Olympus E-5 and being old school

Hey guys!!!

So lets see.... My past few days were spent pretty much just studying none stop and today exams are over!!! At least... For 3 years or so... So anyway... Today is the official announcement of the Olympus E-5

Image belongs to DPReview


While it lacks a lot of wow factors, I'm still drawn to it for its image quality as far as I've seen. It's pretty much a D200-D300, D3-D3X/S, 1D MK I - 1D MKII/III/IV, 40D-50D kind of thing, only diff being the layout of the back to accommodate a now 3" LCD screen with 920k dots. 10 Art filters are now available for use in PASM modes. HD 720p video with mono sound, stereo mic input available. CDAF capable now. ISO now goes to 6400! Image quality is said to match that of Canon 7D and Nikon D300, if its true, this is enough for me. As to whether I will buy it, its a definite yes. The question is when? I'd probably get it when the price drops to around 1.7k for first hand and or when my E-3 dies off. I'll most probably get a Zuiko Digital 14-54 MKII to match with the CDAF capability of the new Olympus E-5 as well as my Olympus PEN.

I've seen quite a lot of complains about this new E-5, while I agree that it looks similar to the E-3 and feature wise, there isn't much, its an improved and refined E-3 that personally, I'm pleased with. With all the new tech around, I don't use all and I'll still use old school methods of shooting rather than allowing the camera to take a huge factor in how I shoot. After, what is a camera? A light tight box that focuses light rays onto a medium. We mustn't be crippled by the camera's limitation, we must get round that and be creative with our images.

I've said it before and this won't be the last time I'm saying it, if PHOTOGRAPHERS in the past, with whatever crappy gears they have by today's standard can create images that wows us even to today, I don't see why us, with today's gear, cannot do better. We see something, cameras help us to record and share.

That's pretty much all for now. I shall leave you with an image of the view outside my room taken a few days ago I think. Shot with Olympus E-1 (Grand daddy of all the E system cameras and my favorite camera) and the Zuiko Digital 7-14mm. Processed RAW in Olympus Viewer 2 before processing in Photoshop. Good night everyone!