Olympus E-500 DSLR reviewed

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Mike Panic @ Jan 22nd 2006 7:42AM

Steven,

Sorry, I have to disagre with you about the lenses, only because I work in the industry. On paper, f/2 sounds better then f/2.8 - the reality of it is that it is that the 14-35, which is really a 28-70 lens, is no sharper then a Canon 24-70 f/2.8L, which I own. On top of that, none of their bodies are anywhere near as fast fps as the 20d, and they are barely as fast as a Rebel XT... not to mention a d200 or 1d mkII for speed.

Having pretty numbers on the side of a lens looks good, but not when the body can't do anything w/ the speed and not when the prices are 15-200% more in price. the Oly 7-14mm lens (14-28 w/ their 2x multiplier) runs just shy of $3000. Compare that to Canon's 16-35L lens for around $1600. Same goes with just about every lens they sell.

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