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Subject: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:35:35 -0400

I agree.
And imagine I meant the E system not number specific.

Mouth watering looking stuff; if not or the quirkily small format.
Pro's and serious photogs have their eyes squarely on the 1x crop circle if
not larger for main system enclosures.

--------------------
Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Jefffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:25:10 -0500
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
> 
> Well, The E-5 was just announced, so nobody uses it yet. The specs seem
> remarkably similar to earlier models, so unless it is the king of
> low-noise/high ISO, I don't see anyone switching TO it. The top of the line
> Olympus lenses are good, and there are enough MP and resolution for pro 
> use,
> but it would be tough to draw any pro who is already using Canon or Nikon.
> 
> Jeffery
> 
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> 
>> Is there a list somewhere of Pro's using the 4/3's E5? Or 4/3's anything?
>> Became it will be hard for them to "Bail" if they're not using the system 
>> in
>> the first place.
>> 
>> --------------------
>> Mark William Rabiner
>> Photography
>> mark at rabinergroup.com
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:52:54 -0700
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: E5 - Chilling, and filtered (hopefully)...
>>> 
>>> Well, it is clear that the E-5 is to satisfy current E owners who want to
>>> stay or move up. I suspect a lot of the PRO users may bail though.
>>> 
>>> As an owner of the E-3 with two killer lens (the 12-60 and the 
>>> 35-100/2), I
>>> need to think about this. I use the E-3 for event work and it does the 
>>> job
>>> quite well. 10MP is not limiting for me there. So if the E-5 gives better
>>> ISO and movie, I can probably sell the E-3 body for $600 and get the E-5 
>>> for
>>> an additional $1000 and I can stay with the system for a little while
>>> longer.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj
>>> <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Philippe,
>>>> Don't you think this is more interesting? Seems a good deal at the 1K 
>>>> price
>>>> point for a body.
>>>> 
>>>> http://nikonrumors.com/2010/09/06/recap-3.aspx
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Jayanand
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:52 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at 
>>>> sfr.fr
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> FYI
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> http://www.43rumors.com/first-two-olympus-e-5-commercials-thanks-noisycamer
>>>> a/
>>>>> 
>>>>> ph
>>>>> 
>>>>> NO ARCHIVE
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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