> Don't I recall that you didn't do that until AFTER I had switched? :-)
Not sure, but I think I grunted once or twice at the boring pictures. hehehe
> A convenient excuse to be cheap? :-D
Two teenage daughters and a terribly underpaid spouse. Of course I'm cheap.
I'm getting a part-time job just to see if I can earn some play money.
(driving a van hauling railroad crews around).
> The extensive examples of HD images in the ImagingRecource review are
> really eye opening in this regard.
I would suggest that the turning point is the new set of sensors from Sony
in the past two years or so. The original EM-5 was the first 4/3 or m4/3
camera since the E-1 that really had colors, skintones and recoverable
shadows that I like. The EM-1 improved on it even more. The EM-5 Mk2 looks
to be even better. There is just something about the colors that are
popping right.
> I think that's where I was fooled. The 5D files were really nice to work
> with, and the 60Ds no so much
What is suprising is that the 60D's stable-mate, the 7D, is a completely
different animal in regards to the files.
> You don't operate out in the same tele ozone as I. ;-) And you've
> apparently not experienced the latest IS systems. This is SIX stops down
> from 1/FF-FL. http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=16774
When working out to the 200mm (35mm equivalent) focal length, my experience
with stabilization (Minolta, Canon, Pana-Leica, Olympus) is that it's
really good down to 1/4 second or so. It doesn't matter what that six stop
thing is, it's just that it works well for me down to 1/4 of a second and
then it's a crapshoot after that. The Minolta A1 really did have about the
nicest stabilization I've used in any camera as it had a very wide coverage
of shift and wouldn't recenter obnoxiously. The Pana-Leica lens is REALLY
bad in that regard. Most of the earlier generations of Canon lenses were
pretty bad too. The Olympus stabilization has added a couple of axis that
makes it sooooo nice.
Stabilization works very well for me in that normal-wide to normal-tele
range. that's fine and dandy, but where it is a complete game-changer for
me is with my super-tele sun/moon shots. I'm using 300mm lenses handheld or
on a monopod.
> I didn't really like it. Different hands. I chose differently for other
> reasons, but wasn't unhappy not to have that body, either.
I have no problem with you not liking the E-1. We're different in different
ways.
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