I just don't know. I wish I had never been inflicted with thoughts of this.
I've gone through divorces with far less confusion and indecision and not
nearly as much separation anxiety!
But weight is not really a consideration. I very seldom use an OM without
either a motor drive or a winder. I bought into the system when the OM-4 came
out because of the multi-spot metering. The dimunitive size was never really
important to me. I still use, when I'm really serious about a subject or
scene, my ancient Graflex XLRFs, with those wonderful old Zeiss and Rodenstock
lenses, or my even more ancient 50-year-old Graflex Crowns and Centuries,
although with later-vintage Schneider APO Symmars, so the weight a bulk of the
big C*n*n doesn't really concern me. I don't have weak wrists.
Choices, choices, choices. If I had been born rich instead of incredibly
handsome and intelligent, these are the kinds of decision I wouldn't have to
make, because then I could have it ALL.
Could it be that I've been possessed by some evil demon? Might I need an
exorcism?
Or has my head been turned because there's just been too much digital puffery
on the list lately?
Walt, about to have a more few beers, and then a contemplative lie-down
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message from Skip Williams : --------------
>
> Walt,
>
> The quality you could buy will be second to none, IMO. So it's not a bad
> decision, but it's quite a big one. A 1Ds and the L lenses you mention are
> quite a beast to handle unless absolutely necessary and cost a pretty penny.
>
> I'm really confused as to why the E-1 isn't on your list. With all the
> multitude of E-System discussions over the past months, I don't remember your
> decision process or situation, sorry. The main downsides that I see with the
> current E-System are: lack of alternative bodies, small lens chloice, no IS,
> and
> uncertainty as to the system's future. Did I miss anything? (I won't go into
> my opinions on C/N vs. Olympus.)
>
> For me, those items were not sufficient to make me go to the dark side. The
> lens selection covers 90% of my current needs. It does not cover fast, short
> primes or long macro lenses, which are both coming. I love my E-1, FL50, 3
> zooms, and their performance, which is the real bottom line, right? It
> produces
> great prints up to what I've tried so far, 11x14. I don't need anything more,
> including weight, which I really do not want.
>
> Skip
>
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