I helped another local photographer shoot a few weddings during September .
. . his assistant quit recently and he really does need one. He knew I do
them "solo" and asked if I would mind playing Key Grip and Best Boy for a
few of his. No problem. He uses a Nikon F100 Wunderziegel. Lens is a
fast Nikkor AF zoom similar to the pair of manual focus 35-105/2.8 Tamron
SP's, only monstrous by comparison in size and weight. Indeed, I picked up
the body with lens (but without flash) and it weighed quite noticeably
**more** than an OM-2S with 35-105/2.8 Tamron in a flash bracket with a
flash on the top.
Also had a chance to pick up and briefly handle one of the mondo digitals
used by the local newspaper PJ's. It also weighed at least twice as much
as my OM-2S wedding rig . . . not counting the equally mondo battery slab
he wears just to power the thing for a reasonable amount of time.
Good grief! I'm staying with manual focus film cameras, thank you. I
don't need the pulled muscles, neck pain or tennis elbow trying to wield
one of those electronic, heavily motorized, gizmo-laden monstrosities that
requires enough battery to power an electric car, for an entire day.
-- John
At 06:44 PM 10/3/03, Julian wrote:
Although one of the best things about all traditional camera systems (esp.
Olympus) is that if you don't need one of the units, you can just leave it
at home, whereas 'modern' camera systems force you to carry the whole
blinkin' lot all the time.
Since I need motor drive less than 50f the time, and autofocus 00f the
time, I would regard any permanent weight incurred to provide these or
equivalent services as deadweight. I would also regard any cost as wasted.
Hmmm Why do I have so many motors, winders and a 35 - 70 AF???? Good job I
can stop any time I want!
There was a brief flurry of correspondence in AP a little while back about
"small cameras for everyday". Since it got triggered by a retrospective on
the RC, Oly got quite a few mentions. All favourable IIRC.
Julian
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