> 22-44 f 2.8-3.5 zoom? The ONLY Nikon zoom wider than 24 that offers the
> 2,8 speed is the 17-35, for $1349 at B&H.
> 
> As to the 50 macro - in dim light, its autofocus DOES go hunting; on the
> other hand it produces stunning results - so in dim light, I focus
> manually, which one often does with autofocus lenses in dim light.
> 
> And by the way, at the current, very competitive price of $1495, the E-1
> body is more than competitive- and it is far and away the most solid of
> the bodies - with excellent dust and water sealing - in the price range.
> 
> But hey, you don't shoot Olympus, you're a Leica/Nikon guy, so how did
> this even start in the first place?
> 
Because I was interested in Peter's plight. Peter's a pal of mine.
You're right I'm not a long lens guy so far but I just got a 70-300 variable
aperture ED Nikon consumer lens because I didn?t want the very heavy and
expensive 2.8. 70-200. I didn?t need it to go to 300 damn it but they don?t
make those any more. And at a 1.5 crop the 300 is in effect a 400mm. That
tight a head shot I don?t need.
But your statement at the top saying
>Mark - It IS in effect a 600 - go try to find a 600 2.8, much less price
> one. It is competitively priced.
It's a 600mm lens focusing it's image on a 17.4x13.1mm sensor! Half the
image circle of 24x36!
And although those 2560x1920 pixies are really NICE pixies it's hard to
figure out how since they're crammed into that little chip!? :)
But I'll take your word for it...
That said although the glass is not as cheap or as compact as one might like
apparently your typical lens on the camera together still makes for an
impressibly amazingly compact photographic device.
I say if the capture area in an SLR camera is a fraction of the size of the
24x36 format so should the camera be reduced in size by that fraction. As
the E1 is.
Look at an Olympus Pen F (which I have and use)
Along with my Olympus XA clamshell (a real classic of a classic)
And my Olympus pearlcorder 5924 microcassette recorder. (much smaller than
my reel to reel)

When they come out with a 3d holographic recorder you can bet it will come
out in no time in an Olympus Clamshell version!
 


Mark Rabiner
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