When I used to have a job a couple of months ago, the production manager bought one of those. I had a go at it and downloaded the manual. It's insanely complicated to use. Glad I bought a Nikon D50.
Cognitive dissonance (more specifically, buyer's remorse) is only your mind grappling with big-picture thinking. You now own a tool to use in your defense.
I see yours offers a Kodak CCD. Not all comparable models can boast that.
Well, that's the E-510 rather than the E-500 (unfortunately a significantly better camera, apparently, but what the hell). Thanks for reminding me to go lok for firmware updates, though - bagged a couple more useful(ish) functions by the looks of it.
Been very happy with this camera, I must say. The E-510 is very new, and the camera magazines are full of reviews of it - I keep reading them just in case some of them mention its venerable ancestor. Apparently the E-500 is the camera which saved the four thirds system - yay! I'll take that to go.
One useful thing that might interest you in the long term is to get a 4/3 adaptor for M42 or even M39 screw-mount. There's an astounding amount of quite remarkably high quality lenses in either of these mounts, the M42 for SLRs (such as the Pentax Spotmatic, the Praktica and so many more), the M39 for rangefinders (such as the Leica, the new generation of Voigtlanders, and the russian ones such as the Feds and Zorkis, etc). Cirrus, from China, do such adaptors for 4/3. As you'll know, the crop factor for 4/3 is about 1:2, so an impressively sharp FSU Industar 55mm will act like the equivalent of a native 110mm portrait lens.
I must admit, I'm half tempted to get myself a Fed 5b for that lens. I'd keep it on the Fed, myself, though, as I shoot film most days. I hardly ever touch the digital camera these days. But I'm so in the habit of walking around with my battered old Nikon F-801 with a 35-70mm zoom that a rangefinder remains just a whim or a fancy rather than a real requirement at the moment. If and when that old Nikon ever dies (and I thought it was going to yesterday - the roll I processed last night showed persistent shadow of a hair in it that I've seen on shots I took in Paris with it over 10 years ago) and about three frames were scratched with tramlines. However, I managed to sort out the hair by repeatedly firing the shutter and blowing into the mirror box with a Rocket blower this morning until I saw a bit of the offending hair - then lifted the mirror to pick it out of the shutter blades at last. The tramlines were explained by the fact that I'd used a newly bought reloadable film cassette which I loaded my Jessops Pan 100S film into. I got three reloadables but they were very dusty at the bottom of a box in Silverprint's back room, so they only charged me a small amount (about 30p each - and even listed it on the receipt as 'dusty cassettes'). But I think I must've left a bit of dust trapped in the felt light trap on that cassette - I thought I'd de-dusted them properly before use. The tramlines are only across about three frames, at the start of the film - typical cassette light-trap related.
But, A 100mm lens (on a 35mm film camera) is something I quite fancy trying to use as a general 'street' lens. At first one would think it's far too tight and narrow, but I'm starting to become considerably more abstract than hitherto, and I find myself using the 35-70 tight in at 70 quite a lot. A high quality 50-ish plus a very good 100mm or so would actually suit most of my shooting, to be honest.
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you deserve a treat! and that looks a treat.
buyer's remorse, it'll pass.
You know it!
I'm sure you'll put it to good use and share lots of lovely piccies with us.
You bought that? You should have bought a...no, wait, I shouldn't spoil your moment...
;)
Take some pictures with it - that should make you feel better. And shut everyone up.
When I used to have a job a couple of months ago, the production manager bought one of those. I had a go at it and downloaded the manual. It's insanely complicated to use. Glad I bought a Nikon D50.
hmph. well, you're all a lot of help. thanks for nuthin.
It's the duck's nuts, Moom. You did a good thing, providing employment for a heap of Olympians, or whoever makes them.
Cognitive dissonance (more specifically, buyer's remorse) is only your mind grappling with big-picture thinking. You now own a tool to use in your defense.
I see yours offers a Kodak CCD. Not all comparable models can boast that.
See? See? Hector understands. Thank you, ol' pal.
Of course, it would've been better if "Olympus" had been spelt "Pentax", but yes, I'm very happy for you.
Take some great photos.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07081501olyfirmware.asp
Well, that's the E-510 rather than the E-500 (unfortunately a significantly better camera, apparently, but what the hell). Thanks for reminding me to go lok for firmware updates, though - bagged a couple more useful(ish) functions by the looks of it.
Been very happy with this camera, I must say. The E-510 is very new, and the camera magazines are full of reviews of it - I keep reading them just in case some of them mention its venerable ancestor. Apparently the E-500 is the camera which saved the four thirds system - yay! I'll take that to go.
One useful thing that might interest you in the long term is to get a 4/3 adaptor for M42 or even M39 screw-mount. There's an astounding amount of quite remarkably high quality lenses in either of these mounts, the M42 for SLRs (such as the Pentax Spotmatic, the Praktica and so many more), the M39 for rangefinders (such as the Leica, the new generation of Voigtlanders, and the russian ones such as the Feds and Zorkis, etc). Cirrus, from China, do such adaptors for 4/3. As you'll know, the crop factor for 4/3 is about 1:2, so an impressively sharp FSU Industar 55mm will act like the equivalent of a native 110mm portrait lens.
I must admit, I'm half tempted to get myself a Fed 5b for that lens. I'd keep it on the Fed, myself, though, as I shoot film most days. I hardly ever touch the digital camera these days. But I'm so in the habit of walking around with my battered old Nikon F-801 with a 35-70mm zoom that a rangefinder remains just a whim or a fancy rather than a real requirement at the moment. If and when that old Nikon ever dies (and I thought it was going to yesterday - the roll I processed last night showed persistent shadow of a hair in it that I've seen on shots I took in Paris with it over 10 years ago) and about three frames were scratched with tramlines. However, I managed to sort out the hair by repeatedly firing the shutter and blowing into the mirror box with a Rocket blower this morning until I saw a bit of the offending hair - then lifted the mirror to pick it out of the shutter blades at last. The tramlines were explained by the fact that I'd used a newly bought reloadable film cassette which I loaded my Jessops Pan 100S film into. I got three reloadables but they were very dusty at the bottom of a box in Silverprint's back room, so they only charged me a small amount (about 30p each - and even listed it on the receipt as 'dusty cassettes'). But I think I must've left a bit of dust trapped in the felt light trap on that cassette - I thought I'd de-dusted them properly before use. The tramlines are only across about three frames, at the start of the film - typical cassette light-trap related.
But, A 100mm lens (on a 35mm film camera) is something I quite fancy trying to use as a general 'street' lens. At first one would think it's far too tight and narrow, but I'm starting to become considerably more abstract than hitherto, and I find myself using the 35-70 tight in at 70 quite a lot. A high quality 50-ish plus a very good 100mm or so would actually suit most of my shooting, to be honest.
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