Out with the old?

When Olympus first announced their new flagship mirrorless camera, the OMD E-M5, my first thought was to preorder one as soon as I could, and I did.  Only after reading more about it and thinking that maybe I should wait until other, more informed people than I post opinions on it should I buy it.  Since then, I’ve not read anything negative about it and finding one to buy is turning out to be a tough challenge.  Maybe I should have kept that preorder after all.

The problem is, I don’t need yet another camera.  The ever marching tides of technology will not cease when I get my hands on this camera. It will be supplanted in mere months by something new from Panasonic or Olympus itself.  Knowing this and seeing how good the files have been looking coming out of my G3 has helped to temper the urge to order the E-M5.  This got me thinking back to when I first started into photography.  My first ‘real’ camera was the venerable Nikon D50.  It was a workhorse that went with me across the country and back.  Looking at some of the pictures is reminding me that essentially any camera in the past 5 years can take an acceptable and even great picture.  Below are some shots from that road trip and my first experience out west.  I need to go back and see more.

Here is a friendly Marmot at the top of one of the mountains in Rocky Mountain National Park.

I’ll close with a shot my buddy took of me while in the Badlands National Park.  Note the great Puma hiking shoes.

I guess the bottom line for this post is that I don’t need to order the new E-M5 and I’ll try and resist the temptation for it, for now.  While it would solve some of the challenges I have with the Panasonic G3, nothing is revolutionary about it.  I’ll keep telling myself that anyway.