On 8/7/2012 7:31 AM, SwissPace wrote:
> Regarding the Xpro-1
>
> There are two lenses I would probably be interested in in that list the
> 14mm which should come soon and then the possible 10-24 superwide,
> however as you say you need to be a quirk to want one and my quirk is to
> simplify so I am not looking to buy a lot of lenses, been there wasted
> loads of money done that good and dead,
We quirk differently. My idea of simplifying is to find one or two long ratio
zooms that cover everything
> IS is not so much an issue with clean high iso and for my subjects motion
> blur is the issue not shake.
I'm quite often shooting stuff that doesn't move much, or at all, in the dim or
dark. Great high ISO is indeed
wonderful, but anything that lets me drop it down a notch or two is a plus for
me.
> the other point are valid but with regard to slow AF I haven't really
> noticed it and MF has I thought been ok but rarely used but I have the
> latest firmware.
I hope I made it clear I was just reporting what reviewers have had to say.
I've never held one.
> As for long term support who really cares,
I would be concerned, if I were buying into the Fuji or NEX. With µ4/3, the
lenses are already there.
> I paid more
> for my canyon 5D2 body than I have spent on Fuji and wasted a whole lot
> more on 4/3rd lenses that I will no longer use
Through some fortuitous combination of luck and possible smarts, I completely
skipped 4/3s, went with an inexpensive
60D, rather than 5DII, and have relatively little in only a few EF lenses, none
expensive L glass. The most expensive,
10-22, should sell with little or no loss.
> and now I will probably not use the OM lenses so much,
That ship already sailed, for me. The only OM mount lens I've actually used on
digital, as opposed to a tiny amount of
play, in the last couple of years is a Sigma 600/8 mirror. Wait a minute, I did
use the 200/5 on E-PL1, with good
results. Carol is using one image as the background on her iPad.
> I have invested so little money in Fuji
> glass compared the other systems, eventually we all will move on though,
Yes, I believe so. The technology and market are still moving pretty fast.
> The OM-D is peanuts compared to a pro DSLR and lenses and will give more
> fun and almost equal or better the image quality.
Exactly my thoughts.
> I will say that though that because of the quirks (read challenge) folks
> will stay with the Xpro-1 longer than OMD users who will upgrade to a
> newer body because the bond is not the same - can't really explain why
> though. Its like modern cars, everybody will still tinker with the
> classics but who cares about the daily driver packed full of electronics
> there is just not the same bond
We swing differently. :-) I think old/classic cars are really nice to look at,
but I would get no enjoyment out of
restoring one or keeping one running.
It's all relative, I suppose, as my convertible is now almost 17 years old. ;-)
Maybe it will become a classic, the last
year Olds made a convertible, the only year with vastly improved interior. Now
I just have to figure out why the wrench
that worked the last two times doesn't seem to want to get in and grab those
last two spark plugs on the back side. :-(
> In other words I like my quirky little camera though as stated often
> before it won't suit all.
And more power to you!
Quirky is as Quirky Does Moose
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