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Re: [OM] The Impossible OM Project Recycling switch from film to DSLR

Subject: Re: [OM] The Impossible OM Project Recycling switch from film to DSLR
From: Mark Kronquist <mak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 14:16:52 -0700
Cost savings, fun and funky factor of using OM1 OM3 daily hockey puck built 
cameras vs delicate DSLRs basics cost effectiveness 
On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:51 PM, Sawyer, Edward wrote:

> Aside from novelty, what would the point be? The best part of the OM
> system is/was the lenses, those are easily usable full-frame on Sony,
> Nikon, canon bodies, etc.
> 
> One you hack some kludgy aps-c sensor/back monstrosity onto it, any OM
> body loses whatever form factor that *might* have made it worth
> considering. (small size/ light weight). Not only that but you get the
> crappiness of a crop factor result.   Not that any of the OM bodies are
> really that special to begin with anyway, even when shooting film.
> (aesthetics aside - talking function here.)
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/8/14 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Re: [OM] The Impossible OM Project
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>> Agreed that OTF would be an issue for longer-exposure pictures as well
>> as OTF flash-control. However, for most exposures shorter than 1/60
>> second, OTF gets the majority of the exposure off of the first
>> curtain.
>> 
>> I'm very serious about this.
>> 
>> Ken
> 
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