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markpsf
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I have an embarrassment of riches (or on another level an embarrassment of overspending!)
Background: 75% of my shooting is candid shooting, much of it so called "street shooting". The rest is a combo of family, landscapes and wildlife.
I also have a very slight hand tremor, aging related.
When just bopping around I frequently have a Panasonic LX3 with me. It works well. I also have a Nikon D90, It is my primary camera for landscape shooting, but with a 35mm or 24mm lens attached I also use it for street shooting, and plan to also try some telephoto zoom street shooting eventually.
I share the Olympus E-620 with my adult son and we have a number of Olympus lenses.
My son and I also share a G1 and have just begun to play with it. I know opinion splits on the viewfinder, but I love it and also like the fast Live View LCD. I should be able to use this effectively for waist level street shooting.
Now, given that $$$$ is a zero sum game for me, I cannot afford to spend a lot more, without selling some of the camera treasure, I/we have a decision to make.
The LX3 and D90 will be retained. But there are new lenses coming out for the G1 and I'm debating about whether the Olympus is dispensable. It has the advantage of image stabilization and of course somewhat better performances with the Olympus lenses than the G1, but the G1 large LCD and viewfinder combined with some of the Olympus lenses and a couple of the forthcoming lenses, especially the 20mm and image stabilized 14-140mm, has the edge for me.
So what would you do?
I'm not expecting authoritative advice, just interested in individual responses to this "case study".
Thanks.
Mark
I have an embarrassment of riches (or on another level an embarrassment of overspending!)
Background: 75% of my shooting is candid shooting, much of it so called "street shooting". The rest is a combo of family, landscapes and wildlife.
I also have a very slight hand tremor, aging related.
When just bopping around I frequently have a Panasonic LX3 with me. It works well. I also have a Nikon D90, It is my primary camera for landscape shooting, but with a 35mm or 24mm lens attached I also use it for street shooting, and plan to also try some telephoto zoom street shooting eventually.
I share the Olympus E-620 with my adult son and we have a number of Olympus lenses.
My son and I also share a G1 and have just begun to play with it. I know opinion splits on the viewfinder, but I love it and also like the fast Live View LCD. I should be able to use this effectively for waist level street shooting.
Now, given that $$$$ is a zero sum game for me, I cannot afford to spend a lot more, without selling some of the camera treasure, I/we have a decision to make.
The LX3 and D90 will be retained. But there are new lenses coming out for the G1 and I'm debating about whether the Olympus is dispensable. It has the advantage of image stabilization and of course somewhat better performances with the Olympus lenses than the G1, but the G1 large LCD and viewfinder combined with some of the Olympus lenses and a couple of the forthcoming lenses, especially the 20mm and image stabilized 14-140mm, has the edge for me.
So what would you do?
I'm not expecting authoritative advice, just interested in individual responses to this "case study".
Thanks.
Mark