Subjective camera preferences.....

jalywol wrote:

Has anyone else had a similar experience?

-J

Umm, yes. But different. I try (don't always succeed) to get the maximum lifetime from every bit of tech I buy. For example, I've only owned 3 mobile phones since 1994.

My first job as a kid was working for a farmer, who taught me to care for tools, and also explained that the time spent looking for the perfect tool usually wasted more time than simply using what you had at hand.

When I started hunting, I read somewhere the saying "beware the man with one gun, he probably knows how to use it." So I have a rabbit rifle, a shotgun, and a deer rifle. My friend has probably 5 of each...I usually get more game than he does.

I've been a bit more frenetic with cameras. Been digital since my first kid was born in 2001. Had 3 Panasonic compacts (drowned 1, another stolen), an Olympus E-PL1 for 3 years, and bought an Olympus E-M1 early this year. Not because I was unhappy with the IQ of the E-PL1, but because my son is now a very good rugby player, so I wanted something with predictive AF. Very happy with it so far, I guess I get about 60% of C-AF action shots in perfect focus.

I guess what I am trying to say is that a subjective preference is influenced by use and familiarity. Use something long enough, it will feel right. Often folks give up on something too soon, because it feels "different" to what they're used too, which they might translate as feeling "wrong". Never thought I would enjoy driving an automatic Yank Tank (started out with an MG Midget), but I love my GMC Sierra at the moment!

But then, I'm still with my first wife after 22 years, so what would I know....

Cheers,

Tom