Olympus Micro Four Thirds E-P2

There is a certain excitement using a new camera, testing a new lens or getting to work with new editing software. For others it means stress, pictures that are at first disappointing, a second battery that fails and many more. Personally I have tried many cameras and the excitement is not so much as before, today I rather fall into the stress group when trying a new system.

As you know I decided to let go my G11 and to replace it with the E-P2 from Olympus. At first I was disappointed and I could not help thinking, you made a mistake Siegfried. I then systematically started using it as much as possible, I tried the auto functions, the art filters and also the full manual functions. The more I used it the more it started growing on me and right now I really start enjoying it.

Yes, it is a better camera than the G11, but having said that I have to admit, this statement is only relative. The reason is the E-P2 is a much more complicated camera when compared to the G11. Yes the E-P2 has great auto functions and Olympus really managed to build a good all rounder. The difference is its a full blown SLR type camera plus its extremely powerful. The G11 on the other hand is a advanced compact with RAW file capability. Its good and its user friendly, it takes wonderfully detailed pictures and its a pleasure working with its files. Its limited in functionality and not as complex as a SLR.

The new Website is getting ready.....

I discussed in the forum before, I am working on a new format for the Photography is Fun website. There are several reasons for planning a change. One is I have moved away from Windows and I now mainly use MAC. The other is, today there are so many photo websites that one cannot help asking, what does this site offer that is not already available on the web?

The new site will have a different format altogether plus I will use the web much more extensively than what I did today. The difficult part is, most of the things I plan is new to me also and it is therefore difficult to implement.

The new site will be only a photography website only. I will completely remove camera equipment from the articles and discussions. I am excited to introduce interesting and fun site-rules that will be in support of the new direction the site will take.

Looking at the product pictures one cannot help to enjoy the camera. It will take effort to move away from the typical product discussion and to really focus on what we all here to do with our equipment.

A good example is the video functionality build into new cameras. I visited a well known forum and read a discussion on video. I was amazed at the technical nature of the discussion and could not help asking myself, how many of the experts here use their cameras and video functions regularly.