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  • I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

    It's not an Olympus, you see. Panasonic were selling refurbished GM1s on eBay, for £299, complete with the 12-32. I thought it'd make a good platform for my 14 and 20mm lenses (the rattlesnaking is quite bothersome) . It comes with the 12-32.

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    Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

    This forum needs a blood purge - a 'night of the long knives'!

    ;^)

    Jim

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    • #3
      Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

      Hiss. Bo. !
      Ed

      Live life in the slow lane.

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        Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

        But you are still a photographer. To be a real traitor you would need to swap your camera for pencils and a sketch book.
        John

        "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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          Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

          No chance of that happening. When it comes to drawing and painting, I have vision but something goes horribly wrong in the bit between my brain and my fingers.

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            Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

            Do those lenses rattlesnake on all cameras - you could have got an E-PM2 for less than that, albeit body only.
            Most used: EM5i + 12-200mm, In briefcase: E-PM2 + 12-42mmEZ
            Film Kit OM4Ti + Vivitar Series 1 (OM fit ) 28-105mm F/2.8-3.8, Sigma III (OM fit) 75-200mm F/2.8-3.5, Vivitar Series 1 (OM fit) 100-500mm, Zuiko 50mm F/1.2

            Learn something new every day

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              Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

              Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
              But you are still a photographer. To be a real traitor you would need to swap your camera for pencils and a sketch book.
              No: to be a real traitor you would need to park your car and caravan and have a brew up in the middle of a beauty spot right where I want to take a photo.
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              Naughty Nigel


              Difficult is worth doing

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              • #8
                Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                Well, at least it's a u43 camera. Fuji - that would have been a different matter altogether!
                Paul
                Panasonic S1Rii and S5 with a few lenses
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                  Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                  Originally posted by Internaut View Post
                  When it comes to drawing and painting, I have vision but something goes horribly wrong in the bit between my brain and my fingers.
                  I have that problem with my camera.

                  Ron

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                    Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                    Don't worry about it. I also have a Canon!
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                    Naughty Nigel


                    Difficult is worth doing

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                      Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                      Originally posted by Naughty Nigel View Post
                      No: to be a real traitor you would need to park your car and caravan and have a brew up in the middle of a beauty spot right where I want to take a photo.
                      Ah, you've met that family too!
                      John

                      "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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                      • #12
                        Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                        Enjoy it - the 12-32 is no slouch but GM1 plus 20/1.7 is a blast! If Olympus had made the GM1 you'd have bought that one....
                        thephotographersblock.wordpress.com

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                          Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                          Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
                          Ah, you've met that family too!
                          Yes: I also met a family at sunset on the 199 steps at Whitby, where the 'father' decided he wanted to play games with his children right in front of myself and another photographer, both with tripods; and who became rather testy about taking photographs with his children in.

                          His wife repeatedly tried to persuade him to move on, and eventually went off in a huff; but he told her that they had just as much right to be there as everyone else.
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                          Naughty Nigel


                          Difficult is worth doing

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                            Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                            Originally posted by JonSchick View Post
                            Enjoy it - the 12-32 is no slouch but GM1 plus 20/1.7 is a blast! If Olympus had made the GM1 you'd have bought that one....
                            No... but if they had made the GM5 (GM1 with viewfinder instead of flash) I would have done.
                            Most used: EM5i + 12-200mm, In briefcase: E-PM2 + 12-42mmEZ
                            Film Kit OM4Ti + Vivitar Series 1 (OM fit ) 28-105mm F/2.8-3.8, Sigma III (OM fit) 75-200mm F/2.8-3.5, Vivitar Series 1 (OM fit) 100-500mm, Zuiko 50mm F/1.2

                            Learn something new every day

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                              Re: I've bought a new camera. Now I'm a traitor

                              Originally posted by OM USer View Post
                              Do those lenses rattlesnake on all cameras - you could have got an E-PM2 for less than that, albeit body only.
                              Already have an E-PM2. They certainly do on that. Now on a self-imposed eBay ban...

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