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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / September 2005OLYMPUS E-500 plus NEW Lenses Released!!
Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. http://www2.olympus.dk/consumer/6739_E-500.htm 8Mp & dual slot cards (CF & xD) http://www2.olympus.dk/consumer/6739_6756.htm 17-45mm (35/90) for E-500 18-180mm (36/260) 10x Zoom!! 35mm (70) Macro 90-250 f2.8 (180-500) 35-100 f2 (70-200) 14-35 f2 (28-70) not shown... The 4/3rds System is slowly getting BIGGER!! Cheerz  SignatureiROK - 1st POST ??? > Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have > announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Cheerz At least it doesn't look quite as ugly as the last one... Martin > At least it doesn't look quite as ugly as the last one... > > Martin Argh yes. We should all choose a beautiful accountant to manage our money... Don't bother with their ability. Seldom does beauty go with functionality. Refreshing to see Olympus producing a new, traditional SLR in digital form. Depressing to read the specs are not even as advanced as a Canon 10D. Pleasing to see spot metering. For some wedding Photographers this camera might be quite good. Olympus have always been a small identity in the camera market. This camera may well guarantee they don't break that tradition! SignatureDouglas, My name is but a handle on the doorway to my life. > Refreshing to see Olympus producing a new, traditional SLR in digital > form. Depressing to read the specs are not even as advanced as a Canon > 10D. Considering the price point, I don't believe this camera is intended to be compared to the 10D - but as a replacement for the existing E300 which it shares most of it's specs. >> Refreshing to see Olympus producing a new, traditional SLR in digital >> form. Depressing to read the specs are not even as advanced as a Canon [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > compared to the 10D - but as a replacement for the existing E300 which > it shares most of it's specs. Actually looks to be -below- the E300 at least the kits seem to be setup that way. Looks like they are going for the "prosumer" market with a cheap dSLR? Might work.. SignatureStacey >> Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have >> announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Martin Yes, you wouldn't want to waltz into your local gay bar with an ugly camera swinging from you arm, would you? -Rich > Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... > -Rich Is this something you do regularly? -- Slack - yes, I'm homophobic (extremely) >> Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >> -Rich > >Is this something you do regularly? The idea of criticizing a camera based on looks tells me that the "general public" has oozed in the DSLR realm in a BIG way. -Rich >>>Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >>>-Rich [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > in the DSLR realm in a BIG way. > -Rich You mean like "plastic crap?" -- Slack >>>>Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >>>>-Rich [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >You mean like "plastic crap?" It's the pros who won't put up with the plastic crap, not the G.P. -Rich >>> Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >>> -Rich [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > in the DSLR realm in a BIG way. > -Rich Ah, so the E300- with it's low price point, scene modes on the dial and bog-standard zoom lens- was aimed at the someone other than the consumer market? The image-conscious consumer market? The very same who constantly rejected the E300 because "it looks a bit odd"? IME the SLR market is 90%+ made up of the "general public" >>>> Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >>>> -Rich [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >rejected the E300 because "it looks a bit odd"? IME the SLR market is 90%+ >made up of the "general public" The 300? It's a G.P. camera, though better built than most. You think the Olympus zooms are "bog" standard? You must own a Canon 18-55. Don't worry; You can dump it on Ebay for about $40.00 -Rich >>>>> Yes, you waltz into your local gay bar... >>>>> -Rich [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > 18-55. Don't worry; You can dump it on Ebay for about $40.00 > -Rich I don't own digital cameras- I sell them. Or rather, I sell most digital camera- I find it very difficult to sell Olympus SLRs. Most customers are put off the E300 by the aesthetic and the handling (and the E1 by the low pixel count and the fact that next to no-one enters the DSLR market without their own "history", or back catalogue of lenses and accessories, that won't fit the E1 without some expensive aftermarket adapters from abroad). Pentax have proven that just because they have put a D on your SLR, doesn't mean it needs to be more burdensome. Nikon, Canon and Minolta have learned from that, for their sake hopefully Olympus will too. And you'll forgive me if I don't share your optimism over the Olympus 14-45mm. It's just another standard zoom in my eyes, and not a special one at that. Martin > At least it doesn't look quite as ugly as the last one... Yea they had to cave in on functionality for looks for all the people who carry a camera like male jewelry.. Sad as the "ugly" E300 handles so well, first SLR I've ever seen where you didn't have to cram your nose into the back of it to look through the finder. But as you said it didn't look traditional so it had to be "restyled".. Sad most people choose form over function almost every time. SignatureStacey >> At least it doesn't look quite as ugly as the last one... > > Yea they had to cave in on functionality for looks for all the people who > carry a camera like male jewelry.. Sad as the "ugly" E300 handles so well, > first SLR I've ever seen where you didn't have to cram your nose into the > back of it to look through the finder. You must be left eyed, like me. Those who are right eye dominant have noses that clear the back of the camera... <G> SignatureSkip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com >>> At least it doesn't look quite as ugly as the last one... >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >You must be left eyed, like me. Those who are right eye dominant have noses >that clear the back of the camera... <G> The only DSLR that shows any HINT of thoughful design is the E-1. The rest...they might as well have made them all modular since they kept the STUPID film-based SLR designs so they wouldn't "upset" the SLR luddites who moved to digital. -Rich > Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have > announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 17-45mm (35/90) for E-500 > 18-180mm (36/260) 10x Zoom!! A typo? 18-180mm (36/360) 10x Zoom!! would make more sense. Dragan SignatureDragan Cvetkovic, To be or not to be is true. G. Boole No it isn't. L. E. J. Brouwer !!! Sender/From address is bogus. Use reply-to one !!! > Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have > announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. > > http://www2.olympus.dk/consumer/6739_E-500.htm > 8Mp & dual slot cards (CF & xD) They may have taken it down. That page didn't come up, and I couldn't find anything about an E-500. >> Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have >> announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >They may have taken it down. That page didn't come up, and I couldn't >find anything about an E-500. A guy on the dpreview.com Olympus forum grabbed the info and made a .pdf of it. -Rich >Thanks to a referal from http://myfourthirds.com/ OLYMPUS Denmark have >announced the 'E-500' plus 3 unknown about lenses. http://www.fourthirdsphoto.com/ has a small article remake (& photo) about the E-500. SignatureiROK |
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