Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eureka! But not much to compare that $6,000 chunk of glass with, Gary. Why not ask them for the poor man's 50-200 to try-out ........... and compare? Yep, a 700mm ?4 in your hands must be real fun. You definitely need to get-behind your drapes ......... or out into the wild ............. on the ground? Hey, I forgot. To do a comparison, you need another body ................ on loan, of couse. Have fun. Await the postings. B. On 15-mrt-2006, at 14:44, Gary Todoroff wrote: > Good timing for asking about Olympus lenses, Bruce. Folks at > Olympus in New > York have taken an interest in my Lympa Log, and I've had a couple > of great > conversations with a manager there. Upshot of it is a Zuiko > 90-250mm f2.8 > telephoto and a 1.4 telephoto extender, which just arrived on loan > yesterday. Lens weighs over seven pounds and dwarfs the little E-330. > > Shot a couple of quick shots right away from the driveway - then > realized > the neighbors may think either I'm spying or about to shoot them > with some > strange new weapon. But their Venetian blinds look really sharp! > Can't wait > to give it a real road-test soon, maybe from the bird blinds at the > Humboldt > Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (See my past project with the bird > folks there > at: http://www.northcoastphotos.com/whatnew1.html ) > > Next week-end I'll be at the Blue Angels air show in Sacramento and > hope to > shoot some fast-moving birds with both the 90-250 and my APO 70-180 > on the > Olympus E-330. Maybe after that I can do some controlled side by side > testing at similar focal lengths and apertures. Officially, I'm a > chaperone > at the air show for our local high school Junior Navy ROTC cadets. > When I > asked the CO of the unit about the responsibilities of a chaperone, > he said, > "You? You just take pictures!" Tough assignment, especially last > year at > Kaneohe Bay Marine Air Station in Hawaii, but someone has to do it. > http://northcoastphotos.com/catalog/product_info.php? > cPath=40&products_id=12 > 8 > > Gary T > >> Bruce wrote >> >> Gary, you have mentioned the fact that Olympus have produced lenses >> specially for their E digital system, but you show us Lympa >> combinations ................ >> >> What about some comparison shots, with similar length and quality >> lenses? If you don't have the Oly. lens, then your friendly camera >> store would surely lend you one? >> >> B. >> >> >> On 15-mrt-2006, at 3:58, Gary Todoroff wrote: >> >>> Just posted a new page today to my blog. Had some fun with the 90 >>> Summicron >>> on the E-330 and posted photos and notes under the Mar 14 heading >>> at the >>> bottom of the Lympa Log. >>> http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm >>> Gary Todoroff >>> (Tree LUGger) >>> >> >> > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.2.2/280 - Release Date: > 3/13/2006 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information