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Re: [OM] Early impressions

Subject: Re: [OM] Early impressions
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:13:06 -0500
Thanks for the quick feedback.  Good luck on your trip.  Don't forget to 
charge that battery some more.

Chuck Norcutt


On 12/1/2012 10:55 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
> I charged the battery for 15 min last night then headed out to the model
> railroad club I belong to.  Brought the new toy along.
>
> I got about a dozen shots off before the battery died - pretty much all
> of the settings were straight out of the box.
>
> There was a string of freight cars sitting on the helix (a spiral track
> used to bring a train from one level of the layout to the next). So,
> they were sitting in shadows in a room with questionable fluorescent
> lighting (we're still under construction).  I actually got a usable
> shot.  The IS kept the lettering sharp, and I was amazed at how well the
> cars showed up.  Just....wow.
>
> I spent some time this morning setting up dpreviews' recommended
> baseline settings.  We're about to head out to Indy in a little for our
> niece's wedding, so I'll leave the E-1 home and bring the new kid (I'm
> not shooting the wedding - these will just be family photos).  I'd do
> some outdoor stuff along the way, but we also have my wife's 93-year-old
> mother in the car with us, so that's not an option.  Unless I do some
> quick shots every 30 minutes when we make pit stops....
>
> The body is smaller than my OM's, but not a whole lot.  I definitely
> look forward to the grip base, although I'm really wishing it had a
> shutter release on it.  At some point, I may end up with the battery
> grip.  We'll see.
>
> The off-camera flash cord didn't show up yesterday, so I can't try the
> FL-50 on the Press-T.  I'll have to do that next week.
>
> However, the difference in bulk and weight between the E-M5 and E-1 is
> not insignificant.  I could easily see carrying the E-M5 around my neck
> all day with minimal fatigue, something I can't say about the E-1.
>
> I'll dust off the Flickr account sometime this weekend and publish results.
>
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