Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, No, my comment was a positive one vv the Olympus 11-22mm. I do not have the, is it a 10-22mm Canon EF-S lens, which I have heard is also very good. And my comments are also not meant as a slight to the 20D, which I have also had since it came out. It is a fine camera. What I'm seeing from my E-500 Olympus is, to my eyes, a much more film-like handling of light, especially in black and white mode. Since I don't usually shoot raw (though yes, I am playing with Capture One LE), the way the camera deals with the BW conversion internally is important to me. I'm seeing a much longer range of grays in the images from the Oly. And what noise I get in BW at high ISOs resembles film grain, which is interesting. The dust issue is also a pain to deal with in my Canons. So far (3-4000 images) the Olympus dust removal system has been flawless. I thought I'd try the system out after Panasonic and Leica's announcement. What I've discovered are some superb Olympus optics. Yes, I want fast primes too. And nothing matches the Canon system in very low light for smoothness. Which, sometimes, I don't care so much about. Will von Dauster On Apr 8, 2006, at 10:13 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Will von Dauster offered: >> Their 11-22mm is in a class by itself as far as I'm concerned. My >> recent California coastal photos with that lens have moved me >> from Canon solidly into the Olympus DSLR camp. > > Hi Will, > Do I take this as a negative comment about the lens? > > I bought this one as soon as I looked through the viewfinder and > have absolutely no negative results with it since the 20D came out > or the lens. > > I make 13X19 prints regularly with it and they're quite amazingly > sharp. I believe Henning Wulff also has the same lens and finds it > excellent. > > If yours isn't good, then either you got a "bad one" and Henning > and I got extremely great ones. Such as life. But I'd put mine up > against leica any day. > > ted > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information