[Leica] Sigma DP1 a no show.

[faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)]

Thanks for the tips and ideas.

Funny how no one understands what I mean.
Travelling with an M8 vs a Olympus stylus
are quite different things in my mind and for different purposes.

I guess mostly it is the M8 has to be shoulder strapped and can't really be
pocketed
(unless it is winter and you have big pockets - a collapsible lens helps
too)

cheers,
Eric


On 9/7/07, Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> wrote:
>
> 2007-09-06-12:04:14 Eric Korenman:
> > I adore my M8. But I am not a 'travel photograher'
>
> Um, I'm having trouble understanding this whole thread -- "travel
> photographer" or not, if you have that great, not too bulky caamera
> you're already familiar with using, you wouldn't travel with a nice
> simple setup of the M8 and one lens because... why?
>
> > Just need a 'go anywhere' pocketable to replace what my Yashica T4 used
> to
> > do for me.
> > Hell - I might just take my Dad's T4 and film
>
> Okay, if it needs to be that pocketable, and you don't mind travelling
> with film -- sure, take the borrowed T4, or if you're in the mood for
> shopping, get a nice Olympus Stylus Epic (still available, still under
> $80 at B&H, still a fabulous prime lens for the amazingly-low price).
> The Stylus Epic was always the heir to the T4's throne in my mind -- the
> T4's glass (that was the f/3.5 lens, right?) has classic old-school-lens
> sharper-in-the-center characteristics, while the Olympus's newer
> aspheric glass is a fraction faster at f/2.8 and sharper into the
> corners.  Both pleasing to the eye in their own way.  The Olympus is
> compact and sealed well enough to be light-drizzle-resistant.  I recall
> it got on particularly spectacularly with Fuji Reala.
>
> But as with any new equipment, test before dragging it on a trip and
> counting on it.
>
> -Jeff
>
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