HNCD? Happy New Camera, Dude? On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > HNCD! I look forward to your comments as you start using it regularly. > > Jeffery > > > On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> 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. >
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