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Subject: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:25:41 -0400

But a cow is not entirely full of milk; Some of it is hamburgers!"
Jim the Security Guard


--------------------
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 15:01:43 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
> 
> 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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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
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