[Leica] Lympa Log - Leica 90mm Summicron R with Olympus E-330

[datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)]

Good timing for asking about Olympus lenses, Bruce. Folks at Olympus in New
York have taken an interest in my Lympa Log, and I've had a couple of great
conversations with a manager there. Upshot of it is a Zuiko 90-250mm f2.8
telephoto and a 1.4 telephoto extender, which just arrived on loan
yesterday. Lens weighs over seven pounds and dwarfs the little E-330.

Shot a couple of quick shots right away from the driveway - then realized
the neighbors may think either I'm spying or about to shoot them with some
strange new weapon. But their Venetian blinds look really sharp! Can't wait
to give it a real road-test soon, maybe from the bird blinds at the Humboldt
Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (See my past project with the bird folks there
at: http://www.northcoastphotos.com/whatnew1.html )

Next week-end I'll be at the Blue Angels air show in Sacramento and hope to
shoot some fast-moving birds with both the 90-250 and my APO 70-180 on the
Olympus E-330. Maybe after that I can do some controlled side by side
testing at similar focal lengths and apertures. Officially, I'm a chaperone
at the air show for our local high school Junior Navy ROTC cadets. When I
asked the CO of the unit about the responsibilities of a chaperone, he said,
"You? You just take pictures!" Tough assignment, especially last year at
Kaneohe Bay Marine Air Station in Hawaii, but someone has to do it.
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Gary T

>Bruce wrote
>
> Gary, you have mentioned the fact that Olympus have produced lenses
> specially for their E digital system, but you show us Lympa
> combinations ................
>
> What about some comparison shots, with similar length and quality
> lenses? If you don't have the Oly. lens, then your friendly camera
> store would surely lend you one?
>
> B.
>
>
> On 15-mrt-2006, at 3:58, Gary Todoroff wrote:
>
> > Just posted a new page today to my blog. Had some fun with the 90
> > Summicron
> > on the E-330 and posted photos and notes under the Mar 14 heading
> > at the
> > bottom of the Lympa Log.
> > http://www.northcoastphotos.com/Lympa.htm
> > Gary Todoroff
> > (Tree LUGger)
> >
>
>
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