Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, Doug, I'd be in a state of shock if you felt otherwise. :-) On 3/19/06 1:19 PM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 3/19/06 7:57 AM, Chandos Michael Brown at chandos@cox.net wrote: > >> I want to weigh in very briefly on the B.D./Olympus thread. >> >> I may have been among the first luggers to follow BD to the Olympus E1 a >> couple of years ago. >> >> We corresponded at considerable length about the Oly body and lens lineup. >> >> BD's assessment of the strengths of weaknesses of the system was utterly >> professional and disinterested, so much so, in fact, that I held fire on >> the >> E1 longer than I'd anticipated. The availability of the 11-22/2.8-3.5 >> ultimately won me over, notwithstanding evident deficiencies of the E1 >> body. >> >> On the other hand, I have no regrets making the purchase that I did. >> >> I know for a fact that BD has offered similar counseling to other luggers >> interested in the system over the last couple of years, as have I. >> >> I'm perfectly comfortable with BD's position via Olympus, and I am >> gratified >> that someone whose photographic skill I admire and whose judgment >> regarding >> gear I trust gets to play with this stuff and report back. >> >> Phil Asky [sic] at DPR does not, in my opinion, bring anything like BD's >> balanced critique to the Olympus E system when it comes to reviewing the >> equipment. >> >> And now I'm off to make some images with my M4P and 50 'cron. >> >> Cheers! >> >> Chandos >> >> > > And yet B. D. was perfectly willing to slam a Leica product he'd never > tested and hadn't even been released. As it has turned out the product > that > B. D. labeled 'vaporware' has turned out to be a slam-dunk in many ways. > If > he can stick with the facts all's well. It's his speculation - rarely > labelled as such - that has caused me to discount his opinions. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information