New Olympus camera and lenses

New Olympus E-500 and three new lenses now announced by Olympus. 2:1 macro included.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05092603olympuslenses.asp

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05092604olympuse500.asp

Phil Rudin

Wow. Camera + lens for $800. I wonder if this will cause a price decrease in canon's rebel xt

You saw it here two weeks ago...:-) See the homepage.

Cheers

James

Low cost and extra features: RGB histograms.

I hope this will prompt Canon and Nikon to put that in their low end DSLR's. This is one feature that should have zero production cost. The reason they don't have it at the low ends is just to increase the difference between the low end and high end cameras.

How quickly can Ike get a housing made for it?

I'm happy to house my P&S C750 in an Oly housing but wouldnt fancy this in one!

Hi Peter,

If this camera fits into the Ikelite SLR-DC mold then they can produce a housing rather quickly. That is - if they want to...:-)

Cheers

James

We want to, we want to. Ike says anything legal, ethical and moral for money............

We want to, we want to.  Ike says anything legal, ethical and moral for money............

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Sounds unduly restrictive to me .