Olympus announce fish-eye lens for Four Thirds

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Tony Polson - 30 Jun 2005 14:54 GMT

It's already an exciting time for Four Thirds users, with three new
wide aperture zooms already announced and two new E System DSLR bodies
under development. Now comes the fish-eye:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05063001olympus_fisheye.asp

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Martin Francis - 30 Jun 2005 21:20 GMT

> It's already an exciting time for Four Thirds users, with three new
> wide aperture zooms already announced and two new E System DSLR bodies
> under development. Now comes the fish-eye:
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0506/05063001olympus_fisheye.asp

A bold step, releasing such a niche lens for what is arguably also a niche
system. The compact point and shoot business must be booming :)

Martin

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Steven Wandy - 01 Jul 2005 22:05 GMT

> A bold step, releasing such a niche lens for what is arguably also a niche
> system. The compact point and shoot business must be booming :)
>
> Martin

"Niche" in your eyes maybe, but not to the people who use (and love) the
system.

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Brion K. Lienhart - 01 Jul 2005 06:32 GMT

Looks interesting. The one I thought was more interesting though was the
underwater housings for the E300 and lenses & flashes.

Oh yeah, and I download the firmware updates for my E300.

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Tony Polson - 01 Jul 2005 23:53 GMT

>> It's already an exciting time for Four Thirds users, with three new
>> wide aperture zooms already announced and two new E System DSLR bodies
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>Looks interesting. The one I thought was more interesting though was the
>underwater housings for the E300 and lenses & flashes.

Indeed. This shows Olympus has a very strong commitment to the future
of the E System.

>Oh yeah, and I download the firmware updates for my E300.

Any good features?

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Brion K. Lienhart - 03 Jul 2005 06:46 GMT

>>>It's already an exciting time for Four Thirds users, with three new
>>>wide aperture zooms already announced and two new E System DSLR bodies
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>
> Any good features?

Umm, mirror lock-up mode, and a couple other minor tweaks. I don't
really read the specs, I just see "OOOOOH! Latest stuff!"

I do remember I had to reinstall the Olympus Master software to download
and install the patch.

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Tony Polson - 03 Jul 2005 11:02 GMT

>> Any good features?
>
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>I do remember I had to reinstall the Olympus Master software to download
>and install the patch.

Thanks Brion. Sounds like it's worth a look.

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Earl Misanchuk - 03 Jul 2005 15:07 GMT

> Umm, mirror lock-up mode, and a couple other minor tweaks. I don't
> really read the specs, I just see "OOOOOH! Latest stuff!"
>
> I do remember I had to reinstall the Olympus Master software to download
> and install the patch.

Did you have any other problems downloading the firmware? I spent almost
an hour on the Olympus help line Friday trying to make it work. I could
connect with the camera, but not with the server. Olympus thinks it
might be because I'm on a Mac (OS 10.3.8), but I don't understand why
that should make a difference. I had the firewall turned off.

Has anyone else on a Mac been successful? If so, any ideas?

ADVthanxANCE

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Brion K. Lienhart - 03 Jul 2005 19:40 GMT

> Did you have any other problems downloading the firmware? I spent almost
> an hour on the Olympus help line Friday trying to make it work. I could
> connect with the camera, but not with the server. Olympus thinks it
> might be because I'm on a Mac (OS 10.3.8), but I don't understand why
> that should make a difference. I had the firewall turned off.

Nope, I've got WinXP and I just "push de button" and it worked.

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