Godfrey
Well-known member
Let me make it very simple: I love shooting with this camera. It produces photos with a *presence* quite distinct and delightful. I thought I was just over-enthused when I thought that, rationalizing the expenditure, but then I started receiving comments saying "wow, something's changed! These latest photos look different ... more alive ... something! ... What did you do?"
I went down to the annual "Christmas In The Park" playground with it last evening, carried just it fitted with the Summilux-D 25mm lens. Set the lens to f/1.8, the ISO to 1250, set S-AF and let the camera do its thing. Cracking AF: on target for 68 out of 76 difficult exposures in poor light. Superb color. Excellent exposure settings.
I can't say enough good about it. I'm very satisfied, very happy, to have chosen the Olympus E-5 as the basis for my photography for the foreseeable future. I can now completely ignore all the equipment chatter, wondering whether this one is 0.0002% better than that one, all that stuff, and do Photography again.
... "Equipment often gets in the way of Photography."... But then sometimes it doesn't.
I went down to the annual "Christmas In The Park" playground with it last evening, carried just it fitted with the Summilux-D 25mm lens. Set the lens to f/1.8, the ISO to 1250, set S-AF and let the camera do its thing. Cracking AF: on target for 68 out of 76 difficult exposures in poor light. Superb color. Excellent exposure settings.
I can't say enough good about it. I'm very satisfied, very happy, to have chosen the Olympus E-5 as the basis for my photography for the foreseeable future. I can now completely ignore all the equipment chatter, wondering whether this one is 0.0002% better than that one, all that stuff, and do Photography again.
... "Equipment often gets in the way of Photography."... But then sometimes it doesn't.