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Subject: Re: [OM] Least, [was Most] eclectic camera bag
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 15:30:18 -0400
Ya got me!

(But, just wait til you get old.)
On Mar 17, 2015 11:49 PM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 3/17/2015 2:45 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
>
>> M'Gawd... No wonder you guys look so tired.
>>
>
> I look tired? Not feeling it. I usually feel pretty energized when out in
> the field, makin' pix.
>
>  I'm worn out with the E-1, 12-60 OMD and my C5050.
>>
>
> I think you misunderstand the size/weight of µ4/3 vs 4/3.
>
> "... E-1, 12-60 OMD and my C5050." comes to 1,790 g, or 3#, 14 oz., to you
> and me.
>
> The ones I mention carrying, E-M5, 12-50, E-M5II, 75-300, come to 1,535 g,
> 3#, 6 oz.
>
> (Yeah, I know, "the 12-60 is magic." Never used one. I do know the 12-50
> is a very fine lens, including a very useful and effective macro mode. (Is
> that what the C5050 is for, macro?) And yes, it's about 2/3 stop slower,
> but the latest µ4/3 sensors are more like 3-4 stops less noisy than the
> E-1. Admittedly, I never drank the E-1 color Kool-Aid.)
>
>  (OK maybe one OM-1n with one lens, too.)
>>
>
> OM-1n is 510 g, another 1#, 2 oz. Plus which lens?
>
> No wonder you are looking so tired! ;-)
>
> I prescribe an OMD, say E-M10 with 14-150 lens, 681 g, 1# 8 oz.
>
> Or a Panny GM5 with 12-32 & 35-100, 416 g, 15 oz.*
>
> Either combo will take technically better images over a longer FL range
> than what you are carrying, for a LOT less size and weight.
>
> Sprightly Strong Moose
>
> * I have the GM1, 12-32 and 45-150 as a light kit, 'cause the GM5 and
> 35-100 didn't exist yet, and, well, I like the extra tele reach. Needs an
> extension tube for C-U.
>
> --
> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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