On 10 Jul 2003 at 11:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't know why Olympus didn't make the E-1 even > smaller, like an Olympus Pen F, or like a Pentax > 110. That way no one would be able to even think > about competing with them. But they left themselves > wide open (no pun intended) to attacks from the big > 35mm camp. They have a weight advantage, but only > slightly so, which would be lost totally if the 35mm > camp starts introducing digital only lenses which > only covers a small image circle. Of course the real > question is when the 35mm camp will start doing just > that.
There aren't many users of the existing E series cameras who I have communicated with that have complained of the cameras size or weight. Oly were economical and clever in the fact that they utilized and further developed existing proven technology AKA E-10, E-20 rather than starting from scratch as did Pentax (actually I guess that their previous DSLR fiasco cost them dearly) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
