This board should also have third-party cameras. When it can be done, it will be done.
I figured I'd ramble on about my "small camera" adventure. It's been six months of indecision, and it finally came to an end today. I forced the issue. I was in Tbilisi last week and didn't have a camera besides my phone. Walking around a city with an R1 is.... You know... I was pretty annoyed by not having a camera, so it was time to jump into something.
I shot a couple of rolls with the Mamiya 6, which is excellent, but I'm still slow as heck with that camera. I do love film.
I wanted a small camera with a fast prime. I travel to cities with just one camera and one prime, and that's it. I don't like any of the small Canon cameras at all, and they're not that small once you attach a fast lens to one of them.
I looked at Fuji cameras over and over; Great cameras and lenses, but for whatever irrational reason, I don't like Fuji as a company. It is what it is.
Sony? Never. Panasonic? A couple of them are interesting, Nikon? I gave them a look. I considered the EOS M for about 28 seconds, and then I remembered all the mean things I had said about the series.
The only small camera that didn't feel and look like a "creator" camera and didn't cost a ton was the OM-5. The OM-5 II is 95% identical and twice the price of a used OM-5.
So I traded a pile of stuff I didn't use anymore to MPB, and went with the OM-5 and Zuiko 17 f/1.2 Pro. Where is the 14mm f/1.2? Everyone hates me and my 28mm desires, except for Leica, but I've grown out of that.
A small camera, with a nice lens and roll. ISO, sensor size, DOF... whatever, that wasn't part of the equation. Being built like tanks was on my mind.
I have the R1s to spray and pray, and I love it. There's a time and place for one.
After the trade-ins, the kit cost me 400 bucks. It would have taken forever and been annoying to sell all the Atomos stuff privately.
I'm back in Tbilisi soon, and I'll have a camera!
The Ramble
I figured I'd ramble on about my "small camera" adventure. It's been six months of indecision, and it finally came to an end today. I forced the issue. I was in Tbilisi last week and didn't have a camera besides my phone. Walking around a city with an R1 is.... You know... I was pretty annoyed by not having a camera, so it was time to jump into something.
I shot a couple of rolls with the Mamiya 6, which is excellent, but I'm still slow as heck with that camera. I do love film.
OM Systems
I wanted a small camera with a fast prime. I travel to cities with just one camera and one prime, and that's it. I don't like any of the small Canon cameras at all, and they're not that small once you attach a fast lens to one of them.
I looked at Fuji cameras over and over; Great cameras and lenses, but for whatever irrational reason, I don't like Fuji as a company. It is what it is.
Sony? Never. Panasonic? A couple of them are interesting, Nikon? I gave them a look. I considered the EOS M for about 28 seconds, and then I remembered all the mean things I had said about the series.
The only small camera that didn't feel and look like a "creator" camera and didn't cost a ton was the OM-5. The OM-5 II is 95% identical and twice the price of a used OM-5.
So I traded a pile of stuff I didn't use anymore to MPB, and went with the OM-5 and Zuiko 17 f/1.2 Pro. Where is the 14mm f/1.2? Everyone hates me and my 28mm desires, except for Leica, but I've grown out of that.
Expectations?
A small camera, with a nice lens and roll. ISO, sensor size, DOF... whatever, that wasn't part of the equation. Being built like tanks was on my mind.
I have the R1s to spray and pray, and I love it. There's a time and place for one.
After the trade-ins, the kit cost me 400 bucks. It would have taken forever and been annoying to sell all the Atomos stuff privately.
I'm back in Tbilisi soon, and I'll have a camera!
