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Subject: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:17:46 -0400

Ok you win a magnum guy.

But I did see this:
Majoli acknowledges that most of his photojournalist colleagues think he's
crazy

--------------------
Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:07:04 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
> 
> This guy did, but with an Olympus P&S. I don't know about the Magnum part.
> 
> http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/multi_page.asp?cid=7-6468-7844
> 
> Jeffery
> 
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
>> I don't see them shooting for Magnum going into the war zone of 
>> Afghanistan.
>> 
>> 
>> "In my twenty years long career I've always shot with Olympus cameras." So
>> the guy couldn't afford a Leica and bought an OM-1 and stuck with it. Now
>> it's full frame 24x36. Full frame, as in fill to the edge. Not the finger
>> nail 2x crop. Like Crop Circles. You need high ISO to shoot when the 
>> aliens
>> beam the cows up, which I just had a hamburger last Thursday, a Holstein
>> cow, that's what I call full frame.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Woo Hoo! Ask and you shall receive!
>>> 
>>> http://www.olympus-europa.com/consumer/dslr_top_photographers.htm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 14, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I agree.
>>>> And imagine I meant the E system not number specific.
>>>> 
>>>> Mouth watering looking stuff; if not or the quirkily small format.
>>>> Pro's and serious photogs have their eyes squarely on the 1x crop circle
>>> if
>>>> not larger for main system enclosures.
>>>> 
>>>> --------------------
>>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>> Photography
>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:25:10 -0500
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
>>>>> 
>>>>> Well, The E-5 was just announced, so nobody uses it yet. The specs seem
>>>>> remarkably similar to earlier models, so unless it is the king of
>>>>> low-noise/high ISO, I don't see anyone switching TO it. The top of the
>>> line
>>>>> Olympus lenses are good, and there are enough MP and resolution for pro
>>> use,
>>>>> but it would be tough to draw any pro who is already using Canon or
>>> Nikon.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jeffery
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 14, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Is there a list somewhere of Pro's using the 4/3's E5? Or 4/3's
>>> anything?
>>>>>> Became it will be hard for them to "Bail" if they're not using the
>>> system in
>>>>>> the first place.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --------------------
>>>>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>>>> Photography
>>>>>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
>>>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:52:54 -0700
>>>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Well, it is clear that the E-5 is to satisfy current E owners who 
>>>>>>> want
>>> to
>>>>>>> stay or move up. I suspect a lot of the PRO users may bail though.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> As an owner of the E-3 with two killer lens (the 12-60 and the
>>> 35-100/2), I
>>>>>>> need to think about this. I use the E-3 for event work and it does 
>>>>>>> the
>>> job
>>>>>>> quite well. 10MP is not limiting for me there. So if the E-5 gives
>>> better
>>>>>>> ISO and movie, I can probably sell the E-3 body for $600 and get the
>>> E-5 for
>>>>>>> an additional $1000 and I can stay with the system for a little while
>>>>>>> longer.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj
>>>>>>> <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Philippe,
>>>>>>>> Don't you think this is more interesting? Seems a good deal at the 
>>>>>>>> 1K
>>> price
>>>>>>>> point for a body.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://nikonrumors.com/2010/09/06/recap-3.aspx
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:52 PM, philippe.amard <
>>> philippe.amard at sfr.fr
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> FYI
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>> http://www.43rumors.com/first-two-olympus-e-5-commercials-thanks-noisycamer
>>>>>>>> a/
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ph
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> NO ARCHIVE
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
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Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...)
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