alanS
Dr Dust
Reged: 30/09/2005
Posts: 3400
Loc: Up North, England.
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Comment from somewhere else -
"In conclusion, the E-420 is an ideal walkaround camera with a great feature set and unrivalled customizability. The image quality issues described above very slightly tarnish the positive overall picture but if compact dimensions and pocketability are high up on your list of buying criteria the E-420 should still be one of your favorites. I certainly found myself sticking it into my pocket even on occasions when I would not usually have taken an SLR with me and anything that gets you to take more images can only be a good thing."
I have a Canon 20D and one of my lenses is a Sigma 30mm f1.4 so the Olympus E-420 with 25mm f2.8 lens looks like a very attractive thing, being small, pocketable and with a useful lens.
Anyone here using this combination?
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Bone_Idle
Mr Maybe
Reged: 28/07/2006
Posts: 1283
Loc: Bradford
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Unfortunately not, although it's a very tempting package!
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Nick
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alanS
Dr Dust
Reged: 30/09/2005
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Loc: Up North, England.
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Yes, I'm attracted by the small size. I might just take a look at one.
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agp
journeyman
Reged: 13/04/2007
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Not a 'proper' answer to your question, but I have a 30mm f1.4 Sigma as well, and it is an excellent lens, effectively 60mm f1.4 on my 510. Not really pocketable, but well-made and light. Only thing about the 25mm is that it is only f2.8.
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alanS
Dr Dust
Reged: 30/09/2005
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Loc: Up North, England.
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I like the Sigma 30mm f1.4. It's effectively 48mm on my Canon and I tend to use it when I want to use a prime and don't think that I'll need to go too wide and the f1.4 has come in handy for shallow DOF and for indoor use. These are both planned uses to a great extent whereas the Olympus and the 25mm combination would be more of a take it anywhere thing so I don't thing that having to struggle by with f2.8 would be that much of a problem. My 20D and any lens is quite a big thing and there are times when I don't want to take / use such a large camera so the Olympus / 25mm is just a combination that caught my eye in the mag and I may take a look at one in town.
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
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Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Exactly. For my Pentax MX, I have several standard lenses - the 50mm f1.7 is a cracker and respectably fast, whereas the 40mm f2.8 Pancake isn't very fast and isn't as sharp. But it does allow camera and lens to fit in a jacket pocket, so is incredibly useful, and I see this lens in exactly the same way. So what if it's a little slow? So what if it's not as sharp as other lenses? It'll get you good enough pictures when nothing else will, and for me, that's the whole ethos of 4/3.
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www.nbrphoto.com
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