...and other times, they move with almost blinding speed. It seems strange to think of how rapidly my perspective has changed in the past 24 hours.
Just four days ago, I posted an article in reference to sensor sizes, and spent much of it referring to enthusiast compact cameras, and to a lesser degree, SLR's. In the article, I posted links to a number of competing compact cameras that I thought were pretty suitable for transit photography.
I made one tiny side-step reference of a single paragraph to an emerging format called Micro 4/3's but simultaneously expressed some dismissal of the format as being cost prohibitive compared to larger sensor compacts and DSLR's.
Tonight, I eat those words with a well seasoned helping of crow.
I am now a Micro 4/3's Camera Owner, and proud of it.
Yes, I'm a mixed bag of contradictions and reversals. Perhaps it's a Libra thing. More fittingly, and more likely, it's a cost thing.
The Sony RX-100 was growing on me. The fast lens and the large sensor just seemed perfect, but at the same time, I was a bit less enamored at paying upwards of $600 for Sony's toy. As I browsed the internet last night, a bored little voice in my head sent me looking at Craigslist, and that's when I saw it in the Photo-Video section - my next camera.
I am now the owner of an Olympus PEN E-PL2, a 2011 model camera that sports a 1.33" inch sensor, and comes with a 14-42mm lens that should cover most situations. The lens is interchangeable, so I may add a fast "prime" lens as well as an extended zoom.
Considering the camera was $125 compared to over $500 for a new one, it was a complete no-brainer. Reading reviews, there are many others who are developing a fondness with this new format, though I don't know if any adopted it quite as quickly as myself.
I will be sure to try to give this nice, svelte camera a run through its paces tomorrow and report back. Curious to see how this infatuation proceeds.
Meanwhile, keep that crow warm for me!
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