I charged the battery for 15 min last night then headed out to the model
railroad club I belong to. Brought the new toy along.
I got about a dozen shots off before the battery died - pretty much all
of the settings were straight out of the box.
There was a string of freight cars sitting on the helix (a spiral track
used to bring a train from one level of the layout to the next). So,
they were sitting in shadows in a room with questionable fluorescent
lighting (we're still under construction). I actually got a usable
shot. The IS kept the lettering sharp, and I was amazed at how well the
cars showed up. Just....wow.
I spent some time this morning setting up dpreviews' recommended
baseline settings. We're about to head out to Indy in a little for our
niece's wedding, so I'll leave the E-1 home and bring the new kid (I'm
not shooting the wedding - these will just be family photos). I'd do
some outdoor stuff along the way, but we also have my wife's 93-year-old
mother in the car with us, so that's not an option. Unless I do some
quick shots every 30 minutes when we make pit stops....
The body is smaller than my OM's, but not a whole lot. I definitely
look forward to the grip base, although I'm really wishing it had a
shutter release on it. At some point, I may end up with the battery
grip. We'll see.
The off-camera flash cord didn't show up yesterday, so I can't try the
FL-50 on the Press-T. I'll have to do that next week.
However, the difference in bulk and weight between the E-M5 and E-1 is
not insignificant. I could easily see carrying the E-M5 around my neck
all day with minimal fatigue, something I can't say about the E-1.
I'll dust off the Flickr account sometime this weekend and publish results.
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Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
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