On 16 May 2011 23:33, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > M, > > Seems to be no shortage of the GH2 around here.
I don't know about B&M stores, I just know the online stores don't have continuous stocks. The rumour blogs publish a post that it's in stock at Amazon or B&H, and within 1/2 an hour it's out of stock again. You won't see that happening with a Digital Rebel :-) > I'm well aware of > Panasonic building a model line, I still think their interests and > mine are moving in different directions. I know what you mean. The G2 is a nice camera (and at current prices it's a steal), but I don't see Panny trying to make the advanced shooter happy, especially if said shooter likes small primes. Or primes at all. I'm assuming you're an advanced shooter, Godfrey ;-) > Olympus will have their "pro grade" Micro-FourThirds body soon. And > some new lenses. Despite the claims by 4/3 sensor evangelists that the size difference isn't that significant when compared to APS-C, especially for those who crop to 4:5 (and I do), I have not been that impressed by the 4/3 sensors I've used *in low light*. Below ISO 800 there's no great diffrerence, but I do shoot a lot of high ISO. Having said all this, I woluld have no problem making a micro-4/3 my system of choice if there were more lenses out there at the level of the Panny 20mm f/1.7...and a body to go with them. Which is why I'm so curious to see what Oly's "pro grade" body is going to be like. >But I'm enjoying the GXR so much I don't know if I > need it until the model that replaces the E-5 shows up. I've been shooting it for a few days and I'm impressed with it. I've not been comfortable with the 28mm unit (that's my issue, not the lens's) but the 50mm is working out fine. That said, I would much rather have given up the macro and had it be f/2 or f/1.8 rather than f/2.5 and macro. You're going to buy one, right? Here's a GXR question for you: Is there any way to assign a button to AF so it's decoupled from the shutter release? There doesn't seem to be, so my work-around is to focus with the shutter release half pressed then swtich the camera to manual focus. If they can keep the upcoming M mount sensor unit in the $300 range, and maybe offer some type of special deal when bought with the body, I think they might sell well to the M lens crowd that would prefer a 1.5x crop rather than the micro-4/3 2x crop. Cheers, —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.