[Leica] Re: Leica participation in 4/3rds format - OlympuLeic or LeicOlymp?

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Gary, thanks for your input .................. I am particularly  
interested in your findings on the 7-14 lens. It's expensive, very  
very special, I conclude.

Await news ............. brief comparison of quality in relation to  
one of your other "known" lenses.

Thanks,
B.

On 3-mrt-2006, at 2:41, Gary Todoroff wrote:

> I just made the plunge and ordered today the Olympus E-330 DSLR and  
> their
> Zuiko 7-14mm f4.0 lens (14-28mm equiv in 35mm)
> ( see http://www.olympusamerica.com/e1/sys_lens_714mm.asp ). Also  
> ordered
> the Oly 4/3 to Leica R adapter, so just might keep some of my R  
> lenses.
>
> I wrote a review on eBay a few months ago about my Olympus C-8080 and
> especially about the comparison between the DSLR market and the  
> Electronic
> Viewfinder (EVF) crop of cameras that act more like rangefinders.  
> The 8080
> handles more like an M body than most other digital cameras and is
> especially creative because of the tiltable EVF, just like the new  
> E-330
> has. The review is at:
> http://reviews.ebay.com/Olympus-C-8080-Rangefinder-Camera-vs-DSLR- 
> Approach_W
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>
> The 8 mpix of the 8080 has been more than adequate for anything  
> resembling
> photo journalism, so the 7.5 mpix of the E-330 should be OK, too. Even
> landscapes up to 12x18" are just fine with the very sharp lens of  
> the 8080.
> For anything finer, like aerial photography, I'm still using the  
> Hasselblad
> with film and then the Imacon Photo scanner - my "hybrid" approach.  
> Going
> from 8 to 10 mpix in a 35mm type of digital camera is practically
> insignificant. When medium format digital backs come down in price  
> a bit,
> that's when I'll opt for a 20+ mpix sensor that really does make a
> difference for big enlargements.
>
> The new Panasonic looks great, but no release dates yet. in the  
> meantime I
> hope to report on the Olympus E-330 and R lens combo soon. But what  
> do we
> call it?
>
> Regards,
> Gary Todoroff
> (Tree LUGger)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> IF the various folks involved with the 4/3 system can increase the  
> pixel
> counts and reduce the noise - and the new Oly330/Panasonic whatever  
> suggests
> just maybe they can, 4/3 will indeed prove to be viable. If they  
> can't - it
> won't. Period.
>
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