08-31-2010, 11:29 PM
[quote name='joachim' timestamp='1283272062' post='2374']
Since nobody so far wrote it here, despite a strong interest in µFT here, seems to show that this is not what photozone µFT users have been looking forward to.
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Spot on Joachim. I actually pondered posting about it but felt it was such a let down IMHO I didn't...
I mean "a special edition lens cap" on a "special edition black body" with a "special edition 17mm f/2.8" with a "special batch" of tele lenses? Am I alone to think it looks like a rather idiotic move? playing the design card only when the heat is rising seems foolish but I reckon Olympus is probably unable to push out an E-5 and another MFT camera at the same time or are we going to see a second press release?
IMO, at least on the lens front, it would have made a lot more sense to release a tele AND another type of lens and possibly one that stands out from the ALREADY announced Panasonic products (but it occurred to me that some MFT users haven't quite realized Oly & Panasonic lenses can be used on any MFT camera so...).
With the recent 14-150, the 40-150 and the 75-300, looks like we're going to eat a lot of high ISO, motion blurred, compressed perspective shots.
/rant
Since nobody so far wrote it here, despite a strong interest in µFT here, seems to show that this is not what photozone µFT users have been looking forward to.
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Spot on Joachim. I actually pondered posting about it but felt it was such a let down IMHO I didn't...
I mean "a special edition lens cap" on a "special edition black body" with a "special edition 17mm f/2.8" with a "special batch" of tele lenses? Am I alone to think it looks like a rather idiotic move? playing the design card only when the heat is rising seems foolish but I reckon Olympus is probably unable to push out an E-5 and another MFT camera at the same time or are we going to see a second press release?
IMO, at least on the lens front, it would have made a lot more sense to release a tele AND another type of lens and possibly one that stands out from the ALREADY announced Panasonic products (but it occurred to me that some MFT users haven't quite realized Oly & Panasonic lenses can be used on any MFT camera so...).
With the recent 14-150, the 40-150 and the 75-300, looks like we're going to eat a lot of high ISO, motion blurred, compressed perspective shots.
/rant