> > 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.
> >
Congratulations Godfrey.
However, I have some doubts about the 4/3 - m4/3 systems:
For me 4/3 was about compactness: 'hey, forget those dinosaurs tied to the film
era...'.
But I have just checked and the K-5 is smaller and lighter than the E-5...
Maybe for this reason everybody assumes that the E-5 will be the last 4/3
camera
and the future of this format is in the flourishing m4/3 system (and probably
the next 'pro' body will be in some sort of m4/3).
But also, looking at the last products from Samsung and Sony, I am not also
sure
about the size advantage of m4/3 again.
And, since IQ will be always inferior at 4/3 land (as FF fanboys like to say
when bashing APS-C)...waht is the sustainable advantage of m4/3 over Sony Nex
cameras, for instance?
Regards,
Jaume
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