hey
I have been looking at buying a DSLR for some time, and Ive got my sights set on the Olympus E-400 body, with a Zuiko Digital ED 18-180 1:3.5-6.3 lense, to match the zoom of my current camera – Olympus C765UZ.
the aperture on the C-765 goes from 3.7 – 8.0. As far as i can work out, that is better than the aperture on the Zuiko lense. will that mean that the new camera and lense won’t be as flexible in terms of aperture, and would that ultimately limit the capabilities of the lense? Also, what does ‘ED’ stand for in the lense description?
Ive never ‘done’ DSLR before, and whilst i have done a lot of homework, its still very much unknown ground for me.
I want to stay with Olympus because I am familiar with the brand; is the E-400 a worthy camera for wildlife, landscape and aviation photography?
any help would be fantastic, thanks. 🙂
By: adamdowley - 19th December 2006 at 11:53
Good man! Funnily enough myself and Tom (LBARULES) were talking about photos the other day, (while rather drunk in Dublin if I remember rightly) and I was saying it would be nice to see what you’d produce with a DSLR. Just make sure you let us see what the E-400 can do!
Paul
Thanks Paul. I look forward to getting my hands on it, and I’m hoping its all worth it!
By: PMN - 18th December 2006 at 17:06
thanks for the explanations guys. 🙂 I handled the e-400 in a dealers today – so small and light – and i’m buying it tonight! 😀 can’t wait!
Good man! Funnily enough myself and Tom (LBARULES) were talking about photos the other day, (while rather drunk in Dublin if I remember rightly) and I was saying it would be nice to see what you’d produce with a DSLR. Just make sure you let us see what the E-400 can do!
Paul
By: adamdowley - 18th December 2006 at 17:02
thanks for the explanations guys. 🙂 I handled the e-400 in a dealers today – so small and light (similar in that respect to the C765 and the body shape is similar with only a small grip – i dont like the shape of the grips found on mainly Canons as i find that there isnt much space between the grip and the lense) – and i’m buying it tonight! 😀
By: PMN - 18th December 2006 at 16:51
Hi Adam,
JohnEboy’s quite right in his explanation. When aperture is expressed as, for example, f4-5.6 on a 75-300mm lens, that means the maximum aperture at 75mm will be f4 and at 300mm it will be f5.6, so at 75mm you can still step the lens down to f8 or anywhere you like, it’s just the maximum will be f4. Likewise at 300mm you can also step down to f8, or f9, or f11, or anything you like to create the effect you want or get the correct exposure, but at 300mm f5.6 will be your maximum.
Hope that helps. Feel free to PM me if you need any more info (or add me on MSN [email]paulmnichols@hotmail.com[/email]).
Paul
By: JohnEboy - 18th December 2006 at 16:17
Hi Adam
Things are a touch different in the DSLR world , The aperture number on the DSLR Zuiko Digital ED 18-180 1:3.5-6.3 lens is the maximum (largest) aperture you can have at a given focal length ie.
at 18mm your max aperture will be f3.5 and at 180mm it will be f6.3
regards
John
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