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O yeah, here's my pre-order confirmation!
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You bet! just have to de-GAS a few gears to fund it
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Positively, but only when it hits street price level
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I don't know, I like it, but won't my APS-C buddies shun me?
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Heck no! I won't be caught dead with a dinky m4/3rd camera
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OMD? Are they coming out with a new album?
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04-12-2012
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04-12-2012
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digitalintrigue is online now
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Originally Posted by mabelsound
Oh you!!!
Still got a pre-order in with Amazon for a black body, but no sign of it yet. I'm hearing that the kits are coming in first?
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Not sure about other dealers, but no bodies received yet, just kits and grips...not even any flashes to get the rebate (but will do some fancy paperwork later.)
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I just received an email from Olympus USA and believe that I'm coming down with the 24hr flu! I may not be able to go to work tomorrow!
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This is unfortunate. But the delivery may help you feel better.  |
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04-12-2012
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ʎlʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝS
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Still waiting to hear from Amazon on my black body only preorder. 43rumors saying USA shipments are happening so I'm assuming (hoping) I'll get mine sometime next week. I didn't go for lens combos, and I completely got out of m43 sometime ago so I need to start over. I hope Leica/Panny 25/1.4 comes back in stock soon...
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Look forward to hearing your thoughts compared to the XP1. Cancelled my OM-D order to get the Fuji. Still questioning the wisdom of that... |
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04-12-2012
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Yes I did. I pre ordered last week. I got the 12-50mm kit. What drew me to buy one was sample shots at dpreview and weather sealing. It's everything m4/3rd shooters have been asking for for a long time. I just hope the dynamic range has improved for past Olys.
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Originally Posted by digitalintrigue
Not sure about other dealers, but no bodies received yet, just kits and grips...not even any flashes to get the rebate (but will do some fancy paperwork later.)
This is unfortunate. But the delivery may help you feel better. |
Hopefully, this isn't a sign that my (attempted) humor is to dry! I believe that the virus is most likely a strain of OLY_EM-5_ARRIVING!
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Hopefully, this isn't a sign that my (attempted) humor is to dry! I believe that the virus is most likely a strain of OLY_EM-5_ARRIVING!
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Haha, yes that is the virus I feared you had contracted. |
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04-12-2012
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Still want to try one of these (though it wouldn't make a lot of sense in addition to the XPro-1), but it seems like Panasonic is in no rush to get more 25/1.4 lenses to dealers.
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04-12-2012
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Listening to rain torrents pouring down for the last few days here in Northern California, I hope Olympus get around to making a weather sealed 17 or 25mm f/2 prime for the E-M5.
Though I suspect by the time the body eventually gets here, the rain will be long forgotten and I will reaching for the sun glasses and ND filters to put on the 25mm DG Summilux.
I hear the 25mm is free of the rattlesnake issues on the E-M5 :-)
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04-13-2012
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i'm still waiting for mine in ny, though my dealer said i should have my chrome kit early next week.
separately, i'm somewhat curious about why everyone seems so in love with the panny 25/1.4 that no one can get, when the imo excellent panny(leica) 20/1.7 is easily obtained. is it just a FL preference, a half stop faster preference, or do folks think the IQ is really so much better?
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04-13-2012
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Too late for unbox
Tiny cam; for size reference, the laptop is a Macbook Air 11"
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Blue and white box?
I would prefer the black and gold of the OM system.
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It seems too good to be true ( there must be noise reduction going on ? ) - DR and SNR of the EM-5 EXCEED those of the Xpro1 even at high ISO !!
From the above : ( specifically http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cam...articleContent )
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It's the weird colour scheme that freaks me. Every time you try to operate one of these weird black controls, which are labeled in black on a black background, a small black light lights up black to let you know you've done it.
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That is quite extraordinary.
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technology marches on! i hope this is the camera that ends the 'm4/3 sensor is too small' nonesense.
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Robert, linky not worky.
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Robert, linky not worky.
I just see a blank flickr space.
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I replaced the link with a pic. |
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"When it comes to dynamic range, the raw file (after conversion to TIFF) results show it produces the highest result so far gained by any compact system camera."
Pretty impressive. There are some differences in the scores between RAW and JPEG
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I am not 100% sure what those colored lines mean in the real world, but I think the E-M5 will produce images that are good enough for me.
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04-13-2012
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There's something off about TechRadar's tests - they seem to think the 5DII has almost two stops more of dynamic range @200 than the D700. I've used both, and I find that somewhat difficult to believe.
That's not to say the OM-D doesn't look to be a stunning camera.
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04-13-2012
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This looks like a great set for travel! Can't wait to see more real life results from it. But the blazing fast AF I saw in the Eric Kim video looked very promising. Near-instant auto-focusing.
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04-13-2012
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It seems that we're struggling to find fault with this new camera so far ... image quality, usability, focusing! Olympus may have got this very, very right.
The Xpro doesn't seem to be having such a free ride which indicates to me that people expect more of that camera than is being delivered. Our initial expectations of the Oly were very conservative by comparison ... everything is a bonus!
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04-13-2012
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AF is lightning quick. The kit lens is quite a bit smaller and slower, however, than the 35/1.4 of the Xpro1, just for comparison. Less mass to move...
Shooting 12fps is amazing, like a little quiet machine gun.
One of the AF settings is pretty cool...focus on the subject, then move the camera to a different view, and the RF will stay locked on that point...I guess it is continuous focus tracking.
The only thing I can really comment on (as caution) is that it is *really* tiny...I think I could get used to it, but some of the buttons are miniscule.
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