Olympus DSLR

Kit · 24th September 2002

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0209/02...mpus43show.asp

This one with interchangable lenses.

kongg · 24th September 2002

Wow.......looks awesome. tempted.........

24th September 2002

It's cool to see that the Olydak is finally official and that there's even a prototype camera available. It's kinda disappointing, though, that it's still a work in progress. Was hoping that they'd announce the immediate availability of their camera body and lens system, but I suppose this is better than nothing.

Que Lynn · 24th September 2002

i'm a tad disappointed this is all they have to show for so far.

but somewhat relieved to know that i don't have to fork out cash so soon on the new system.

still happy with my e-10.

ben.naden · 24th September 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Que Lynn
i'm a tad disappointed this is all they have to show for so far.

but somewhat relieved to know that i don't have to fork out cash so soon on the new system.

still happy with my e-10.

looking forward to re-using my E-10 accessories on this baby when they do launch it and when I do decide to buy one.

denizenx · 24th September 2002

go http://www.dpreview.com for news
DSLR
C50

denizenx · 25th September 2002

how will ur e10 accessories be compaitble? TCs?? WCss?? grip??
maybe battery and remote con...

25th September 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Que Lynn
i'm a tad disappointed this is all they have to show for so far.

I personally don't mind the fact that they don't have production cameras to show yet... It would have been nice if they could have readied the system for launch by Photokina, but that would have been an artificial deadline. For such a major initiative (will it work though? only time will tell!), it's important for them to get all the design details right first before even starting working on actual products.

I, for one, very much like the idea of an 'open standard' lens mount; will the era of competing proprietary lens mount systems come to an end? What does surprise me, though, is that their proposed camera body and lens mount don't seem to be any significantly smaller than those of existing SLR systems (at least if the photos on DPReview are representative of the actual system). I thought the cost savings from making physically smaller lenses with long 35mm-equivalent focal lengths was supposed to be one of the major selling points of the Olydak (or "Four-thirds") system.

Jayan · 25th September 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by denizenx
go http://www.dpreview.com for news
DSLR
C50

Olydak becomes Oily Duck?!?!?

Darren · 25th September 2002

An interesting initiative - hope it succeeds.

Only things is the oft-mentioned size reduction of the lenses for the 4/3 system does not seem evident in the pre-pre-prototype (of course, this is just an early sample, and the lens shown could be a 24-400mm f/2.0 prototype

)

ben.naden · 25th September 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by denizenx
how will ur e10 accessories be compaitble? TCs?? WCss?? grip??
maybe battery and remote con...

Don;t know yet. Hoping for teh specs to come out soon to compare. Hopefully the macro and teh T-Con300 can be used. You never know.

maddog · 25th September 2002

what lenses are compatible with this camera?

kongg · 25th September 2002

Oly may have to introduce their own line of interchangeable SLR lenses to support this new camera. Exciting.......

denizenx · 26th September 2002

24-400? LOL and kill the golden goose all at once? think it will just be a parallel of 35mm prices (looking at TC B300 and E10/20s), but will "sell" the lightweightness..

hmmm depends on how the AF and ruggedness performs vs the estab'd 35mms...

denizenx · 26th September 2002

usually SLRs dun have addon lenses like TC and WCs.. cos the reason oly has them is for the IS-x00 series... dun think such will be in the official upgrade path... rather buy a 300mm then get a 1.5 TC for 200?? not sure lah about mentality, but generally it's like that... not talking about rear TCs though...

of course if the thread matches u can attach anything u like..

denizenx · 26th September 2002

hi moderator (whomever u may be

) there's many parallel olydak threads.... can combine? I can't keep track had to repeat myself...

Darren · 27th September 2002

Threads merged and moved to appropriate sub-forum.

Zookeeper · 2nd October 2002

Just want to find out, how much should the E10 cost, brand-new now? What cons are there besides the lens being non-interchangeable?

Kit · 2nd October 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by yunling
Just want to find out, how much should the E10 cost, brand-new now? What cons are there besides the lens being non-interchangeable?

Don't think you can get a new E10 off the shelves anymore. Its been succeeded by the E20.

Zookeeper · 2nd October 2002

thanks for the info!

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Darren ClubSNAP Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ClubSNAP HQ Posts: 7,472	An interesting initiative - hope it succeeds. Only things is the oft-mentioned size reduction of the lenses for the 4/3 system does not seem evident in the pre-pre-prototype (of course, this is just an early sample, and the lens shown could be a 24-400mm f/2.0 prototype ) __________________ Tweet?

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denizenx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: L2TPYSG Posts: 4,514	24-400? LOL and kill the golden goose all at once? think it will just be a parallel of 35mm prices (looking at TC B300 and E10/20s), but will "sell" the lightweightness.. hmmm depends on how the AF and ruggedness performs vs the estab'd 35mms... __________________ "I'm... dreaming... of a wide... angle~ Just like the ones I used to know~"

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kongg Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ang Mo Kio outskirts Posts: 784	Wow.......looks awesome. tempted.........

24th September 2002	#3
Midnight Guests Posts: n/a	It's cool to see that the Olydak is finally official and that there's even a prototype camera available. It's kinda disappointing, though, that it's still a work in progress. Was hoping that they'd announce the immediate availability of their camera body and lens system, but I suppose this is better than nothing.

24th September 2002	#4
Que Lynn Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Singapore! :) Posts: 270	i'm a tad disappointed this is all they have to show for so far. but somewhat relieved to know that i don't have to fork out cash so soon on the new system. still happy with my e-10.

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maddog Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Alexandra Posts: 1,287	what lenses are compatible with this camera?

26th September 2002	#16
denizenx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: L2TPYSG Posts: 4,514	hi moderator (whomever u may be ) there's many parallel olydak threads.... can combine? I can't keep track had to repeat myself... __________________ "I'm... dreaming... of a wide... angle~ Just like the ones I used to know~"

27th September 2002	#17
Darren ClubSNAP Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ClubSNAP HQ Posts: 7,472	Threads merged and moved to appropriate sub-forum. __________________ Tweet?

2nd October 2002	#18
Zookeeper Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 760	Just want to find out, how much should the E10 cost, brand-new now? What cons are there besides the lens being non-interchangeable?