Dawid,
Thanks for your further explanation. You made your point clear.
Wiliam
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From: Dawid Loubser [mailto:dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: dinsdag 31 augustus 2010 14:50
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] So I finally tried an E-P2...
Wiliam,
I do agree with you. I just want to set the record straight, I have been
performing digital photography since early 2000, and only got into the
OM system in early 2008 - so it's got nothing to do
with the medium here.
The E-1 and E-3 are lovely cameras - I have had much occasion to
experience the E-3 in particular.
I was just hoping that the E-P2 could be a kind-of poor-man's
Leica/Zeiss Ikon/Voigtlander/Insert-Your-Favourite-Rangefinder-Here.
Instead, it's an awful little plastic thing, with a terrible electronic
viewfinder that, once one is used to a good SLR (be it OM, or the
Canon 1D-series I used to use) appears to be useless for any type of
quick-response photography and manual focusing. And that's not even
comparing it to the bright, clear viewfinders of a rangefinder.
I tried it with an open mind, but it didn't work for me. I was simply
very
disappointed, that is all - and needed to share it :-)
You see, I am not partial to the medium, I don't want to be a "film
guy" -
I just want to be a guy that uses small-ish cameras that can be an
extension
of my mind's eye, and take some of life's knocks. Current small digital
cameras don't cut it, you have to carry around a brick - which I used
to do -
but the OMs changed all that :-.
Dawid
On 31 Aug 2010, at 11:26 AM, Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> Dawid,
>
> You are very right about your observations that the (LCD instead of
> viewfinder of the) E-P2 comes nowhere close to the quality and feel
> of the
> OM's and it's lenses. My experience is the same. This even goes for
> the E-1
> and E-3 and also for some other brands DSLR's from friends I
> handled. If you
> only want to continue to experience the feel of the OM's just stick
> with
> them and know for sure you are a film-guy
>
> But then I think there are also some advantages in shooting digital,
> but it
> also requires a different approach to taking photo's. In my
> experience,
> shooting digital is more casual and I make a lot more clicks than I
> used to.
> The keepers ratio is a lot lower, but in the end I end up with at
> least as
> many keepers as before, I actually think more. It took quite some time
> however to get used to this new kind of photography and even now
> after 5
> years I sometimes miss the way I worked with my OM's. With my OM-2n
> I knew
> when I had pushed the trigger that I had a special shot and was
> right about
> 90% of the time. With the E-1 and E-3 I am not sure immediately after
> pushing the trigger, but I get certainty after checking the preview.
> As sais
> just another way to photograph which I had to get used to. Of
> course, as
> always, YMMV.
>
> Wiliam
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