[LRflex] Re: Lympa Lives!

The 4/3 has a new adept !
 
Welcome!
 
Nice Riff cat, indeed!---------------------------------Xavier F. BILLE 
Maisons-Alfort - France.


Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:26:20 -0800To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: 
dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [LRflex] Lympa Lives!Gary Todoroff has praised the 
performance of the Lympa for a long time now.  And the recent E3 shots posted 
by Steve Barbour have also been of exceptional quality. So much so, that I just 
had to take a look at the new Olympus E-3.I went, last Wednesday, to the store, 
intending to add two Canon lenses to my LeiCanon 30D.  I walked out with the E3 
and two Oly lenses, instead! Is it perfection? I doubt it.  But it has the 
brightest, easiest to see finder I've used since the R8/9. Very easy on my 
failing eyeballs.  :-)  It's large, but comfortable to hold (even Rose finds it 
a delight, despite it's weight.)  And the lenses are incredibly bulky for a 
small sensor'd camera.  But the optics appear to be very close to Leica's, and 
the build quality of both lenses and body seems excellent. The 50~200 f2.8~3.5 
zoom is incredibly good and with the 1.4x converter (on it's way to me, as I 
write) will yield a FOV equivalent to a 560 f4.5 AF lens!   And the Telyt will 
work, with focus confirmation (or at least, it will, as soon as my FC-Leica-R 
to 4/3rds adapter arrives) & IS!Yes, Doug, I know....  Manual focus is still 
better, but my eyes are getting to a state where my failure rate with MF is 
huge!  AF seems the way for me to go, and the R10 + all new Leica glass is 
beyond my financial reach.For those who are interested, a 1/2 size jpg is at 
http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/Riff.htm  This shot was taken, hand held, at 
200mm at 1/45th of a second. I'm quite pleased with it!Be warned that this is a 
1.5mb jpg ... so you'll need either high-speed internet access, or a lot of 
patience!More, of course, to follow.Cheers!
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David Young,       
Logan Lake, CANADA 
Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net
Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net
Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4
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