I have just adopted an alternative approach, which amounts to the same as
you are advocating, AG. Having tested the water with an A-1, and being
satisfied that 5mp is plenty, I bought into yesterday's technology, content
for someone else to pay the depreciation rather than me. The E-1 with 14-54
duly arrived a couple of hours ago. I believe it's a former sales demo
body. I can't see any sign of it ever having been used, and set about
finding out. Using the key combinations documented at
http://www.myfourthirds.com/document.php?id=21808 it appears that this E-1
has made a total of 78 exposures. Should I be happy, I wonder?
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of AG Schnozz
Sent: 01 February 2007 15:03
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: OT Film Scanner V ED vs 5000 ED
--snip
> Rob in Seattle, still wondering if he can hold off the move to
> digital....
For the non-pro, I don't see why not. You have to cook through a lot of
rolls of film before you start to see the payoff of buying a new digital
camera. Let's say that your ideal digital camera is a 1D2MIIn (only smaller
and lighter). If you were to buy that now, it's going to be a $10,000
investment(including a few lenses).
However, if you can wait 24 months, that "ideal camera" should be available
for about $1500-2000. You can buy a lot of scanner and film over these next
two years to save $8000.
--snip
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