Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is interchangeable; that doesn't mean that it takes Leica glass. There is an OM adapter for the Oly 4/3 system. But that's not Leica glass. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of eric Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 9:18 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] For anyone who's interested... thanks for the info. Sorry - I thought the lens was interchangeable.. Eric -------------------------------------------------- www.faneuil.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] For anyone who's interested... > Leica glass - of course not. > > Downside - like the digital Rebel, it's not a pro body, not sealed the > way the E-1 is - although unlike the Rebel, it is a metal body with a > solid feel to it. The mirror,rather than prism-based viewfinder is > okay, but it's not as good as the E-1. I can do manual focus on the > E-1 with no problem; it's pretty iffy on the Evolt. Most of the same > features, but some are somewhat limited - for instance there are far > fewer saturation, sharpness, and contrast settings. The autofocus is > instant and right on- even better than the E-1 which is fine. Nice > built-in flash. Good color rendition. But frankly, the b&w mode is so > good, I will probably use it as a b&w-only second body. The 8 mgp is > nice, in that it makes cropping more doable. > > Keep in mind - for anyone who isn't aware - that I get this stuff free > from Olympus. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of eric > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 7:30 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] For anyone who's interested... > > > very interesting.. neat compact DSLR. > some many choices out there.. > Downside of the E-300? > > Can you stick leica glass on it. (without superglue?) > Eric > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 4:27 PM > Subject: [Leica] For anyone who's interested... > > >> The new Olympus Evolt (E-300) landed on my doorstep the day before >> Xmas; it's Olympus's competitor for the digital Rebel and D70 (and is >> the DSLR with a series of mirrors rather than a prism, which gives it >> a flat top, and more compact size.) Anyway, among it's more >> interesting features is a really, really good built-in black and white > >> mode, and, in addition to the usual contrast, saturation, and >> sharpness options in the menus, a high-key/normal/low-key option. Here > >> are three black and white images, and one color - >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/BDCOLENPHOTOS?page=1 >> >> >> "At the movies" and the garage shot were taken in high-key, the shot >> of my daughter and the kitten were in normal. The movie shot is noisy >> - all three were shot at 800 - but is also hideously underexposed, >> which will lead to noise, or grain ;-). >> >> Comments, vicious attacks, etc. welcome. :-) >> >> B. D. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information