Gearóid Ó Laoi Garry Lee
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So why the assumption by everyone?
Mind you I hope there will be.
Mind you I hope there will be.
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Nobody know is there will be an "E3"
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Gearóid Ó Laoi Garry Lee
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Sorry. How did I type that?
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Garry
I ordered a 35-100mm and a 90-250mm lens four weeks ago (2-3 weeks to go before I receive them); these lenses are hand built to order, like the 300mm and 150mm. I found this out when I called Olympus Australia to find out an ETA, which the camera store couldn't give me.
I just don't see why Olympus would be going to these lengths if there was nothing forthcoming to replace the E1 that would make full use of these lenses. Mind you, I'll merrily use these lenses with just the E1, even if a replacement doesn't arrive.
Cheers
Ray
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I ordered a 35-100mm and a 90-250mm lens four weeks ago (2-3 weeks to go before I receive them); these lenses are hand built to order, like the 300mm and 150mm. I found this out when I called Olympus Australia to find out an ETA, which the camera store couldn't give me.
I just don't see why Olympus would be going to these lengths if there was nothing forthcoming to replace the E1 that would make full use of these lenses. Mind you, I'll merrily use these lenses with just the E1, even if a replacement doesn't arrive.
Cheers
Ray
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In fact I have right here a paper I got in the MIPS in paris.... (Mondial of Image Photo Show).
Antoine d'Arifat, Olympus france marketing director saying in an interview this :
I make the translation as it is in french....
"Today, we are the only brand to have a full range of Digital specific optics.
It's a great strenght which allow us to propose a range of 15 4/3 format lenses.
At the time our pro body, the E-1 was launched, our main critic was the too narrow range of lenses.
It is not the case any more, We are now ready to launch that new Olympus Pro body that every one is waiting for."
later in the interview it is written that "a new pro body will be announced soon".
When I asked when to the Oly people they said to me that it is meant to be at Photokina.
When I asked when the 14-35 f2 would be launched they also said photokina.
I also asked if 14-35 would be the kit lens for the new pro body, they said with a smile that it wasn't impossible...
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Antoine d'Arifat, Olympus france marketing director saying in an interview this :
I make the translation as it is in french....
"Today, we are the only brand to have a full range of Digital specific optics.
It's a great strenght which allow us to propose a range of 15 4/3 format lenses.
At the time our pro body, the E-1 was launched, our main critic was the too narrow range of lenses.
It is not the case any more, We are now ready to launch that new Olympus Pro body that every one is waiting for."
later in the interview it is written that "a new pro body will be announced soon".
When I asked when to the Oly people they said to me that it is meant to be at Photokina.
When I asked when the 14-35 f2 would be launched they also said photokina.
I also asked if 14-35 would be the kit lens for the new pro body, they said with a smile that it wasn't impossible...
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Wow.. that's cryptic! Did he developeindigestion just as he was answering you or is there something behind that 'smile'?
Why can't the 14-35 be the 'kit lens'? Have they got a 14-54/constant f2.8 IS coming out instead?
Wow...
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Olympus have renewed their "E-3™" trademark!
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vlatko
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He was lying.
The Olympus rep here in Croatia told me the lens will be 2000-2500 euros.
But he also said they were developing new kit lenses.
Clarkey
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geez I hope they come out with some more kit lenses..
My dad is planning to buy into olympus pretty soon but I've convinced him to hold off till the fall... I'd rather he didn't get the current kit lenses cuz I have those... but he can't make the investment in something like the
50-200mm or 7-14mm. So it my hope they make some decent performing lenses that are more affordable.. like a 35-100mm f3.5-4.5 or
300mm f4.5..
My dad is planning to buy into olympus pretty soon but I've convinced him to hold off till the fall... I'd rather he didn't get the current kit lenses cuz I have those... but he can't make the investment in something like the
50-200mm or 7-14mm. So it my hope they make some decent performing lenses that are more affordable.. like a 35-100mm f3.5-4.5 or
300mm f4.5..
That's a bit strong isn't it?
I don't see it... they have 3 'tiers'.. completed 'tiers' of zooms at present. How can they squeeze any more kit lenses in there?
When the 14-35 comes out, we'll have:
top: 7 to 250mm in 3 zooms
mid: 11 to 200mm in 3 zooms
lower: 14 to 300mm in 2 zooms
Then we have the bits like the 17.5-45 & 18-180.
Where can they fit any more zooms that aren't already covered? and what for? They have all the 'tiers' completed!
I see hunger for primes, not zooms.. I see the zoom range completed! I see 14-xxmm fulfilled in every tier! I just don't see them introducing any more zooms.
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Jono Slack
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HI Gerry
I don't know how you typed that either!
as for the E3 - there are so many rumours - I've had it from at least 3 different sources, some more reliable than others. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised if:
1. it's called the E2
2. although it'll probably be announced soon I think it might not ship until next year.
But I'm sure there is enough indication to be pretty confident that it's on it's way.
Whether it's what we want is another issue!
kind regards
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I don't know how you typed that either!
as for the E3 - there are so many rumours - I've had it from at least 3 different sources, some more reliable than others. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised if:
1. it's called the E2
2. although it'll probably be announced soon I think it might not ship until next year.
But I'm sure there is enough indication to be pretty confident that it's on it's way.
Whether it's what we want is another issue!
kind regards
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Henry Caron
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Olympus have renewed their "E-3™" trademark, wonder if they will have to do that once more
Henry
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steve16823
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he said that it "wasn't impossible"...
Ben Herrmann
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Will be the E-3 be marketed (and priced) to compete with the likes of the D200, orrrrrr (and this is a big "or"), will it be released as a fully Pro camera with all of the features that one would expect of such a model (and price of course)?
I have also heard from reading a European website (trying to recall which one it was) in which it was stated that the E-3 would be released with a 14-35 lens option (that's one hell of a kit lens) - but that the combined price would be cheaper than if you purchased the body and 14-35 separately... Go figure on that one!
One thing is for sure - if Olympus will release this much discussed camera, it will happen before the end of August, so it's a matter of just waiting...and waiting...and waiting! Gosh, I hate this!
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I have also heard from reading a European website (trying to recall which one it was) in which it was stated that the E-3 would be released with a 14-35 lens option (that's one hell of a kit lens) - but that the combined price would be cheaper than if you purchased the body and 14-35 separately... Go figure on that one!
One thing is for sure - if Olympus will release this much discussed camera, it will happen before the end of August, so it's a matter of just waiting...and waiting...and waiting! Gosh, I hate this!
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Have a great day!
Ben
Re: the 14-35 being the 'kit lens' for the E-3: I'd always thought that that was why the 14-35 was held back!
Now punters have another reason to buy the E-3! Quite probably Olympus didn't envision it would take this long to release the body.. they must have thought it'd be on sale earlier than today!
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André
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Please, is it possible to obtain this interview in French! I thank you very much.
Kind regards.
André
Kind regards.
André
vlatko
Senior Member
Oops. There was supposed to be a question mark at the end, not a fullstop.
Not in me, you don't.
Do you? I mean, really?
Standard tier has 14-45 and 17-45.
Pro has 14-54.
Top Pro doesn't have anything like that. 14-35 is too short.
It may be me coming from the digital compact, not analog SLR, world, but for me an ideal short zoom would end somewhere above 100 mm, not at 70.
What I would love to see is something like the lens on 5050Z: 35-105mm equivalent with the aperture of 1.8-2.6.
I can easily see something similar (17-54, 2.0-2.8, let's say) fitting into Olympus's Top Pro tier.
OTOH, there's a saying here that roughly says that I sold the information for as much as I bought it for. IOW, I'm just relaying what I was told.
Oops. There was supposed to be a question mark at the end, not a
fullstop.
Not in me, you don't.
Do you? I mean, really?
Nope because top pro range is
7-14 f4 > 14-35 f2 > 35-100f2 > 90-250 f2,8 and the primes 150 f2 and 300 f2,8
It would'nt be logical at all IMHO
And to those saying the 14-35 will be too expensive, i would answer that if Olympus has developped a Top pro range with such high caracteristics lenses, they may have a body with such high caracteristics too to exploit them. the 14-54 is cheaper to have as a kit lens with E-1 than to buy it alone, why not the 14-35 ?
Then maybe there will be a Pro level camera (current E-1 level maybe with a two digits number.) and a top Pro level camera... (I didn't hear anything about this, this is just My own thinking because I think that if the new body is at the top pro level, then there is a gap to fill in the body range...)
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jscott
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Over the past 47 years only one camera manufacturer, Canon, have successfully competed with Nikon for a substantial share of the pro SLR market, and Canon were an also ran until the EOS-1. Topcon, Pentax, Minolta and Olympus all failed despite have making nice professional level cameras backed by a complete system of accessories. It takes more than pro level hardware, it takes credence, and as of yet Olympus does not have it. In the nearly three years since the introduction of the E-1, Olympus have lost any momentum they may have had attracting large numbers of professionals.
If Olympus actually want to sell E-3s even in moderated numbers (compared to Nikon & Canon), the E-3 will need to compete well against the D200 and be priced similarly. Having a $4 -5K in the line-up that sells in miniscule numbers would not benefit Olympus as all there other camera are entry level.
YMMV.
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Scott
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