marlof

For me, it doesn't. There's a reason why I spent that much money on my Olympus E-system setup. :-) Especially with the E-3, I no longer find resolution a problem, and the quality of the files is usually very good. But there are times when you just know that you'll have to meter the light very carefully to get a good print out of your E-system file, and you'd wish you'd have a bit more headroom in your files like you have with the D3 technology.

And yes, I'm really drawn to the E420 pancake and the tiny zooms, even when my type of picture taking makes me wish they'd be weather sealed. That camera isn't much larger than an M series. There are too many times when even aiming a middle-sized E-3 with 25 1.4 at the people makes them behave differently. The E-3 is about as big a camera as I'd like to carry, and a bit too big to be quite honest. In my experience, shooting with a small camera and lens helps in capturing spontanity. For me, the big size (and weight) was/is the main reason in not going for the otherwise excellent 14-35 f2. Even when I'm tempted and tempted again, since I'd love the extra DOF play you get with a constant f2 over my 2.8-4 12-60...

But in the end, my current setup is good enough to help me capture most of the image I'd like to take. And the quality is that good, that I should spend less on gathering more gadgets, and more on just taking pictures. I think that this will improve ones photography a lot more than yet another camera body or lens.

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Jason Dunn

Heh. You cry then if you saw my D300 + battery grip + 24-70 lens...that's one BIG setup.

Here's my camera in "small" mode:

http://photos.jasondunn.com/gallery/...763_PDoz9-A-LB

Here's my camera in "big" mode:

http://photos.jasondunn.com/gallery/...763_PDoz9-A-LB

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marlof

Add the necessary lens hood, and it's even worse.

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Jason Dunn

Actually, I'm not sure why people think lens hoods are necessary in all situations - I very rarely use mine, and I very, very rarely have any problems with lens flare. I guess if I had more lens flare problems I'd be more inclined to take the hood along...

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marlof

I'm not saying they're necessary in all situations. But lens hoods don't just help with flare, they help with contrast as well due to ambient light. Just take some test shots with a strong light coming in from the side, and shoot with and without the lenshood. Besides flare, take a look at the contrast of the resulting image. Sometimes you hardly notice the difference, but other times you really do. Since a lens hood doesn't hurt image quality, unless you're relying on your pop-up flash, and can really make a difference, my advise would be to use it as much as possible.

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Jason Dunn

Interesting - that's the first I've heard of this, although I admit I've never researched the topic. I'll give it a try the next time I'm shooting!

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