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From: Ray Fischer on 27 Jun 2010 17:54
Rich <none(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>rfischer(a)sonic.net (Ray Fischer) wrote in news:4c25b1d0$0$1593
>$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net:
>
>> RichA <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>The 25mm f2.8, the 17mm f2.8, the 14-42 collapsing kit lens, now the
>>>14-150mm zoom. They all suck.
>>
>> In rich's world everybody MUST pay $5000 for each lens in order to
>> meet his standards for quality. Lenses must have the finest optics
>> and not contain any plastic, even if it means that they weight five
>> pounds and can only zoom by a factor of two.
>
>No, duncecap, that's the rub. Olympus's DSLR kit lenses cost a pittance
>and they worked very well.

How many of those kit lenses had a 10x zoom?

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Ray Fischer
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From: John Navas on 28 Jun 2010 13:54
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:05:42 -0700, in
<4c24b7b9$0$22127$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, SMS
<scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote:

>RichA wrote:
>> The 25mm f2.8, the 17mm f2.8, the 14-42 collapsing kit lens, now the
>> 14-150mm zoom. They all suck. Olympus used to be the poster-child
>> for good lenses, even their kit lenses shon and their pro and top pro
>> lenses were phenomenal.
>
>It's a different world. They made the decision to not compete against
>Nikon and Canon in the pro and prosumer markets when they went the 4:3
>route for their digital SLRs, basing that decision not only on the huge
>costs of competing in that market but on the fact that the
>consumer-grade market is far larger. What they didn't realize is that
>even most consumers look at the big picture (no pun intended) and want
>to buy into a system that has a future.

That's not how consumers choose cameras (except in your universe).

>Now that 4:3 has failed
>commercially, Olympus is betting on Micro 4:3, but the early equipment
>has been disappointing to put it mildly.

Nonsense.

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Best regards,
John

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than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." -Mark Twain
"A little learning is a dangerous thing." -Alexander Pope
"Being ignorant is not so much a shame,
as being unwilling to learn." -Benjamin Franklin
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