So yea... Lets see... Today I went out to shoot the kite fes with some guys from Clubsnap which is pretty much all I did today. Other than sending my film to Blk 78 for development and Ruby Photo for development. I shot mainly with the Samsung NX10 and Olympus OM1 loaded with Ilford Delta 100 film. Man... The colours on the Samsung... Really not my type...
This is a reason why I want Olympus to continue. I met Auntie Nicole(an auntie using Nikon D700) and I molested her D700 again, muahhahahah! It felt good but again.. The grip isn't as good as that of the Olympus cameras... The main things that draw me to Olympus are value for quality lenses, colour, handling on the E-1(E-3 and E-5 not as nice but still better than any other camera I've handled so far), weight(not a big factor at my age, but when I'm older, it will be), the amazing quality of Zuiko glasses and the weather proofing of the flagship cameras, I need not worry about water at all!
Seriously... For example, in 35mm terms, the comparable lenses would be the Zuiko Digital 50-200mm (comparing using the none SWD version) and its f2.8-3.5 and costs around SGD $1.7k estimated. The Nikon would be Nikkor AF VR 80-400 f4-5.6 VR costing SGD$3199. The Nikon and Olympus weight difference should be around 100g or so lighter for the Olympus lens. Size wise the Olympus is slightly smaller, focuses closer than the Nikon version. And to boot, its cheaper!
The whole system is lighter and cheaper to set up as compared to Nikon. Reason why I'm comparing to Nikon is cause Nikon will be the system I switch to should I need to switch. I've washed my E-3 a few times and it has never broken down. The colours just make my jaw drop (from the E-1, E-3 not so much so but still much better than others according to my eyes) and the grip is heavenly. Holding it for hours is a piece of cake!
I've seen many complains about cameras not having certain features. Personally, features I would need are clean images at high ISO where the noise reduction can be turned off (so I can turn on if needed for some people), up to ISO 6400 is good for me, big bright viewfinder, image stabilizer(though I usually turn my off), live view WITH flip screen( sometimes, a angle finder just doesn't cut it). That's pretty much it. Features like wireless control is nice to have though I could always use 3rd party radio triggers.
As I said in my previous post, cameras change with time whereas photographers do not. That is proven to me by myself today. When shooting at the kite festival. The limitations I had was the choice of lens but the images taken are more or less the same as that I would have taken on my Olympus DSLRs. As artists, we all have preference to our tools, but that doesn't mean we cannot use any other tool to create art. Music, painting, photography, no difference.
Thinking about the future of photography, have a look below
We've come a long way block like cameras, followed by bigger cameras with auto focus, auto film advance and rewind and many other features with a hand grip. To the digital versions and now we've removed the mirror to get the E.V.I.L cameras. So what's next? Whatever comes after that, I'm sure photographers everywhere will adapt to the tool and use it to the photographer's and equipment's maximum potential.
That's all for tonight. Good night everyone!
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