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And the 70-300 seems to be late in the queue as they haven't exactly settled on the focal length yet.The problem with that road map: it is a up to a year and a half away...
That has been my issue with Olympus for a good long while. They lost me in late 2001--I had an E10, wanted an interchangeable lens DSLR--gave up after the wood mockups appeared repeatedly and moved to Canon with the D60 and D30 in early 2002. There's a possibility I would still be an Olympus shooter otherwise (altho' I might have moved to the 5D anyhow as I did want a 35mm FF, but it would have depended upon my investment in Olympus lenses). I never looked at it again until m4/3rds--and that was because of the Panasonic G1.The problem with that road map: it is a up to a year and a half away...
Hey, that is very fitting with the way the AF works.The problem with that road map: it is a up to a year and a half away...
Vivek, I wonder if there could be something wrong with your Panasonic 20 or my Olympus 17. I have tested the Olympus 17/2.8 and Panasonic 20/1.7 on my G1, and they take exactly the same amount of time to focus. Both are equally slow. Yet I know that you find the Oly to focus more quickly. One of us probably has a bum copy of one of these lenses.I agree. Only after retiring the wretched 20mm lens to do only Macros (reversed) and going back to real manual focus lenses I realized that I lost several weeks shooting.
Agreed -- as I suggested in my earlier post, the moment Olympus (or Fuji, or anyone else) produces an m4/3rds camera or lens that appeals to me, I'll be there with my wallet out.No worries Jonathon, we all have our preferences... let's just remember that the most technologically advanced users here mix and match bodies and lenses to get the best solution regardless of brand. In fact, that's a major strength of the m4/3rds standard - and hopefully if Fuji join the group that will become even stronger.
Cheers
Brian