Amateur Photographer Magazine

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OK,the discrepancy I found was this: In the test the D-300 was mated with the AF-S DX 17-55 2.8 (The Lens valued at £849 as per Warehouse Express in the same Mag).The Sony A-700 was mated with the 16-80 3.5-4.5 Zeiss lens valued at £499(same value as per Warehouse Express) and the E-3 was mated with the 14-45 3.5-5.6 (valued at £164).To put all on an equal footing, surely the E-3 should have had the SW 12-60mm Optic fitted for the test(£599.99) and (TIPA Expert Lens of the year 2008). The fact that the E-3 was mated with the basic kit Lens of the E series (14-45 3.5-5.6), seriously handicapped the Camera in it's ability to show what it could do with a serious optic on it's front. I'm not saying that the 14-45 is a bad lens, it's not, but If one is going to conduct a fair examination of 3 Camera's, there should be a fair playing field.

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As Luis said, it was a case of being able to get this lens in on time. Manufacturers don't always have the lenses we want to hand... but on the other hand, we did have the 7-14mm and 50-200mm SWD lenses with the E-3 which are both excellent performers, and, unless I'm mistaken, also the most expensive lenses used as part of this test. Each camera was tested with a number of lenses, not just the one that they may have been pictured with in the magazine and I'd say that the readers' findings were largely consistent with what's been said before about each model.

Matt

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