Ten reasons to choose a Digital SLR over a Point and Shoot

Alan Hoyle wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:34:18, SMS ???????????? ??? wrote:
>> Alan Hoyle wrote:
>
>>> Wider even: Olympus makes a rectilinear 7-14mm f4 (14-28mm equiv to 35mm) for 4/3
>>> system.
>
>> True, but it's nearly $1600. Olympus should bring out a competitor to
>> lenses such as the Canon 10-22 EF-s, for around $600, i.e. a 8-18mm. I
>> don't think many Olympus D-SLR buyers are going to spend $1600 to get
>> wide-angle capability. Maybe they already have brought something out.
>
> Not yet, but according to the Olympus Lens Roadmap, they plan what
> appears to be something around a 8-16 in the "Standard" range for '08.
>
> http://www.olympus-esystem.com/dea/products/lens/pdf/zuiko_lens_eng.pdf
>
> For reference, the most expensive lens currently in the "Standard"
> lineup is around $400.
>
> -alan
>

It better be good. The Canon EF-s 10-22 has L quality optics (though
build quality is more like their standard lenses).

SMS 斯蒂文• 夏 wrote:
> Alan Hoyle wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:07:03, SMS ???????????? ??? wrote:
>>
>>> 3. You need a wide-angle lens.
>>
>>
>>> Digital SLRs have super-wide-angle zoom lenses available with an
>>> effective focal length of as little as 16mm. There are no point and
>>> shoot digital cameras with lenses that wide.
>>
>>
>> Wider even: Olympus makes a rectilinear 7-14mm f4 (14-28mm equiv to
>> 35mm) for 4/3
>> system.
>
>
> True, but it's nearly $1600. Olympus should bring out a competitor to
> lenses such as the Canon 10-22 EF-s, for around $600, i.e. a 8-18mm. I
> don't think many Olympus D-SLR buyers are going to spend $1600 to get
> wide-angle capability. Maybe they already have brought something out.

It would surprise me if at least some 4/3 DSLR owners bought a Peleng
8mm lens and a M42-4/3 adapter.
A cheap 16mm (35mm equiv) fisheye for the Olympus DSLR users.