I just don't understand all this digital Canon and Leica talk. Isn't
your bread and butter photography weddings and perhaps other events? In
the heydays of film I don't recall wedding photogs using Leicas.
Hasselblads, Canons, Nikons and a few OMs, Pentaxes and Minoltas thrown
in for good measure... and big, honking flash units and room filling
studio strobes for the reception halls. Not Leica territory at all.
Maybe your E-1 isn't going to do a 30x40 wall mural formal portrait of
the bride but it can undoubtedly do everything else... lots of 4x6s and
a few 8x10s. Get a used Hassy or other larger format film camera to
take care of the exceptions. Maybe you even have one already.
Having skipped the 5D Mk II I may eventually buy a 5D Mk III depending
on what its specs are. But it won't be because I need it. It'll only
be because I want it (and hope I can afford it at the time).
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/16/2010 5:24 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> I've been out of the Olympus loop for awhile - what were the expected
>> upgrades that didn't appear on the E-5 that's causing all this angst? It
>> has to be serious since Ken N. is talking about jumping to Canon (maybe
>> sometime in 2020?) and last I remember he was as happy as a tumble bug in a
>> cow paddy with his E-1 and surely the E-5 is a big improvement over the E-1.
>
>
> I'm only happy with the E-1 because I have other options. Between the
> OM system and now the DMC-L1, I have a fighting chance of actually
> fulfilling certain requirements which the E-1 totally stinks at. What
> the E-1 does well, it does VERY well. An argument can be made that the
> E-1 is actually still superior in a couple areas to the E-5. I didn't
> buy the E-3 for very specific reasons and the E-5 still suffers those
> same reasons.
>
> You can tell Olympus punted on this one. They fixed a couple of items
> with the E-30, but promptly regurgitated the same-old-same-old of the
> E-3 on the E-5. Stunning!
>
> We've talked about going to Canon for over ten years now and it's
> finally getting time. Will it be 2020? Doubtful that it will be THAT
> long. I have two FourThirds cameras and one FourThirds lens. I'll get
> rid of both and get the 5Dmk3 when the time comes. A second-hand 7D
> would address the backup issues for a while. Time frame? Not before
> the 5Dmk3. When I jump, it will be to the latest/greatest. Of course,
> all this is budget permitting.
>
> I'd really like to go Leica, but that doesn't even seem remotely
> possible for several reasons.
>
> AG
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