Love these big gum trees a couple of blocks from our place. They're growing down the slope so I see them at eye level, which shows their considerable height. This doesn't though as I didn't want any chimneys in it so you lose some trunk:
I finally had time to get outside with the GM1 while it was still daylight. I've saved a few of the unedited photos just to show the quality of the shots it takes. I'm impressed. If I didn't already have a DSLR, I probably wouldn't feel the need to get one now.
I'm impressed. If I didn't already have a DSLR, I probably wouldn't feel the need to get one now.
If I hadn't already spent more than I should have on cameras this year, I think I'd do the same. If you think about it the SLR concept — which was revolutionary in analog photography — isn't at all necessary in digital models. You can either go with the 4/3 format with a screen on the back — like you have — or a coupled electronic rangefinder camera like the Fuji X100T. They're quieter, and lighter than DSLRs.
Really digital photography doesn't require an instrument that looks anything like a traditional camera. Your smart phone doesn't look anything like a Kodak Instamatic for example. But we're in a transitional design stage. The first automobiles looked like horse drawn carriages, so cameras will be designed as if they've got a roll of film in the back for a few more years.
True--the GM1 is so thin that you would never mistake it for a film camera, not even the old 110 Instamatics. When I went out today, I had it hanging on the neckstrap underneath my coat. You couldn't even tell it was there. I think the only reason it is as thick as it is because of the battery.
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