I was going to just email Skip privately but since Moose asked his
excellent questions, I thought I will post this here, for the list advice -
One thing though, I probably won't buy an OM-3T anyway as I generally don't
use manual exposure mode. I use the spot metering mode but found generally
the AE exposure is a great help... Before I go on, I should fully admit
that I understand it is the photographer who makes the pictures, not the
tools. I just finished taking 3 rolls of slides, and doggone it, out of
36x3 pictures, at least 4 are mis-exposed because I still did not realize
the backlight situations. I caught most of them, and use the spot meters.
Those 4 though, I didn't think it is a problem but turns out I was wrong.
If I were smarter, I would have use the spot metering anyway but those
grabshots, the expressions are so fleeting. Fiddle a bit more, and the
moment is gone :-(
May be I should explain what I do :-) Mainly I take (snap-)shots and
informal "portraits" of my kids. We do hiking/travelling when we can, so I
do some amount of landscape / travel / insect macros pics. We also go to (a
lot of) Science Fiction and Japanese Anime conventions where we and the
participants wear costumes a lot. Some of these costumes are quite amazing,
rivaling the best anywhere. So of course I take a lot of pictures in those
events too.
In fact, I just bought some Studio Flash and setup in the hope that I would
eventually set up something in those venues that I can take professional
looking photos for the costumers. I will probably have to go digital on
that route as immediate print out on a dye sub printer would be a huge plus
(hence I am disappointed at the non-announcement of the Olydak). The goal
is not to make money per se, just something I am interested in doing. When
some costumes literally take 3-4 months of intensive work to plan and make,
it is a shame that most photos are of snapshot qualities.
So.....the OM system will get pretty far - I may need a digital system to
do the convention portraits that I mentioned. So why the Leica at all?
Don't know, probably for the "Leica glow," whatever it is. I used to do B&W
when I was in high school. Roaming around New York City w/ my FM. Perhaps I
want to do more of the same, the spontaneous people shots..... The quiet
shutter is appealing....
Well thanks for the advice and listening. Looking forward to hear more of
the sagely advices from you guys.
// richard <http://www.imagecraft.com>
<http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo>
On-line orders, support, and listservers available on web site.
[ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous
replies in your msgs. ]
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|