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Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 review at dpreview

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 review at dpreview
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 10:12:55 -0400
Also crisp!

Chuck Norcutt


On 5/4/2012 11:47 PM, Moose wrote:
> On 5/4/2012 2:58 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> One person's kludge is another's bees knees. For static objects and
>> macro the adapters seem fine.
>
> True enough, if you add plenty of time available to static and macro.
>
> Still, I wish Carol were a video maker when you, Marnie and I were dancing 
> around a laggard Monarch Flutterby still
> hanging around a field in Cogswell's Grant in mid October. I suspect we 
> looked a right bunch of fools! :-)
>
> That was the place for fast AF.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Travel/NorthEast_2011/Critters/Real&image=_MG_4659croofm.jpg>
>
>> It is looking like the OM5DIII chipped adapters with the improved AF
>> precision may work out well.
>> An EVF with focus peaking and the central zooming may make MF a piece
>> of cake.
>
> The precision of focusing with 10x live view on a tripod is amazing. It's 
> also scary the way it shows how shallow DOF
> often is. Still, putting that focal plane right where I want it is sweet.
>
>> <... too complicated, brain hurts ...>
>>
>> Still curious why Nathan dumped some MFT lenses that have quite  a good
>> reputation.  He excercises his gear quite a bit (to excellent effect)
>> and if he dumps it, I pay close attention.
>
> He's still dating, but hasn't decided which digital system to take to the 
> altar. :-)   Seriously, the playing field is
> constantly changing, and will continue to do so, albeit at a slower pace than 
> at the beginning. So if you can afford it
> and have the right constitution for playing the field, why not?
>
> OTOH, AG has been in a digital marriage for ages that has its good and bad 
> points, but is ultimately unsatisfactory. But
> he's too cheap to date, so he wants to find the perfect second marriage 
> without trying out relationships. ;-)
>
> I seem to be somewhere in the middle, changing compacts fairly frequently, 
> and bigger cameras pretty slowly. IF I didn't
> have such a problem selling stuff, I might change more often.
>
> Play The Field Moose
>
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