OM, I've become a Zuikoholic!

while waiting for the FF Om-D... :rolleyes:

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nikku said:
I don't agree with that...having a smaller sensor is a lot more useful, if you're out hiking all day--because it will be in a much smaller camera! If we're talking digital, I'd much rather take a m4/3rds camera hiking than a "full frame" anything! I have a stunning 11x14 print hanging in the dining room that came from a photo I took with my E-P2 while on a hike through the Gap of Dunloe.
Since I'll never go larger than 11x14, the quality is good enough for me, while the portability and useability are excellent.
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Nikku,

Not only mr. redisburning was talking in theory, his theory is not even applicable in the real world.

Sensors are different from different manufacturers, they are further differentiated by the camera companies who purchased them and then pair them with software that process the data coming out of those sensors.

How can someone say that we are going to get *exactly* the same picture if we were to take 1/4 crop from another completely different sensor? That would only work if we take all the *competing* software algorithm and color filter designs for the past 10-20 years, and toss it out of the window.

Also practically speaking, that's akin to saying that HCB "don't know what he's talking about" for using a Leica III when he could lug around a 11x14 view camera and then just cut the corner of the film to get the *exact* same picture he envisioned.

Ok, I'm done rambling.
This thread deserves better than members bickering about outlandish claims.

Back to Zuiko pictures... :)
 
I have the original M 4/3 camera. It is nice and small but the pictures are disappointing. I blame that on the 4/3 sensor. The highlights are constantly being blown out and exposure control is a royal pain. My earlier Nikon D50 gives far superior results.

To make a plastic p-o-s with a 4/3 sensor and call it an OM is a travesty. It will probably be painted silver and have a fake pentaprism on top. No shutter control ring around the lens mount either.

A true OM-D should be able to use all OM Zuiko lenses in their native format, without an adapter or a crop factor. And full automatic aperture control, of course.

Maitani was a master of elegance in design, operation and function.
 
Why would Olympus build a body for lenses that make them no money?

I know everyone has an ideal camera lurking in the back of their head (mine: a Leica M10 rangefinder with the D4 sensor for $250 - to save money they can eliminate live-view and video!), but it's kind of silly to object to any camera that isn't that ideal.
 
This is kind of like the argument that there's no reason we can't have a Olympus XA-sized compact with a 24x36mm sensor (at an affordable price, natch) - given the number of years it took for someone to make decent APS-C sized compacts, one might assume that it's an engineering issue. But no, some folks seem to think it's a camera-maker conspiracy.
 
I believe that the so-called OM-D that Olympus is hinting at will probably be a M4/3's camera designed in the spirit of the original OM, just as the EP's were designed in the spirit of the original Pen, and I'm expecting a small, well-built, innovative, high quality camera that will appeal to professional and enthusiast photographers. I'm thinking something like Fuji's recent offerings with more direct access to the essential controls for aperture, shutter speed and ISO like the analog OM, as well as an OVF. At least that is what I'm hoping.

Like celluloidpro pointed out, it wouldn't make sense for them economically to make a digital camera for lenses that wouldn't make them any money from selling new lenses. Besides, they make adaptors for that.

We can continue to speculate, but none of us will know until they tell us. I'm hoping for the best, but expecting a camera that with have some of the features I'm looking for, but certainly not all.

I think they have been making progress. The EP-3 is much better than the EP-1 and the so-called OM-D should be better than the EP-3. All we can do is wait and see, but I'm not going to get upset about it. Especially before we even know what it is!
 
shadowfox said:
And why the negative attitude? is talking about gear that personal to you? :)
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oh look, you can be a dick to someone and when you're called out on it just smile face like you did nothing. you got a response in the same tone as the one you gave where you acted like, ironically, a know-it-all.

btw D800 is very close to having double the resolution on each side of the frame as 16mp 4/3rds sensor which; close enough that your suggestion that I am in a realm of fantasy is risible since I could so easily name one that at least shows that chip yields are close enough to make my scenario more reality than suggestion.

and you made a theoretical argument anyway. why that matters is beyond me; you are wrong both in theory (which clearly you must admit) and in practice as per the above example

nikku said:
I'd much rather take a m4/3rds camera hiking than a "full frame" anything!
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M9 isnt that big. M9 is a little bigger than old film Leicas right? but not that much, and my M2 is just about the same size as OM-1 so I dont see the point in complaining about the size of the M9.
 
oh and if OM-D is m4/3rds Ill lose any respect I had left for the Olympus brand.

that would just be cashing in on Maitani in a latch ditch effort to save a company tanked by corporate greed.
 
Yeah, I can't believe a camera company would introduce a new model in the same format as every model they've introduced for the last several years and compatible with all their latest lenses. The nerve!
 
Why all the chat about the 'hate it or love it' digital OM in this thread ... it has it's own dedicated thread.

And all the angst about it is ruining this thread IMO!
 
seriously. if you don't like the new camera then simply don't buy it. keep on using the awesome cameras you already have.

in the meantime, more zuiko film photos please!
 
celluloidprop said:
This is kind of like the argument that there's no reason we can't have a Olympus XA-sized compact with a 24x36mm sensor (at an affordable price, natch) - given the number of years it took for someone to make decent APS-C sized compacts, one might assume that it's an engineering issue. But no, some folks seem to think it's a camera-maker conspiracy.
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But knowing the rate of technical advancement it should be here by now. The APS sensors have been available, cheaply for what, nearly 10 years now?

If Olympus did introduce a full frame camera now, all their current equipment would be instantly obsolete. This would certainly upset their accountants. I side 50% on "conspiracy".


pggunn said:
All we can do is wait and see, but I'm not going to get upset about it. Especially before we even know what it is!
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Fair Enough.
 
View from our back yard. Somewhere down there you see ebay, Paypal, Google, Yahoo, etc. My favorite Zuiko, the 180/2.8.

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Anybody else have Zuiko tele shots ?

Cheers,

Roland.
 
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