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Subject: Re: [OM] Early impressions
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 10:39:59 -0600
I let it charge overnight. 


Paul Braun
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On Dec 1, 2012, at 10:13, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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