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 Re: My Oly - I'm In Love | |
Pixel Perfect wrote:
The main area of concern for me is compared to FF like the 5D is the 4/3 system can't offer the creative shallow DOF. Even their fastest f/2 lenses act like f/4 lens equivalents on FF. You'll never get the magical super shallow results an 85 f/1.2 could say.
I think more people should look at a two-system solution.
I waffled on buying into Four Thirds for a long time because the sensors are noisy, the viewfinders are (were) small, and there's no way to replicate the DOF results even from my modest primes on my 5D, like my 85/1.8 or 50/1.4, or even my workman 28-75/2.8. The FT system has a few really important downsides that prevents me from hocking all my Canon gear.
But the positives about FT are very attractive to me: small cameras and tele lenses, an anti-dust system that apparently works, Olympus ergonomics and build quality, and pixel density and viewfinder framing that makes even my old OM 135/3.5 into a moderate tele, or a 50-500 or 300/2.8 with a handful of TC's into great wildlife lenses.
Instead of selling off my Canon system and miss the DOF, ISO3200, and overall resolution, I simply bought an E-410 with Olympus' "twin lens kit". I now have a tiny DSLR with two tiny (yet optically-impressive!) lenses that cover 28-300mm. I can fit the whole kit and a 50/1.8+adapter in a Think Tank Chimp Cage (you know, the case that's designed to hold JUST a 1D body). And if the KatzEye focus screen I have on order ends up making manual focus a pleasant experience, I'll likely spring for some super telephotos... you know, an Olympus 200/4, or a Nikon 300/4.5, or maybe even a Tamron 300/2.8 and a 1.4x TC. :)
But I digress. Olympus' system certainly has some weaknesses. There is no 5D or D3 or 1DMk3 or 1DsMk3 for the Olympus system. But the E-410 is an absolutely tiny camera with some tiny lenses available, and the E-3 is a great compact weather-sealed body that can do some really neat tricks. Use them for what they're good at, and bring your Canikon system for things they aren't.
Personally, I'm loving finally having a camera the size of a P&S strung around my neck that can do most of what my 5D can do. The E-410 is the best digital P&S camera ever made, IMHO. And it makes a pretty nice SLR system, too. :)
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