Very nice, Moose! I didn't realize that I was competing with that sort of
activity when I asked for advice. I think you will have fun with that one.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:21 AM
Subject: [OM] Oh dear, I did it. II, with pictures
>I clicked on the tracking button this morning. It said delivered at
> 10:24. The PC clock said 10:25. So I headed for the front door, heard
> the bell ring, opened the door and picked it up. Ordered at ~ 03:20
> Sunday morning, delivered 55 hours later - for free!
>
> First impressions while the battery was charging. I like the looks and
> build quality. The knobs for ISO and EV are terrific. The hot shoe WILL
> catch on pockets, etc. LensMate sells a fancy little filler for it - for
> $10! Fortunately, I bought some of the OM ones long ago, and one of
> those works fine.
>
> I suppose it's part of the G series tradition, but I don't "get" the
> double strap lugs and big strap. I cannibalized a wrist strap from an
> old Oly Stylus, and it's perfect. Two Oly accessories on it now. :-)
>
> The wider lens means a new bayonet mount for the accessory lens tube -
> bummer. There's another $50 to LensMate.
>
> The G11 turns out to weigh just 10 g. more than the A650, no practical
> difference. The battery difference means a much different grip and
> weight distribution.Wrist strap really a must, where I often jst leave
> it dangling on the A650.
>
> Battery ready. Take three test still lifes before realizing I haven't
> set it to RAW. Hmmm, ISO 200 RAW really does look cleaner than ISO 80 on
> the A650 - Excellent!
>
> Rather than take a bunch of silly shots around house and yard, I
> convince my lazy self to get out and take my first real shots in a
> pretty place with a lot of variety in subjects and light.
>
> VERY much unlike myself, I've allowed images to go on the web with no
> real processing. Here's a sampling just as they come, JPEGs right out of
> the camera, run through PTLens as a batch, batch resized by FastStone
> and tossed up on the web.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/G11/>
>
> I put it up with JAlbum, so there is a slide show available for a casual
> overview. Many won't make the cut. The light was often very high
> brightness range, a real test for a small sensor, and you can see many
> will require highlight recovery in RAW processing. I thought it would be
> worthwhile to show how it works with everything but EV at default.
>
> I only wanted a longer lens once. :-)
>
> Moose
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