Sounds like you made an excellent choice for your needs. Many years ago I had an Olympus OM-1 camera and a couple of Zuiko lenses. I was very happy with it and thought very highly of the company. I hope this direction serves you well. You shared some nice shots with us - I wouldn't mind them a little bigger on screen.
-- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, January 27, 2007, 12:55:29 PM, you wrote: BW> Thanks. For me it's the 11-22mm and 14-54mm lenses and the lens mount BW> the confirmed my decision to go with Olympus. I still have the E-500 BW> with the 14-45mm kit lens, and I'll keep them. In a month or 2, before BW> I go to the Alps, I'll buy the 11-22mm lens, and then that's it, BW> probably, until the E-1 successor. BW> In choosing which digital system to use I was limited by the number of BW> Contax CZ lenses I have, which I don't want to get rid of. A few weeks BW> ago I bought a Contax-Olympus adapter and was pleased with the BW> results, so that decided it for me. I like the field of view of a BW> 20-21mm lens on 35mm format - I use it surprisingly often, so it's BW> convenient that the 11-22 is available. The 14-54mm is, as you BW> suggest, a great range of focal lengths and they are high quality and BW> fast lenses, for zooms. I don't need better quality, and I still have BW> some very fast high quality primes (including my Leicas), so it works BW> out reasonably well for me. If I need long focal lengths, the CZ BW> lenses and the adapter work very well. BW> -- BW> Bob >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi >> Sent: 27 January 2007 20:11 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Olympian >> >> Bob, >> >> That's a nice set of street scenes! >> >> I have several times nearly bought an Olympus E-1. It was the >> hottest >> contender next to Pentax when I was choosing what to buy in late >> 2004 ... the E-1 body is a truly professional quality camera with >> every good bit I wanted. My reservation was, and is, the lens line: >> Olympus has concentrated mostly on the zoom lenses and I prefer >> working with primes most of the time when I have the option. Pentax' >> prime lenses won me over to the lower spec DS body, and the hopes >> that a suitable higher end body would appear soon. >> >> An E-1 with the 14-54 lens is a great kit. The 11-22 zoom and >> recently introduced 35mm f/3.5 Macro are also excellent lenses. Good >> luck with it! >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Jan 27, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Bob W wrote: >> >> > today I bought a used Olympus E-1 with a 14-54 lens (28-108 35mm >> > equivalent fov). It's a very nice camera. Only 5 megapixels, but BW> the >> > results seem very good, and it handles beautifully - really a >> > photographer's camera, in my opinion. The lens is excellent. >> > >> > I strolled around London taking easy shots. I didn't spend any BW> time >> > setting up the camera, so all the shots are jpegs, mostly >> at iso 800, >> > on programmed or aperture priority exposure >> > >> > http://www.web-options.com/London/London/ >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
