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Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII

Subject: Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:13:45 -0600
Well captured.  They like your taste in furniture.  ;-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] My New Year's Eve with a 5D MkII


> Speaking of high ISO, if you go to the following page, the first  
> image shows what happens when I leave my reading chair for more than  
> a heartbeat. Note the guilt on the dog's face, and the "attitude" on  
> the cat's. Nykon D3, 24-70 at 70, 1/50 @ f/8, ISO 3200. It's a small  
> pic so you can't see the details, but there's no noise reduction at  
> all applied. In the 100% view, the cat shows more noise than the dog.  
> If I were going to make a print, I'd likely mess with a little noise  
> reduction. Either that, or use Genuine Fractals to apply some nice  
> film-type grain.
> 
> http://www.bwp33.com/page17/files/page17-1000-full.html
> 
> 
> --Bob Whitmire
> www.bwp33.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 2, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> 
>> Chris,
>> The camera's owner reports that the MkII is pretty much the same size
>> and weight as the older 5D.  Somebody ran the numbers on the 5D and
>> E-3 showing them to be more or less comparable when the E-3 came out.
>>
>> The 5D MkII had a fairly heavy zoom lens on it.  I felt that the
>> over-all package was weighted more to the lens, whereas my package --
>> E-3 and 14-54 -- carries its heft in the body.
>>
>> In terms of size, the MkII is wider.  Somehow this seems appropriate
>> since the viewfinder is a lovely FF view and the LCD is expansive.  I
>> honestly didn't have any problems with the size of the MkII, but then
>> I'm pretty buff now from hefting the E-3 around. :)
>>
>> The E-3 impresses with its build quality and still seems like an
>> incredible value.  When I need small, there is the 420 to aspire to (I
>> don't need to tell you that!).
>>
>> Joel W.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
>> wrote:
>>> Thanks, Joel, I enjoyed reading that, and Happy New Year :-)
>>>
>>> You didn't mention size: how does the 5D compare in size and heft  
>>> with
>>> the E-3?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> On 2 Jan 2009, at 02:12, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>>
>>>> We enjoyed a wonderful New Year's Eve with the Honolulu relatives  
>>>> and
>>>> plentiful fireworks, which kept the kids heartily engaged from  
>>>> the end
>>>> of dinner until about 1 AM of the young new year.  The highlight of
>>>> this gathering for me every two years is being with a couple cousins
>>>> who are as interested in photography as I.  These two are both  
>>>> Canaan
>>>> ("land of hulk and money") shooters, and I got a chance to spend  
>>>> some
>>>> quality moments with the 5D MkII.  Vern was showing me all the great
>>>> new features of this model -- Live View, the sensor cleaner, the  
>>>> cool
>>>> new shortcut menu on the LCD.  Neato stuff.  I mentioned how much  
>>>> I've
>>>> enjoyed these features through the years, HA!
>>> snip
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