tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post4483541539532578212..comments2023-05-26T09:52:30.568-04:00Comments on This Old Blog: How much is that camera in the window?Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-33591662999082902192012-10-01T19:50:00.580-04:002012-10-01T19:50:00.580-04:00Bill, I agree about the Sony/Olympus parallel – in...Bill, I agree about the Sony/Olympus parallel – in fact, when I read <i>"I really keep trying to like Sony"</i> I had to check to make sure it wasn't something I had written. Olympus is at least committed to photography, if not a specific system; with Sony I don't even feel that connection. Interesting cameras, innovative technology, but I'd hesitate to make it my primary photographic system.<br /><br />Wolfgang, people are like that sometimes.Matthew Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-56401622208701877752012-09-30T21:16:02.314-04:002012-09-30T21:16:02.314-04:00Well, first I have to purchase the thing. Right no...Well, first I have to purchase the thing. Right now I'm tied up with travel and a project crunch, so making a purchase won't happen until the end of October. But I am actually looking forward to this.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-33500145949466595692012-09-30T21:13:59.313-04:002012-09-30T21:13:59.313-04:00I really keep trying to like Sony. I really do. Bu...I really keep trying to like Sony. I really do. But when I go and hold one, or look at their funky lens catalog, I'm reminded of Olympus all over again. And that's not a good thing. And Sony owning 11.5% of Olympus doesn't help matters any.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749942763035029635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-11058672816037656242012-09-30T17:00:31.747-04:002012-09-30T17:00:31.747-04:00I did pretty much the same here lately, and as soo...I did pretty much the same here lately, and as soon as you add some lenses, Nikon wins. Yes I'd want one. Can hardly wait to read about your opinions and experiences with that camera. Tho I kind of had the same thing already: the guy who sold me that 50mm Olympus macro went to a D700...Wolfgang Lonienhttp://wolfgang.lonien.de/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12906299.post-82029004641831110922012-09-30T12:00:39.458-04:002012-09-30T12:00:39.458-04:00Adding in Zeiss ZE/ZF primes makes for an interest...Adding in Zeiss ZE/ZF primes makes for an interesting twist.<br /><br />Being manual-focus (and frighteningly expensive) the main point that I'd look for in a Nikon or Canon camera is a replaceable focusing screen. Swapping out the stock screen for a split prism will make manual focus much easier and give you better value from your lenses. But choosing the lenses themselves becomes easy: buy the ZF.2 Nikon-fit lenses with aperture rings, and you can fit them to a Canon camera with the addition of an adapter. Since the lenses are such an investment it would be nice to be able to move between the big two camera brands with ease.<br /><br />The Zeiss-for-Sony are slightly different beasts, though – very good, but their autofocus ties them to the one brand.Matthew Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134787874718415563noreply@blogger.com