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Re: [OM] Happy Thanksgiving, a new camera

Subject: Re: [OM] Happy Thanksgiving, a new camera
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 19:06:15 -0500
Yes, thanks.

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/24/2012 4:35 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
> Chuck:
> So far, so good (I'm using the EVF at its default settings). I'm still
> messing with the menus/configuration, so I've only taken a few shots
> inside and in low light. Yes, it's appearance is different from my OM
> finders (I don't have an optical/digital finder to compare it to), but I
> find it very usable.  Note that I have not given the camera any sort of
> serious workout (e.g., in bright sunlight), and I suspect that I'm not
> as picky as some on the list.
>
> The zoom+manual focus is extremely good. I was focussing on text on my
> computer monitor from about 3 feet. At 10x the text is quite legible
> and, thus, easily focussed. As I mentioned, I cannot try it with MF
> lenses yet.
>
> My initial reaction is that the buttons are quite small, but maybe
> that's normal for digital equipment (compared to what I have on a 4T).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> On 24/11/2012 3:17 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> And what's your take on the EVF? (since, if I buy one, it will probably
>> have to be sight unseen).
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/2012 2:40 PM, Martin Walters wrote:
>>> Peter:
>>> Congrats.
>>>
>>> Yes, the user interface options are challenging. Having been through the
>>> menus on screen several times, at least the options are now more or less
>>> understandable. Having done that, I then reset the camera back to
>>> defaults. I'll make just a couple of changes and then see what I need -
>>> in particular wrt manual focus lenses (I don't have my adapters yet). I
>>> recognize how simple life was with my OM2N and 4T. I suspect there's a
>>> lot in the OM-D's menus that I'll never use.
>>>
>>> I went mirrorless because I wanted something small and light. The OM-D
>>> is that, even with the 12-50. I'd looked at the fast primes recently and
>>> they are also small. And, the new sensor hits the right spot,too.
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> On 24/11/2012 5:06 AM, Peter Klein wrote:
>>>> Oly listers:  I've been mostly away from the list for several weeks due
>>>> to work, rehearsals, and life.  I hope everyone who celebrates it had a
>>>> wonderful Thanksgiving. For you Canadians, you always were ahead of us
>>>> in certain things.  And the rest of you, I hope you had a great day anyway!
>>>>
>>>> My birthday was Friday, so we celebrated it on Thursday night with our
>>>> Thanksgiving guests.  My birthday present was an Olympus OM-D. For
>>>> several years a Panasonic G1 has been my "other" camera after my Leica
>>>> M8.  The OM-D seemed to check all the boxes I wanted, and the
>>>> drastically improved sensor made it a worthwhile upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> So I am now learning the OM-D's somewhat daunting, program-your-own user
>>>> interface.  First results, with the little Panny 20/1.7 (40mm
>>>> equivalent), have been very promising.
>>>>
>>>> My very first shot, a self-portrait in my bathroom mirror, turned out
>>>> quite nicely, especially when converted to B&W.
>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/8198764512/in/photostream>
>>>>
>>>> The world's funniest Border Terrier doing her thing:
>>>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/8213422576/in/photostream/>
>>>>
>>>> Our friend Laurie carves her pumpkin pie. Somebody clearly wants some.
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/Thanksgiving12/PB220020.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> Our friend Carl took this one of me with my camera. Face detection works.
>>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/Thanksgiving12/PB220029+2.jpg.html>
>>>>
>>>> --Peter
>>>>
>>>
>
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