OK, now I'm not typing on a phone. I've always liked Olympus and the way their cameras feel and work. When I sold most of my stuff I debated selling it all and switching to a 4./3 DSLR like the E3 or E5. like you, I saw how this would complement my investment in 4/3, in my case micro 4/3. Even the Evolt 300 I had was fine once I chucked the kit zoom and put the 50 on it. (What's up with the Oly kit zooms? My experience has been terrible, both 4/3 and micro 4/3.) I'll be curious to here more details. as you use it.
I don't regret buying the K7 BTW. I have some favorite Pentax lenses and the K7 just works for me, unlike the K10D. We're always curious about the road not taken. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:38 AM, frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >> I pulled the trigger and bought a new camera today. Sorry, it isn't a Pentax. >> >> I usually don't buy anything new right out of the gate. Particularly >> pro-class cameras ... I usually wait until they get well into the >> market, until the issues and workarounds are known, until the prices >> drop a little bit. I usually wait until my image processing tools can >> handle their raw files. >> >> The Olympus E-5 manual is in front of me. The battery is charged, the >> 50 Macro is on the body, a card is in the slot. >> >> I'd put in an order for one yesterday on Amazon but their vendors had >> already sold out the first shipment. No biggie, I'm patient. Today, >> the local store called and said, "We have one for you." I went up to >> see it, dickered a little on the price (sales tax here would be almost >> $160), we came to an agreement discounting the price, and I took it >> home. >> >> First very raw impression: I did the Right Thing. Since I'm fully >> setup with all the FourThirds pro-grade lenses, flash and accessories >> I need, it only made sense to keep going and get a current pro-grade >> body. I'd planned to buy an E-3 when the E-5 came out, take advantage >> of the usual dip in prices. But when I read the spec, the E-5 had all >> the right improvements for my needs. It feels great in my hands, I >> like the control layout and menus, the viewfinder is superb. It's very >> responsive, and pretty darn quiet in operation. The rest ... well, I'm >> only a few pages into the manual as yet. There's a lot in here. >> >> I hope Adobe hurries up with DNG Converter/Camera Raw and Lightroom >> upgrades. I need to book some work and let this beastie pay for >> itself. :-) > > Cool! > > Congrats on your new purchase - I know you'll put it to great use. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
