There is a bit of a disconnect in recommending a $2200 camera to someone who just sold their last camera for financial reasons (no matter how hopefully very temporarily). She also said she is looking in the $400-600 range for a body.
On 9/10/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > I'd originally not suggested the E-M5 to Marnie as it was over her budget > AND a bit larger than she was looking for. The GX7 I suggested she might > look at was also over her budget, but the form factor (compact with built-in > EVF) was in line with what she wanted. > > The new E-M1 is larger still than the E-M5 by a little bit, and it's another > $400. It will be my next camera, though ... I've been waiting for this one > since early 2012 when I sold the E-5. Knowing Olympus pro-grade bodies as I > do, it is going to be a terrific performer with my 11-22 and 35 Macro > lenses. And the Novoflex Leica-R to mFT adapter is now on order. :-) > > I have no worries about the sensor performance. I only rarely find myself > needing stratospheric sensitivity settings and even the 2003 E-1 does a > fantastic job at ISO 1600, acceptable at 3200. I'm quite sure this new > sensor will perform satisfactorily at any setting I'll ever use. > > Godfrey > > > On Sep 10, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> This link showed up in my mailbox today, Adorama's review of the >> OMD EM-1: >> http://www.adorama.com/ALC/BlogArticle.aspx?googleid=0014299&alias=Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-Hands-On&utm_source=RSYS&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Email090913OlympusNPA&j=Email090913OlympusNPA >> >> They, of course, say little if anything bad about it. If I were going >> u4/3, I would get the latest sensor available. >> >> My guess is that with a sensor several years newer than the K-5, the IQ >> will approach that of the K-5. With half the sensor area, the sensors >> will be one or two "Moore's cycles" behind what can be done on APS. >> >> As I mentioned earlier, we seem to be in the middle of camera >> announcement >> season, so if you can hold off buying something new for a couple of >> months, >> you'll probably get a lot more benefit than waiting a couple of months >> if it were June. When new models come out, you have your choice of >> better performance, or good deals on the last generation. >> >> Alternatvely, if u4/3 looks like the way you want to go, you can pick >> up a cheap used "second body" now. One that is a couple generations old, >> and which will do fine in bright light (under ISO 800), then in six months >> >> or so start looking at the new OMD EM1, or whatever. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com >> http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Nothing is sure but death and Pentaxes. -- 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.
