Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 9, 2006, at 12:47 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > ...So tell me why the need for zillion dollar, > zillion pound R glass with convertors that make it impossible to use > autofocus and require stop-down metering? I must be missing something. Playing with a new E-500 (OK, I like the conventional SLR form factor and am thinking that an E-2 is on the way) and the _astonishingly good_ 11-22mm Zuiko-D lens (thanks for the recommendations, BD), I concur. If one is starting a digital kit, I'm finding a lot to like about this 4/3 system and especially Oly glass. Compared to Canon: Canon is faster, better in very low light, easier to follow menus, and of course has an enormous system. Olympus has lenses at least as good as the L glass, better exposure control, better color, and better in-camera BW performance. Fewer blown highlights, and less compression on the best quality jpeg files. Oh, and as BD has said, it is hard to underestimate the value of the self-cleaning sensor. I'm tired of cleaning the Canon sensor, or being surprised by 200 shots with splotched sky at the end of an assignment. Now, to wait for the Leica zoom or go for the Oly 14-54. Hum... Did I mention that the 11-22mm is superb? Will von Dauster