Quote (Solarves @ Oct 7 2010 07:47am)
I use Olympus now ... mostly because the lenses from their kit lenses to their SHG (super high grade) are absolutely phenomenal. In addition, they have the best OOC jpegs which sometimes I need to have a fast turn around in event photography so this works well. I don't shoot high ISO unless I WANT more grain in which case I usually and shooting in B&W (or converting it later) ... (edit: their legacy glass is great too, they have some GREAT primes ... in fact you will sometimes see C/N users using Olympus primes with converters on their cams because they are THAT good, hell you could check out eeeeebay and see some of them are STILL going for $1000's).
But to be honest, I've used Minolta and Nikon as well, along with a few other random brands. I don't really call myself part of any one brand's group. Since the Olympus stuff is a bit smaller in some regards it's more my carry round gear. I am looking at medium format to take over my studio stuff. I had thought about Nikon (or Canon) as well but thought, why move from 4/3's to FF when medium blows that away? For my own personal preferences, the 4/3's is fine and lighter (there are many advantages that I see and FEW disavantages) for everyday shooting and medium format for portrait sessions.
One of the things that I like about Olympus is that their lenses as said, are great. And for the money they are a bargain. Their cameras have been catching up to the greatness of their lenses which is good. I never felt limited in using them personally because I know HOW to use a camera to it's fullest. The PENs look fabulous and the reviews and the friends I have who use them swear by them, no more back aches, very portable and they churn out video and pictures, and have interchangeable lenses. I will likely buy the next model of Pen after the E-5 which will replace the E-3 - which I will have converted to infrared. I'll keep my trusty E-1 for JPEG shooting.
One thing that I think is kinda funny is that the Olympus lenses are made for a higher resolution than is even offered in their cameras. I think they can resolve up to around 20-25mb but its doubtful 4/3's would ever go this high (thank god because the photos already look great in print and on the web and my hard drive space is always limited). I've heard from numerous sources that the high megapickel cameras made by C/N/S have surpassed the resolution of the lenses they offer - this is from the mega pixel peepers (of which I am not). Many of these companies have admitted to the fact that the megapixel war is purely a marketing gimmick. Kinda like computers in a way, there were many computer wars in the early 1990's when they were starting to really get popular and affordable by everyone.
I have people who come to me who know nothing about photography and ask "wow how many megapixels is that?" lol .... People have been conditioned by marketing to think this > everything else. I must comment, what about IQ or DR?? Far more important than how many pixels you can cram into a sensor.
Anyway, I digress. I was not trying to pick a fight but until people have used multiple camera systems they shouldn't close the door because the gearheads and fanboys will burn you to a cross for thinking of going multi (on cameras)....
Ah I am really a rookie compared to you then
So far I have only used Canon and read almost every review I could find about their line up or at least those that I think I may will need one day lol.
Yes I do have heard about those Olympus lenses in a Canon photography forum and it's actually something that I like about Canon I mean you can
use many of those old non-Canon lenses with an adapter on those EOS cameras even Nikon lenses
Wow so are you using digital MF or film? Well there are two things that scare me away from those medium format stuff, one is price and the other is
the size. I am an outdoor person and love the nature and all that so size does matter to me but at the same time I also want high quality gears so
I have to find a balance between these. As for the megapixel war I do see a clear difference when shooting the 10 mpixel 40D and the 15 mpixel
50D at least when using a high performance prime the extra resolution also allows me to crop a lot more and high ISO performance is quite important
to me since it helps freezing the action by using higher shutterspeed and it's something I am not satisfied with the 50D. All the manufacturers have
their weak spots and I believe Canon has at least one and it's a high speed full frame reasonably compact camera with good AF which Nikon has in
their D700. Sigh lol I wish I can print my own money so I can buy the best of each brand
hehe speaking of multi I have seen many Canon users also using the Pen's and they seem to love it because of it's small size and of course much
higher IQ compared to those crappy higher end Canon compacts and there are people out there who shoot both N & C
or those who use Canon
with only Zeiss lenses
hmm about lenses again. I think there are a few Canon lenses that can handle those high density sensor cameras and they are releasing some really
exciting new lenses too. It will be interesting to see how my current 135 f2, 35 f1.4 and 24-70 f2.8 lenses will perform on a 21 mpixel 5D. Otherwise
I think you are totally right. I have seen people complaining about the IQ of their brand new 18 mpixel EOS 7D shooting with a crappy kit lens or any
other low end or mediocre lenses. I think it's pretty smart of Canon to force ppl to buy expensive high performance lenses to get most out of their
new cameras lol. Those bastards!
haha I think Olympus is already at 14+ mpixels with their newly released Cameras and I am sure it will
only go up so one day you may will have to leave the 4/3 format and try to find a compact 1.6 crop or even FF. Maybe a Leica M9
Quote (Antichrist- @ Oct 7 2010 01:21pm)
It's like what, 1/4 stop faster than the Canon version?
and they actually give the Canon lens a higher rating
This post was edited by Futurama on Oct 7 2010 03:49pm