spiderfrank
just a dreamer
it's a great little camera, Robert!
robert blu
quiet photographer
I believe you! Now the problem, just in case I should decide is which lens?
robert
PS: or which adapter ? from M mount or LTM ?
Archiver
Veteran
When the m43 format was announced I was shooting with the Canon 30D and carrying the Canon G10, Sigma DP1 and sometimes the Zeiss Ikon. I used the 30D for 'quality' photography with the 17-55mm f2.8 zoom and the smaller cameras for more discreet work and video. I immediately saw m43 as a way to replace DSLR with zoom and the compacts with one camera, but it has taken until this year for this to happen.
The OM-D is at least the equal of the 30D in image quality and the upcoming Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 zoom will cover almost all of what the 17-55 did. In the meantime I had fallen in love with the relative compactness of rangefinder shooting, and I realize now that my love of rangefinders is not about the OVF or 'seeing outside the shot', but having a small and fast body with excellent image quality. The OM-D gives me this now, replacing the DSLR with zoom as well as a rangefinder with primes for many situations.
I still love my other cameras. The M9 is my all time favourite camera, although often a bit heavy and expensive to carry all the time. This winter in Melbourne has been terribly cold and rainy, and I've had to stow my camera under my coat or in my bag with a feeling of paranoia every time it starts to rain. This is another thing that has prompted me to get the OM-D, with its weatherproofed body.
The OM-D is at least the equal of the 30D in image quality and the upcoming Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 zoom will cover almost all of what the 17-55 did. In the meantime I had fallen in love with the relative compactness of rangefinder shooting, and I realize now that my love of rangefinders is not about the OVF or 'seeing outside the shot', but having a small and fast body with excellent image quality. The OM-D gives me this now, replacing the DSLR with zoom as well as a rangefinder with primes for many situations.
I still love my other cameras. The M9 is my all time favourite camera, although often a bit heavy and expensive to carry all the time. This winter in Melbourne has been terribly cold and rainy, and I've had to stow my camera under my coat or in my bag with a feeling of paranoia every time it starts to rain. This is another thing that has prompted me to get the OM-D, with its weatherproofed body.
spiderfrank
just a dreamer
adapters? I have LTM-m43 M42-m43 and OM-m43 ... A lot of fun !!! ;-)
RObert Budding
D'oh!
Hold Outs
Hold Outs
Don't forget the anti-battery crowd . . . I guess they're no longer holding out for an all-mechanical digital camera.
Hold Outs
Don't forget the anti-battery crowd . . . I guess they're no longer holding out for an all-mechanical digital camera.
n5jrn
Well-known
I don't think it's surprising that fans of one type of mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera (i.e. rangefinders) would be interested in another such system.
Myself, I find today's EVFs to still be generally inferior to an OVF*, but also to now be good enough that the graininess, lack of absolute fluid movement (it's still a rapid sequence of still pictures), and lack of absolute live display (it's still delayed by a fraction of a second) are no longer the impediments they once were. They can be coped with.
* Yes, there are areas where EVFs can do better, such as amplifying the light in dim scenes so they are easier to focus. But generally they're still not as good as OVFs.
And I'd rather cope with those EVF issues than cope with lugging around a far heavier and bulkier DSLR outfit when hiking. It's an old tradeoff, really: if giving up even a bit of performance in the name of portability was really unacceptable, we'd all still be using big view cameras.
Myself, I find today's EVFs to still be generally inferior to an OVF*, but also to now be good enough that the graininess, lack of absolute fluid movement (it's still a rapid sequence of still pictures), and lack of absolute live display (it's still delayed by a fraction of a second) are no longer the impediments they once were. They can be coped with.
* Yes, there are areas where EVFs can do better, such as amplifying the light in dim scenes so they are easier to focus. But generally they're still not as good as OVFs.
And I'd rather cope with those EVF issues than cope with lugging around a far heavier and bulkier DSLR outfit when hiking. It's an old tradeoff, really: if giving up even a bit of performance in the name of portability was really unacceptable, we'd all still be using big view cameras.
Godfrey
somewhat colored
I love the clarity and feel of an optical tunnel viewfinder. But in the end, anything that helps me focus and frame better is a plus ... high quality EVFs on TTL cameras with small formats are a major gain over optical reflex viewfinders, and provide more precise focusing and framing capabilities than RF viewfinders in general.
There's space for all of these camera types in the world. I'm most enthusiastic about Photography ... Equipment comes and goes.
