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07-14-2006, 06:27 PM
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07-14-2006, 06:36 PM
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Where is Mill Bay?
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07-14-2006, 06:47 PM
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North of Victoria - 30 minutes...
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07-14-2006, 06:54 PM
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sigma and leica have announced a whole new line of lenses, some with IS. With the 4/3rds system, any lenses designed for panasonic, samsung or kodak will all be compatable for olympus as well. With the 4/3rds your also going to be dealing with samller lighter lenses and a larger CCD. So even if olympus drops the line ( which hopefully won't happen) There will still be lenses out there for it.
tb
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135 gallon reef corals:kenya tree,colts,blasto,gold toadstool,gps,zoo's,ricordea,elephants ear,rhodactis mushrooms,finger leather. 7 inch squamosa. Livestock: powderblue tang,scopas tang,sailfin tang, blue tang, longnose hawkfish, coral beauty,2 clown fish,royal gramma,checkerboard wrasse, sixline wrasse. soon to running 55 gallon refugium.
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07-14-2006, 06:56 PM
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Shadowboy, good infor thank.
Reeferadict, the cracked sigma 70-300, is that the APO or not?
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07-14-2006, 09:29 PM
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Rory - not the APO version... if you're out this way you're welcome to take it for a test drive... FWIW it's actually not a bad lens at all if you have decent light, I found it quite sharp to tell you the truth - it just can't begin to compare to higher end lenses though...
Shadowboy - I looked at 4/3 when I was buying because I actually like the aspect. The problem with DSLR's outside of the big two are technology shifts, and people jumping in and out of the pool leaving camera owners flapping in the breeze. Minolta, (now Sony), Kodak, Sigma, Olympus and others are so clearly the "followers" they are at a disadvantage. I know you will say that Sony's in-camera IS is their own or Minolta's, which it IS... but it is also simply a new twist on Canon technology that has been around for years. I for one, have invested a lot of time and money into my system and sure wouldn't like to see my products just disappear from market because sales weren't high enough to warrant continued development and production. Also look at the lines of accessories and lenses available for each camera... NOBODY compares to Canon in that aspect... just my 2 cents.
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07-14-2006, 11:35 PM
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Canon is a very good camera make and is the leader in lenses and accessories. I would had loved to buy the rebel and actually went to get it, but it felt like a toy in my hands, cheap cheasy balck or silver plastic. Being 16 i can't afford a step up from the rebel xt, plus the kit lenses are sub-par for preformance...and it only came with one for the same price as the olympus( which came with 2!). For me The olympus will far exceed my capabilites, and should last me a long time. And as for "flapping in the breeze" lol, i don't think panasonic,kodak,sigma,leica and samsung are all going to jump off the bandwagon, and I'm not one the go buy the newest lense to come out< ill probaly end up with 3-5 lenses and that shoudl be more than enough.
tb
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135 gallon reef corals:kenya tree,colts,blasto,gold toadstool,gps,zoo's,ricordea,elephants ear,rhodactis mushrooms,finger leather. 7 inch squamosa. Livestock: powderblue tang,scopas tang,sailfin tang, blue tang, longnose hawkfish, coral beauty,2 clown fish,royal gramma,checkerboard wrasse, sixline wrasse. soon to running 55 gallon refugium.
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07-21-2006, 05:56 PM
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Looking back my personal preference was a Hasselblad 500CM with a 120 macro. I wish I still had it. Razor sharp images. Needed to use a diffuser filter to hide facial blemishes. Sold the camera and lens and got a car. Still had some change for Nikon F2. I would still like to get back into the Hasselblads H system.
doug Last edited by seashells; 07-21-2006 at 05:58 PM.
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07-22-2006, 12:46 AM
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It seems most people say to buy the rebel just as a body and spend money on a better lens right away. HAve you been out and tried the rebel?
if so what did u think of it? I still think it feels like a toy. and even though that with the e-500 doesnt have a status lcd on the top all others you need a flashlight at night tiem to see it, so its not that important in my eyes tb
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135 gallon reef corals:kenya tree,colts,blasto,gold toadstool,gps,zoo's,ricordea,elephants ear,rhodactis mushrooms,finger leather. 7 inch squamosa. Livestock: powderblue tang,scopas tang,sailfin tang, blue tang, longnose hawkfish, coral beauty,2 clown fish,royal gramma,checkerboard wrasse, sixline wrasse. soon to running 55 gallon refugium.
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07-22-2006, 01:18 AM
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The oly is 4:3 and high ISO performance isn't there, and no image stabilization available, so its out.
The Rebel XT is definately more toy-like, but I would add on the battery grip which should make it better. If Canon made a similar lense to Nikon 18-200 VR then I would definately go Canon, because then I could start with one lense. I'm thinking D50 (maybe d70s depending on total cost) w/18-200 VR, and a canon 500d The only drawback for me is that I like Canon's lense selection better for when I do want to add more lenses, but maybe with a goo 1.5x or 2x add on and the 500d, I won't need more lenses for a long time, except maybe the 12-24 DX
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