Happy New Camera Day. It is used more often in guitar forums (HNGD), where the obsession to buy new axes is far worse than camera junkies.
Jeffery On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:11 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > HNCD? Happy New Camera, Dude? > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Jeffery Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> HNCD! I look forward to your comments as you start using it regularly. >> >> Jeffery >> >> >> On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi 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. :-) >>> >>> -- >>> Godfrey >>> godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
