[Leica] For anyone who's interested...

[leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric)]

thanks for the info.
Sorry - I thought the lens was interchangeable..

Eric

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] For anyone who's interested...


> Leica glass - of course not.
> 
> Downside - like the digital Rebel, it's not a pro body, not sealed the
> way the E-1 is - although unlike the Rebel, it is a metal body with a
> solid feel to it. The mirror,rather than prism-based viewfinder is okay,
> but it's not as good as the E-1. I can do manual focus on the E-1 with
> no problem; it's pretty iffy on the Evolt. Most of the same features,
> but some are somewhat limited - for instance there are far fewer
> saturation, sharpness, and contrast settings. The autofocus is instant
> and right on- even better than the E-1 which is fine. Nice built-in
> flash. Good color rendition. But frankly, the b&w mode is so good, I
> will probably use it as a b&w-only second body. The 8 mgp is nice, in
> that it makes cropping more doable. 
> 
> Keep in mind - for anyone who isn't aware - that I get this stuff free
> from Olympus. 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> eric
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 7:30 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] For anyone who's interested...
> 
> 
> very interesting.. neat compact DSLR.
> some many choices out there..
> Downside of the E-300?
> 
> Can you stick leica glass on it. (without superglue?)
> Eric
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:27 PM
> Subject: [Leica] For anyone who's interested...
> 
> 
>> The new Olympus Evolt (E-300) landed on my doorstep the day before 
>> Xmas; it's Olympus's competitor for the digital Rebel and D70 (and is 
>> the DSLR with a series of mirrors rather than a prism, which gives it 
>> a flat top, and more compact size.) Anyway, among it's more 
>> interesting features is a really, really good built-in black and white
> 
>> mode, and, in addition to the usual contrast, saturation, and 
>> sharpness options in the menus, a high-key/normal/low-key option. Here
> 
>> are three black and white images, and one color - 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS?page=1
>> 
>> 
>> "At the movies" and the garage shot were taken in high-key, the shot 
>> of my daughter and the kitten were in normal. The movie shot is noisy 
>> - all three were shot at 800 - but is also hideously underexposed, 
>> which will lead to noise, or grain ;-).
>> 
>> Comments, vicious attacks, etc. welcome. :-)
>> 
>> B. D.
>> 
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