Maybe I need to ask the question of "why upgrade"? Overall, I've been
pretty satisfied with my gear. All of you who have upgraded from the same
or similar equipment have been dissatisfied with the upgrades since you've
been continuing to upgrade. Here is an example--how many Micro 4/3 cameras
have you bought now?
So, the Moose does his little jesting about my obscure DMC-L1. It turns out
that this is one of those cameras that you will either love or hate. I get
a kick out of people falling all over themselves to buy the Fujis for just
the reasons the L1 was designed. Wow! Welcome to the party--you're a little
late, though.
I also get a kick out of Mike Johnson (TOP) who repeatably talks about his
all time favorite camera kit--The OM-4T and a couple of F2 lenses. He's
still trying to chase that setup over and over again. Meanwhile, I'm using
that exact kit to accomplish the type of pictures he's trying to do the
lazy way today. He's dreaming for another OM-4T instead of having kept and
used the one he had.
Stop chasing, start shooting!
I learned many years ago that it is better for me to upgrade the
photographer than it is to upgrade the camera. We've reached the point of
sufficiency in technical terms many years ago with our digital cameras.
I do want a new digital camera, but I'm very specific about what I want and
why I want it. Just upgrading for the sake of upgrading isn't going to fly.
On a side note, I just got back to the hotel room after shooting some stuff
down at the docks. OM-3Ti, 28/2 and Neopan 400. Would anybody care to be so
bold as to suggest that the OM-D EM5 will be a wonderful when it's 15 years
old? It's a nice camera, but not that nice. Moose would be grousing about
me using some out of date obscure camera and wishing that I'd buy a new
camera.
Me thinks some of you guys are into cameras, not photography. I exploit the
old in an attempt to not only maximize that investment, but also to improve
myself and get a better understanding of how things work.
AG
--
Ken Norton
ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.zone-10.com
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|