erichK wrote:
Houseqatz wrote:
i love my pen, i have always used it for street photography, as that is why i bought it. it is a lovely camera, and the images it captures are perfect for what i need it to do, but it's not the general purpose camera that my dads d5100 is, nor is it able to handle the extremes like my 5dii does.
You may want to try the OM-D. You'll be amazed at how well it handles most "extremes" especially with little jewels like the 12/f2 and 75/1.8 lens. The big advantage, I find, is being able to have it with you many times you don't or can't haul a DSLR (whatever the make).
i have, it's a wonderful camera, and if i was in the market for a jack of all trades, i'd consider it. i'm pretty platform agnostic, as i see it, cameras are tools. some cameras are better for certain types of photography than others. but that has more to do with sensor size, and focal length.. i have a compact that does macro better than any of my large sensor cameras.
as it stands, my dads d5100 is very competent as a jack of all trades, tho it's missing user adjustable WB, and it has a lot of other features that i never use, but i'm sure those things keep the cost down by opening up the camera to a broader consumer base.
if an olympus meets their needs, and offers enough room for them to grow and develop as a photographer, and affords the option to branch out, then i would recommend an olympus to them. lately, it's been nikon dlsr's.. my dad keeps teasing me about eventually shooting nikon, as that's what he has always used
Amazing recent experience: having one guy like your Dad suddenly switch to mFT and a friend actually do so -trade in his D300s for an OM-D *against* my advice (because he shoots some sports and birds). Both seem very happy with their decision. I guess because, like most of us, photography is something that has to be done alongside other things, and that is where mFT really shines.
i like olympus, however, i started looking for a more serious camera when i ran into limitations of the sensor in the e-p1, and went a canon based solution. this was years ago, and i know the technology has changed, but i'm actually quite happy with the results i get from the canon system i've put together.
for street, i still have my pen, which is fine for what i need it to do, for the time being. while the olypmus lenses are nice, some are fantastic actually, they're not nice enough for me to invest more into the system at the moment. maybe when i decide to upgrade my street kit.
also, the size of a dslr isn't an issue for me, nor are the perceived limitations of where one can't or doesn't take a dslr. if i can't take a dslr with me, i'm not any more likely to take a compact camera or ILC, and accept that the shot didn't mean enough to risk it.. by that, i mean; climbing out to the end of a limb overhanging a serious drop, stand on the running board of a moving vehicle, carrying it out into open water without an enclosure etc.
actually, i'll stand on the running board of a moving vehicle if i'm wearing proper safety equipment, like a harness, strapped in properly of course =]
