Bill Pearce wrote:
> As always, Winsor has hit several points in an elegant way..........
> I haven't said this before, but I did consider the 5D, and it isn't entirely
> out of the picture. It is expensive, at the top end of what I want to spend
> at the end of a career,
Fortunately, justification for hobby items is different. :-)
> but I'm not comfortable with the size. I never liked
> big cameras, and I don't suppose at my age I'll change.
> ................
> I have played with a 20D. As before, it's just more camera than I want to
> carry.
>
> I suppose I should have mentioned size and weight sooner.
>
It's certainly a real issue. My first personally owned SLR was a Nikon
Ftn, a brick. It wasn't long after the OM-1 hit the stores and I could
play with one before I scraped up the money, bought one and let the
Nikon go. An OM-2n a little later and I was good to go until many years
later, when I was able to do more photography for fun again and acquired
OM-4 and OMPC bodies and lots of new to me lenses.
The 5D is certainly bulky compared to an OM, but the overall difference
depends a lot on how you use them. I just grabbed the OM and Can*n body
lens combos I most use that were sitting here ready to go.
OM-4, Kiron 28-200, Winder 2 - 4# 2.5oz - 1,800 g
5D with Tamron 28-300 Di, - 3# 2oz - 1,415 g
No wonder I don't find the 5D all that heavy. :-)
Bodies alone, with batteries, straps:
OM-4 - 1# 6oz - 649 g
5D - 2# 2oz - 965 g
Bodies with 50/1.8, batteries, straps:
OM-1 - 1# 9oz - 705 g
5D - 2# 8oz - 1,135 g
I could come up with other lens combos that favor the OM, but I was just
curious about what I have been using. A big part of the difference is in
the lenses. Where current technology has made DSLRs big and added
weight, it has made lenses lighter and smaller. The lenses are really
rather comparable representatives of their respective eras. 28-210/4-5.6
and 28-300/3.5-6.3, with the Kiron being all metal and the Tamron almost
all engineered plastic.
Maybe it's time to break out the Tamron Adaptall 28-200 aspherical LD
(IF) 280-200/3.8-5.6 (the last Tamron plastic, fantastic to fit an OM)
and compare it to the Kiron for performance. It sure is lighter - and
smaller until zoomed out.
I could weigh a kit of OM-1, 28, 50, 100 & 200 mm lenses, but I think
I'm getting silly now. My last OM-1 wander was with 50/1.8, 100/2.8 and
200/5, and a pleasant one it was, too.
With neck and grip straps, I find the 5D comfortable to carry and use
for hours, YMMV.
Moose
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