[Leica] Re: [LRflex] OT: Oly 4/3 - expert advice sought

[rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)]

Phillipe:

This may be a bit "far afield" from your desire.

Consider the Oly E500 which comes with two wide angle lenses at around 
US $ 649.00 - less in some stores here.  You can swap lenses with the 
L1, use the R adaptor, R lenses etc.  You only have to look at Gary 
Todoroff's incredible images with the APO 280 4.0 to see what's 
possible with that setup.

Or, buy the Panasonic at US 1,499.00.

I can't tell you where you'd end up with the Franc against the Dollar, 
nor where you'd end up in shipping and import duties, but it might be 
worth looking into.

Cheers,

Bob in Seattle.


  PS:  I'm quoting shelf prices at Circuit City and Best Buy - two large 
US "Big Box" chains.




On Jun 1, 2007, at 3:43, Philippe Amard wrote:

All:

We are considering the purchase of an Oly - Alice would like to share
lenses with me as I already own an L1 and use my R lenses on it (macro
is what she wants to shoot in particular).
We have looked at the E400 still availble here (nice two zooms kit BTW).

The 410 is due out next week in the shops and we would like to have
expert advice from users of either/both before deciding.

For your information, we spent a couple of hours in the shops in Paris
and whatever their respective qualities, N,C or P are now out of the
picture for reasons of lens compatibility, ergonomics, weight or VF. And
I have fond memories of the OM2 I used to have: nostalgia?

We know the advantages of LV through the L1. But since we haven't been
able to see the newer 410 yet, the main question stands as a simple one
: Is it really worth spending an extra 150 euros (?100 or $200) to get
the 410, rather than the 400 which seems quite acceptable for the use
Alice wants to put it to?

Thanks in anticipation for any help, advice or recommendation you might
make or give.

Yours
Phil...X

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