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Subject: [OM] Re: camera advice
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:01:10 -0500
I got 3 of these.  Anyone else getting double and triple copies of some 
responses?

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John Hermanson
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Moose wrote:
> Matthew Granger wrote:
> 
>>I have only been shooting a few years, and chose the E500 mainly due to
>>budget, it has international warranty and the option to use my fathers old
>>OM lenses.
>>  
> 
> Brass tacks? It's more the photographer than the equipment that leads to 
> great images. Lists like this tend to accumulate gearheads like me.
> 
> The E-500 is rather pedestrian camera, with limitations for some 
> particular types of photography, like anything that requires high frame 
> rates, for example. It is capable of excellent image results and there 
> is no reason to change unless you need to do something it won't or 
> decide on another system altogether.
> 
>>As I get more and more into photography, and my budget increases, I am keen
>>to move up the ranks a little. I don't want to sink too much into
>>accessories that would then need to be sold off second hand if I jump ship
>>to Nkn or Cnon. I would like to get something that has a good array of
>>second hand lenses, and will bridge the gap between enthusiastic learner, to
>>true enthusiast (with aim to do some part time commercial work). My LONG
>>term goal is to skill up and hope to move into it as my primary work – at
>>which stage I would want to be using a system that goes right up to
>>professional – which is how I got to Nkn or Cnon.
>>  
> 
> Again, and I haven't seen your work, so this is based on assumptions 
> from your posts and questions, it sounds like you haven't come close to 
> exploring the capabilities of what you have.
> 
> And you haven't defined what type of commercial work. Product shots have 
> a different skill set and require different equipment than journalism, 
> than event photography, than fine art, than.... You get the idea. There 
> are, for example some kinds of work where it is client expectations, not 
> equipment capabilities, that determine what one needs. If you don't have 
> the right, expensive kit, you don't get the job. But you are far from 
> those sort of problems.
> 

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