I agree. Usage is pretty simple and the user's manual is pretty easy to
understand as well. But the basic operation and control of the camera
have been nearly the same since the earliest days of Canon autofocus
film cameras. I've never actually used an E-thingy but trying to
understand the user's manuals and some of the controls puts me off.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/7/2012 8:54 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, May 7, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
>> It's not the weight. A canon 5D is just so... boring/ugly in this era
>> of more exciting options. The Toyota Minivan of cameras. Where's the
>> passion? The excitement? The flair?!
>
> Left behind in misspent youth.
>
>> A 5D goes totally against the grain of the Olympus OM aesthetic, which
>> Ken N. is perhaps the biggest proponent of.
>
> Not really. Quite the opposite. In terms of what counts, photographs,
> the OM aesthetic lives on 1:1. My 5D is constantly in manual mode and
> engagement with it is closest thing in digital photography to using and
> OM-1 that I have experienced. The camera is actually fairly simple and
> basic in operation, too.
>
> People are wired up differently. I get visceral excitement from the 5D,
> and Ken will too once he starts looking at the images on his soon-to-be
> inadequate computer. Mama knows!
>
> Joel W
>
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