Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread Steve Desjardins
The real strength of this system will be that there is a group out there who really liked the E-10,E-20 system and might like to continue along these lines. I suspect the price will come down quickly to the $1500 dollar level and they may try to make more money on the lenses, which is an old ploy

Re[2]: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread Alin Flaider
Sylwester, those MSRP are more than twice the street price, while Oly prices are not exactly official. It's apples versus oranges also because Oly means buying everything why C/N/etc. is reusing current system. Servus, Alin Sylwester wrote: SP> That's not true. Compare for instance MS

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 02.07.03 13:04, Alin Flaider at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The E1 is cheap as a body, but expensive as a system. Looking > at the lenses price, I expect only organizations can step in the > 4/3" system at this time. > Maybe things will calm down with the advent of an entry level > camera and

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread Cotty
Excuse me, but doesn't this newfangled 4/3 system remind you of something? It is effectively destined to be a digital version of the old Pentax K mount. Who made the best bodies for the K mount? Pentax. Who made the best lenses for the K mount? Pentax. And my point is? I'm not entirely sure but ma

RE: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread Rob Brigham
pping the EOS mount! Rob > -Original Message- > From: Pål Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 02 July 2003 23:08 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 > > > John wrote: > > Personally, I think the 4/3 system could

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-03 Thread whickersworld
Pål Jensen wrote: >John wrote: >>No doubt Paal will tell me I'm wrong again. > >REPLY: >Why should I say that? I've said the same >thing since I forst heard about the 4/3 system. >The Olympus makes more sense than the *ist D >(or D10 for that matter) to me. >The way I see it is that the Olympus off

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-02 Thread Pål Jensen
John wrote: Personally, I think the 4/3 system could be the future of digital, and that we will see the 'Holy Grail' of a 24x36mm sensor as more of a 'blind alley'. No doubt Paal will tell me I'm wrong again. REPLY: Why should I say that? I've said the same thing since I forst heard about the

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-02 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
on 02.07.03 11:54, whickersworld at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The E1 was never aimed to compete with > the consumer Nikon D100 and Canon EOS > 10D. It's very much a pro camera and is > positioned nearer to the Nikon D1 range > and Canon EOS 1D. It is said to be built > like a tank and that alon

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-02 Thread whickersworld
Cotty wrote: > >This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from Olympus: > >"Olympus UK has today confirmed that the body only list price of the E- 1 digital SLR (including 17.5% VAT) will be £1699.99. This means that at least initially the E-1 will be approximately £200 more than a

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ue, 1 Jul 2003 20:08:49 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 You say Canon announced the RebelD, or this is just a rumor? I saw the dpreview forum - it seems like a rumor for me. Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: "David

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
rom: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:33 PM > > To: Pentax List > > Subject: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1 > > > > > > This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from Olympus: > > > > "Olympu

Re: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Mark Roberts
Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Full story: > > > >I agree that it is too high. Time will tell. That *ist D has to be well >into D10 territory. Has to be. Olympus is going to be under much more price pressure than Pentax simply because th

RE: OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread David Chang-Sang
a body as the 10D. Price? $800 USD Street. The *ist D still has yet to see the light of day unfortunately. Cheers, Dave > -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:33 PM > To: Pentax List > Subject: OT - DPReview reports UK

OT - DPReview reports UK pricing for Olympus E1

2003-07-01 Thread Cotty
This from DPReview on the UK pricing of the E-1 DSLR from Olympus: "Olympus UK has today confirmed that the body only list price of the E- 1 digital SLR (including 17.5% VAT) will be £1699.99. This means that at least initially the E-1 will be approximately £200 more than a Nikon D100 and