Olympus E-1 Digital

In article ,
Sophie Wilson wrote:

And yes, the SD9/SD10 images look wrong. A worse wrongness than Velvia in
the colours, something very weird in the textures. Can't imagine why
people buy them!

Hey, leave Velvia out of it! Unlike the SD*, you get more than one shade of
green with Velvia, and anyway, some of us *like* those colours, you know. ;-

In article ,
Sophie Wilson wrote:

And yes, the SD9/SD10 images look wrong. A worse wrongness than Velvia in
the colours, something very weird in the textures. Can't imagine why
people buy them!

Hey, leave Velvia out of it! Unlike the SD*, you get more than one shade of
green with Velvia, and anyway, some of us *like* those colours, you know. ;-

In article ,
says...
The 24-70L does have full environmental seals when used with the 1D Mark
II, BTW.

You are correct, the 28-70L was not, and that was an assumption. Very few
lenses by canon are.

I count about 18, all of them the top 'L' glass.
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http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article ,
says...
The 24-70L does have full environmental seals when used with the 1D Mark
II, BTW.

You are correct, the 28-70L was not, and that was an assumption. Very few
lenses by canon are.

I count about 18, all of them the top 'L' glass.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article , andrew29
@littlepinkcloud.invalid says...
Canon certainly is putting much more emphasis on innovation, and the
1Ds and 1D Mark II are evidence of this. Since technology does tend
to, if I may borrow a cliche, "trickle down", Canon's future
consumer models are likely to continue the tradition of being ahead
of the game. If full frame WILL be achieved at an affordable price
point, it certainly won't be from the company that writes it off
entirely - Nikon.

This is a circular argument. You're assuming your conclusion: that
full-frame really is desirable and important.

Well, considering that most photographers DESIRE full frame but can't
afford it, that makes it important.
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http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

In article , andrew29
@littlepinkcloud.invalid says...
Canon certainly is putting much more emphasis on innovation, and the
1Ds and 1D Mark II are evidence of this. Since technology does tend
to, if I may borrow a cliche, "trickle down", Canon's future
consumer models are likely to continue the tradition of being ahead
of the game. If full frame WILL be achieved at an affordable price
point, it certainly won't be from the company that writes it off
entirely - Nikon.

This is a circular argument. You're assuming your conclusion: that
full-frame really is desirable and important.

Well, considering that most photographers DESIRE full frame but can't
afford it, that makes it important.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article , andrew29
@littlepinkcloud.invalid says...
Canon certainly is putting much more emphasis on innovation, and the
1Ds and 1D Mark II are evidence of this. Since technology does tend
to, if I may borrow a cliche, "trickle down", Canon's future
consumer models are likely to continue the tradition of being ahead
of the game. If full frame WILL be achieved at an affordable price
point, it certainly won't be from the company that writes it off
entirely - Nikon.

This is a circular argument. You're assuming your conclusion: that
full-frame really is desirable and important.

Well, considering that most photographers DESIRE full frame but can't
afford it, that makes it important.
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/


I considered getting the 1Ds before the 1D MkII hit the market. But I waited
until the 1D MkII became available. The difference between paying about
$7,000 for the 1Ds and about $4,500 for the 1D MkII weighed on me for a
while but in the end I opt to buy the 1D MkII for $4,100 through my local
camera store. Primarily because I know pro's who have the MkII and are more
than happy to have it. At first there were reservations concerning one
having a full frame sensor and the other having a slightly smaller sensor
but now that I've taken several hundred pictures with the 1D MkII, the 1.3
factor of the 1D MkII has become inconsequential.

There is so much going for the MkII that for the first time, I've become
impressed with the performance and the usefulness of having a digicam.
However, I still have my Nikon gear and still scan negs, but I repeat, the
MkII is indeed a very impressive tool. If one uses a MkII for a days
shooting, I do think it will have the effect of ... Gotcha.

I recently used the MkII to photograph the ghost town Bodie. I was there a
couple of days taking pictures of the remnants of the town. For the first
time, I did not miss not having my Nikon gear.

nick

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
The 24-70L does have full environmental seals when used with the 1D
Mark
II, BTW.

You are correct, the 28-70L was not, and that was an assumption. Very
few
lenses by canon are.

I count about 18, all of them the top 'L' glass.

Umm... where? Not all the white bodied lenses are. In fact, it seems very
few of them are. Hell, the 70-200, neither are listed as weather proofed...
and those are about the most comon lenses I have seen in Canon.

In article ,
says...
I count about 18, all of them the top 'L' glass.

Umm... where? Not all the white bodied lenses are. In fact, it seems very
few of them are. Hell, the 70-200, neither are listed as weather proofed...
and those are about the most comon lenses I have seen in Canon.

Ok, it's 10 lenses, but there are THREE 70-200 lenses, the best of which
is sealed.

Canon EF 16 - 35 mm F2.8L USM
Canon EF 17 - 40 mm F4.0L USM
Canon EF 24 - 70 mm F2.8L USM
Canon EF 28 - 300 mm F3.5 - F5.6L IS USM
Canon EF 70 - 200 mm F2.8L IS USM
Canon EF 300 mm F2.8L IS USM
Canon EF 400 mm F2.8L IS USM
Canon EF 400 mm F4.0 DO IS USM
Canon EF 500 mm F4.0L IS USM
Canon EF 600 mm F4.0L IS USM

Add to that the extenders 1.4x and 2x and you are really hard pressed to
need anything else.
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http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
I count about 18, all of them the top 'L' glass.

Umm... where? Not all the white bodied lenses are. In fact, it seems
very
few of them are. Hell, the 70-200, neither are listed as weather
proofed...
and those are about the most comon lenses I have seen in Canon.

Ok, it's 10 lenses, but there are THREE 70-200 lenses, the best of which
is sealed.

And only one under a thousand dollars. Very nice. By the way, you do
realize that EVERY oly lens is, even though they have yet to release many?
Oh, and all but one are under a thousand. That always frustrated me, I
would end up with a baggy over my lens (have an EOS 3).