Although not that familiar with the equipment list, it's obvious glandular arousal seems an ideal retirement goal. Hope it all happens as dreamt. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2016, at 3:12 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Seeing Mark's post about getting his photographic act together has > spurred me on to some planning of my own. > > These past 10 years or so, I've been so busy with work that I simply > haven't had much time to enjoy still photography like I used to. Anyone > running their own business will understand this - time is overwhelmingly > devoured by work. However as I approach a self-imposed date for > retirement of 2018, I want to get my photographic arse in gear and try > and re-establish my enthusiasm. > > I recently eBayed my X-E1 and some other stuff and managed to accumulate > enough funding for some new gear. For various reasons I'm taking the > plunge and have ordered an Olympus Pen F - my first foray into the Four > Thirds market. Some would say it is photographically a dead end, but to > be honest the picture quality is good enough for me, and the appeal of > more compact lenses and cameras is strong. My ideal would be a couple of > small bodies with a prime on each: a wide angle and either a medium wide > or a medium telephoto depending. Not considering any zooms. > > I quite liked the Fuji X-E1 and no doubt the X-E2 is better, and I was > seriously considering the X100T but the ability to change lenses is high > on the list for me - and manual lenses at that. Voigtlander make some > superb glass. I already have the 15/4.5 and while not fast, it's small > size will work well on MFT and give me an effective 30mm street lens. At > some point I will get the Oly 12/2 for wide and then I want a fast > portrait lens. The Voigtlander 42.5mm/.95 would be ideal but very > pricey, hence I wondered about the Pentax FA43/1.9 as that would work > well. Will see what funds allow in time. Meanwhile I have a nice example > of a K24/2.8 to play with on the Pen also. I've never been a huge fan of > the '50mm experience' but I plan to try and use it a lot to see if I can > enjoy it. > > I have to say that the Pen F is sex on the end of a lens, and no doubt > the looks played a part in my decision, but apparently the original X100 > had thousands of pre-orders based on nothing but the looks. The 5-axis > in cam stabilisation would be nice. Not bothered about things like > weather-sealing as I don't enjoy photographing in the rain. If I do, > cameras keep dry with me anyway. I'm not a fan of delving into menus to > change settings, so the more knobs I have to play with, the better. Love > the articulating rear LCD and ability to close it face-inwards to > protect the screen - something I cherished about the Epson R-D1 > rangefinder camera. It discourages chimping - something I want to get > away from. > > So there you have it. New direction here and we'll see what it brings. > Cheers all :-) > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, > || (O) | Web Video Production > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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.
