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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 09:28 PM Dec 2013

Got a new (used) camera...

I've been stalking and lusting after the Olympus EM-5 for some time. I like that it's a mirrorless camera with a built-in electronic viewfinder and I like the "noise" that comes out of it at higher ISO's.

This is at 100% and was shot at ISO 1250 1/60 at f/2.8


This I took on the Metro yesterday


The "noise" reminds me of a fine grain from cheap film (which I happen to like). I plan to get 3 fast primes for the camera... I don't know if I'll get rid of my DSLR but I may use it a lot less and when I go on my abandonment adventures, I'll have much less equipment to lug around.

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Got a new (used) camera... (Original Post) justiceischeap Dec 2013 OP
Sweet! flamin lib Dec 2013 #1

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
1. Sweet!
Fri Dec 13, 2013, 10:56 AM
Dec 2013

I bought the 15mm f8 lenscap lens for walk-around pics. Real old school technology; manual focus, fixed apreture with a detent at the hyperfocal point. In effect it converts the M5 into an XA2 but for $50 I couldn't resist.

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