The 50 macro is a great lens. Enjoy the new purchase! -----Original Message----- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:36:16 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: OT: new camera
I pulled the trigger and bought a new camera today. Sorry, it isn't a Pentax. I usually don't buy anything new right out of the gate. Particularly pro-class cameras ... I usually wait until they get well into the market, until the issues and workarounds are known, until the prices drop a little bit. I usually wait until my image processing tools can handle their raw files. The Olympus E-5 manual is in front of me. The battery is charged, the 50 Macro is on the body, a card is in the slot. I'd put in an order for one yesterday on Amazon but their vendors had already sold out the first shipment. No biggie, I'm patient. Today, the local store called and said, "We have one for you." I went up to see it, dickered a little on the price (sales tax here would be almost $160), we came to an agreement discounting the price, and I took it home. First very raw impression: I did the Right Thing. Since I'm fully setup with all the FourThirds pro-grade lenses, flash and accessories I need, it only made sense to keep going and get a current pro-grade body. I'd planned to buy an E-3 when the E-5 came out, take advantage of the usual dip in prices. But when I read the spec, the E-5 had all the right improvements for my needs. It feels great in my hands, I like the control layout and menus, the viewfinder is superb. It's very responsive, and pretty darn quiet in operation. The rest ... well, I'm only a few pages into the manual as yet. There's a lot in here. I hope Adobe hurries up with DNG Converter/Camera Raw and Lightroom upgrades. I need to book some work and let this beastie pay for itself. :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
