And Now.. the End is Near..
My Olympus c5050 will be retired soon after roughly 8 years of service. Bought somewhere in 2000 I believe. It was a shared family camera until about a year or 2 ago when my brother got his own camera. After that there was a time I brought it everywhere I went. Took a couple of thousand photos with it in that short time. Its still in good repair even after the lens assembly has been replaced 3 times (not our fault each time) but I don’t want to use until it spoils so I’ll be replacing it and keeping it as a backup.
With what you ask? I considered for quite a long time (since a couple of months back) between this
this
and this
The GX100 and GRd2 are really really great stuff, they cost about 800-900 each. They are slim and fit into pockets, about have a resolution of about 10mp each. The GRd has a fixed lens though (no zoom) which hopefully would result in better optics and being more tough since less moving parts. The GX 100 doesn’t come with that monstrously ugly viewfinder (optional part) but I’ve heard great things about its quality and stuff. All 3 models are black (notice any pattern? ha..) and generally not so appealing to anyone other than me.. haha. I love the look of all 3.
I settled on the Canon G9. Why? firstly, its cheaper ($600 cos I’m getting from the US. Its $800 here) and can do just as much as the ricohs other than fit into my pocket. Its got a hotshoe for my brother’s flash (550ex), does RAW and is.. well.. a canon. I’m quite sad it has no 4×6 ratio, but it can do 16×9. I’ll just have to crop everything manually if I want any ratio other than a boring 4×3. No swivel LCD too. I guess my sneakyshots have to be less from the hip now.
So there. Its coming back with YX if its in stock so I’ve got like double happiness. hahaha.. If not it’ll just take a while more for me to get it.
May 20th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
yay it’s just 12 more days!!!! ♥
May 20th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Yay! haha..