[Leica] Epson digital, or what?

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Mark - It IS in effect a 600 - go try to find a 600 2.8, much less price
one. It is competitively priced.

But since when are you a 300 mm guy? And the other prices you quote are
not only totally competitive, some amount to give-aways: $719 for a
22-44 f 2.8-3.5 zoom? The ONLY Nikon zoom wider than 24 that offers the
2,8 speed is the 17-35, for $1349 at B&H.

As to the 50 macro - in dim light, its autofocus DOES go hunting; on the
other hand it produces stunning results - so in dim light, I focus
manually, which one often does with autofocus lenses in dim light.

And by the way, at the current, very competitive price of $1495, the E-1
body is more than competitive- and it is far and away the most solid of
the bodies - with excellent dust and water sealing - in the price range.

But hey, you don't shoot Olympus, you're a Leica/Nikon guy, so how did
this even start in the first place?

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Rabiner
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:20 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Epson digital, or what?



> fix. Image quality is simply NOT an issue with the E-1 - the only 
> issue, at this point, is the lack of fast glass. And the lenses are 
> very reasonably priced.

Free is a great price BD!:) I didn?t think this was your system so don?t
take this personally! At B&H which is where I'd get it from:

Olympus 300mm f/2.8 ED Lens for Olympus E-1 Digital Camera (Four Thirds
System Compatible)  $6,495.95 That's a 2.8. Not an f2! Priced for as if
it's a 600 perhaps which in effect it is!


Canon Imp Telephoto EF 300mm f/2.8L IS Image Stabilizer USM Autofocus
Lens $3,799.95! I'll take two!! You can get the same in f4 for $1,119.95

Konica-Minolta Telephoto AF 300mm f/2.8 APO G Autofocus Lens $3,549

Nikon Telephoto AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8D ED-IF II Autofocus Lens - imp
$3,599.95

The option of course is to put your old Olympus Zuiko 4.5 on it which
now runs for about 6 or 7 hundred bucks. Although how easy that might be
to focus I don?t know.

Pentax?USA $5,152.50 Telephoto SMCP-A* 300mm f/2.8 ED IF Manual Focus
Len WOW!

Sigma USA $2,299.00 Telephoto 300mm f/2.8 EX APO Autofocus Lens for
Minolta Maxxum


Other focal lengths:

Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Lens
List Price: $949.00 Our Price:$799.95 Mfr. Mail-In Rebate:$80.00 Price
After
Rebate: $719.95
Everything in the system has a rebate.

The 50 f2 macro 
List Price: $599.00 Our Price: $499.95 Mfr. Mail-In Rebate: $50.00 Price
After Rebate: $449.95 Priced as the high tech item it undoubtedly is.
The first review I read said it focused particularly bad with the
camera. But great for portraits if you just focused it yourself!

The last two lenses look up yourselves!



Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon



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