iedei Posted November 25, 2012 Share #21 Posted November 25, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have an OMD EM5 and an M9 and I must say thebuild quality of the OMD is excellent. It feels like a mini-M9 and is a great backup camera. Images are tack-sharp and it's fun to use. that being said, I have to admit that the menus are a bear. If you have your's set up so that it resembles the simplicity of the M9, would you be willing to share that setup with the less technologically sophisticated of us i.e. me? how does the EM5 feel like a "mini-M9"?....i briefly looked at one last weekend during a trip to Adorama and was sort of underwhelmed by the design as it felt over-designed. i did like the weather sealing....but the camera, if anything, feels like an homage/tribute to older SLRs if anything.....not really Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tonki-M Posted November 25, 2012 Share #22 Posted November 25, 2012 i lost interest at the word 'OOM JPEG' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edesalvo Posted November 25, 2012 Share #23 Posted November 25, 2012 With grip on, it feels remarkebly solid, the workmanship is first rate and the optics from Olympus are tack sharp. True, they ain't Leica but the DR, high iso and fast autofocus make it agreat b/u to the M9 and at night, it gives the Leica a real run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleskin Posted January 17, 2013 Share #24 Posted January 17, 2013 I just got my X Pro 1 M adapter and mounted my F1.0 Noctilux and I am stunned at the quality and how much easier it is to nail focus. A dream come true for me! Perhaps Steve needs to give the X Pro 1 a second chance and write about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted January 17, 2013 Share #25 Posted January 17, 2013 I've had an OMD since before its release and in no way shape or form does it feel or act like a Laica rangefinder body. I shoot with it a lot and it It is a great system but totally different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
macjonny1 Posted January 18, 2013 Share #26 Posted January 18, 2013 The fastest Oly lens is a slow Leica lens in terms of DOF. The 12mm f/2 has the same DOF as a FF 24mm f/4 lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted January 21, 2013 Share #27 Posted January 21, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I keep my EM5 and M9 in the same bag. They seem to get along just fine without throwing silly disparaging comments at each other. The Oly menus are enormous, but reasonably well organised. The NEX menus are much worse. And I do wonder whether Steve Huff takes these comparisons as seriously as some here. They're a bit of light reading. Not everything on the net needs to be deep and meaningful. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashGordonPhotography Posted January 21, 2013 Share #28 Posted January 21, 2013 The fastest Oly lens is a slow Leica lens in terms of DOF. The 12mm f/2 has the same DOF as a FF 24mm f/4 lens. The fastest Olympus lenses would either be the 45mm f1.8 or the 75mm f1.8. There are also native lenses from Voigtlander that are both f0.95. In addition the extra DOF can be very useful sometimes. Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfage Posted January 21, 2013 Share #29 Posted January 21, 2013 Personally, I don't think you should even be able to shoot a jpg with an 8 thousand dollar body. Seriously. Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanzlr Posted January 22, 2013 Share #30 Posted January 22, 2013 Personally, I don't think you should even be able to shoot a jpg with an 8 thousand dollar body. Seriously. Why? Personally, I don't think you should even be able to shoot slides with an 8 thousand dollar body. Seriously. Why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted January 26, 2013 Share #31 Posted January 26, 2013 Personally, I don't think you should even be able to shoot a jpg with an 8 thousand dollar body. Seriously. Why? I've been using the jpegs more and more recently - ideal for quick on the go reviewing of the days work on the ipad. The DNGs are also there for more serious work later back home and it is also possible to process a few of DNGs on the ipad if absolutely needed - it just takes a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted January 26, 2013 Share #32 Posted January 26, 2013 I find the OMD generating excellent quality JPGs provided WB and exposure are correct. Why not? These days I tend to shoot raw +jpg fine. Works for me. I hope the M240 will also be better in this regard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfage Posted January 26, 2013 Share #33 Posted January 26, 2013 I've been using the jpegs more and more recently - ideal for quick on the go reviewing of the days work on the ipad.The DNGs are also there for more serious work later back home and it is also possible to process a few of DNGs on the ipad if absolutely needed - it just takes a long time. I suppose I think about it differently, then. I can't afford to fool around. I went to the Leica Forum Meeting in Arnhem a few weeks ago. I was in Europe for two and a half months. I can't afford to spend five thousand dollars on a photography trip, and fool around with jpgs. I'm sorry if that sounds kind of snooty but I am basically lining out the reality. For $5,000, I have one, maybe two shots at this. I want to come home with images that I can print 24X36 inches and get people to pay me $750 (or more) a piece for them. Again, I apologize. I don't mean to be a snot. This is too much money to pay to play around with cameras. "To hell with the camera. Here's the print. Pay me." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonki-M Posted January 26, 2013 Share #34 Posted January 26, 2013 simple as this: if you cant justify for buying one, then don't get it. it was not meant for you, let it be. Pat yourself on the back for getting your money's worth with whatever gear you choose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenInTime Posted January 26, 2013 Share #35 Posted January 26, 2013 I can't afford to spend five thousand dollars on a photography trip, and fool around with jpgs. I'm sorry if that sounds kind of snooty but I am basically lining out the reality. For $5,000, I have one, maybe two shots at this. I want to come home with images that I can print 24X36 inches and get people to I was not meaning shoot jpegs only but use DNG+jpg. Using the jpegs and ipad as an on location aid to ensure the shot is in the bag - and save carrying the weight of a laptop everywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Muller Posted January 30, 2013 Share #36 Posted January 30, 2013 i have never really understood comparisons like this....i'm guessing MOST cameras in the $500 to $2k range will perform as the OM-D has done. still doesn't really change anything........a 2012 Toyota Corolla can get to the supermarket just as concisely as a a 2012 Audi R8 GT----doesn't mean the experience would be the same! ...thus if I have a better 'experience' , then the end result, in this case the final image, must be better? So to extrapolate, when I use an MM, because my 'experience' is better, so will my images, than for instance with a 'mere' OMD...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 31, 2013 Share #37 Posted January 31, 2013 ...thus if I have a better 'experience' , then the end result, in this case the final image, must be better? So to extrapolate, when I use an MM, because my 'experience' is better, so will my images, than for instance with a 'mere' OMD...? To continue your analogy I would also question whether the pictures would be better. We drive to the supermarket in the Audi R8 (in the spirit intended) and we are likely to get mugged by the speed cameras, we go out with an MM and (according to Leica lore) we get mugged because thieves all read the latest style magazines. Not a great experience in either case. The better experience is with a camera we are comfortable with in the situation we are using it in. The ex-Formula 1 World Champion James Hunt when asked what his favourite car was shocked the interviewer by suggesting his little Austin A35 van was most fun, because at its handling limit he could drive it sideways at 35mph all day long and not get into trouble. So with camera's, and cars, the analogy might be to take a step down in price and status and then all the pressure is off, allowing the owner more fun and less worry about 'investment' and peer pressure. That has got to lead to better photographs, and driving. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anderswi Posted March 25, 2013 Share #38 Posted March 25, 2013 $6996. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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