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<p>Patrick, this ebook is PERFECT! I just picked up Photoshop CS5 so I'll be buying her updated version once it's out but for now, the CS4 book is already a lot to digest. Good stuff, thanks for the pointer. </p>

<p>Not sure if this is too late for you but I've shot at Space4shoots and it's a small studio in the Village. Best of all, it's cheap. You can rent half the studio for $20/hour! Nicholas is a good guy too.<br>

http://space4shoots.com/blog/?page_id=125</p>

<p>So many good tips here! This is only my second Fashion Week but you're right, if you love it, you just can't get enough. Presentations are definitely tougher especially because of the variable lighting situations, the occasional tight shooting areas and sometimes having a line behind you wanting to see the presentation. Carry along a wide angle lens if you end up with a presentation that even the 24-70 might not cover. Also for the runway shows, you'll want to have a high speed memory card just so it can keep up with you. </p>

<p>And don't forget to eat! Take along a few energy bars, sometimes you can even trade them for a better spot if someone forgot to eat.</p>

<p>There's a rumor going around dpreview that Canon is working on a G10 replacement with an APS-C sensor but a non removable lens. Photokina 2010 at the earliest. I'd bet price to be about $600.</p>

<p>Even 6400 is pretty usable. Albeit this was in super bright Times Square and using monotone, but for night time street use, it's very good. F8 1/50 sec. RAW from the camera and converted to JPG in Olympus Master.</p>

<p>I like it a lot.</p><div></div>

<p>Yep, that's the goals I've got for this camera. I've been yearning for an M8 or even a Bessa but got this as a sort of bridge-still offering autofocus and P&S so it can replace my LX2 but with the ability to use M lenses so I can get my feet wet there as well.</p>

 

<p>You're right, I hadn't even considered that. But this was originally one of my primary concerns with going to an LCD based framing/focusing solution. It's made worse with the Art filter on as that slows response ever so slightly. However I think a significant portion of this is the autofocus being too slow.</p>

<p>Thought this was a perfect example of the slow shutter release time on the E-P1. I snapped the shutter as the cab was entering the frame, it took the actual pic as it was exiting the frame. Not a complaint...yet. Just more of an observation. I know it's not an SLR and the kit lens lives up to its kit lens tradition; I'll be replacing it as soon as I find something suitable. (Probably not going for the 17/2.8, for one thing it's still slow, and I want a mechanical focus mechanism please Olympus!) I'll also probably end up switching to mode 3 and pre-focusing instead when doing street stuff. What do you guys think? Have you found this to be an issue?<br>

Anyway, I was just playing with the camera on the walk home and figured the Film Grain setting and ISO 1600/3200 would go hand in hand with NYC streets at night. Here's a few more:</p>

<p>http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjabido/sets/72157621417606116/</p>

<p>Overall, I love the camera. Got it for more discrete street shooting to replace my LX2. Panny lost out since I could never find the LX3 in stock. So far it's definitely attracted less attention than a huge black Canon SLR.</p><div></div>

<p>Bought it yesterday! Wasn't too worried about the lack of a viewfinder, as it's replacing my LX2 (never could find the LX3 in stock, too bad for Panasonic) which doesn't have a viewfinder either. I was worried about whether the LCD would be responsive enough or have a slight lag that I've seen in lower end P&Ss. I was very glad to see that wasn't the case. </p>

<p>Also, personally, I don't see the point of an EVF since it would still have the same limitations of an LCD for me, the biggest minus being absolutely poor low light performance. </p>

<p>In any case, I am absolutely in love with the camera. Slightly disappointed with the lens, especially the electronic manual focus, but I guess this is what allowed them to make it so compactable. </p>

<p>Looks like official info and a preview is out:<br>

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/olympus/e_p1-review<br>

Not sure how I feel about this yet. I've been looking at the LX3 but it's hard to find it in stock anywhere. And this will probably push upwards of $700. <br>

And then I've been dying for a compact camera with a real focus ring, but then this is hamstrung with LCD only focus. </p>

<p>Ha! I've taken the same trip as well and amazingly, just like everyone else, upon seeing your lens choices, I'd say 18-55 and 100-300. The 28-80 probably isn't gonna be used much.</p>

<p>Whenever the topic of whether technology will replace or rather displace professional photographers, I like to refer to <a href="http://davidalanharvey.typepad.com/road_trip/2007/04/moving_on.html">this post by David Alan Harvey</a>, the most important quote being:</p>

 

<blockquote>any well educated person can write a grammatically correct sentence, yet few can compose a poem that resonates or write a compelling short story or novel</blockquote>

<p>Photography displaced representational art work and art moved on to Picasso and Pollock. Icons have replaced actual dodging and burning and some of Man Ray's <strong>effects</strong> could be reduced to a Photoshop plugin. Technology will make certain things easier, but authorship will always be a human quality.</p>

 

<p>Post production? Of course it will be made easier. It's been getting easier for the past century.</p>

<p>I for one would like a camera that has a Diane Arbus icon on the dial: puts toy grenades into everyone's hands. The Cartier-Bresson mode re-images a person jumping over a puddle. The Maplethorpe icon strips men down and shoots in black and white. But even then, a human will still be the one making the choice as to which icon to select, and the resulting message that it creates.</p>

<p>On a more realistic note, I can even imagine a system that takes an ultra wide view at say 40mp and then software magically determines the most interesting compositions based on a variety of algorithms, say geometry, color contrast, b&w contrast, etc. then crops it down. Will it make interesting photos? Sure, probably would turn out a few every now and then but as someone else said, it's just following instructions.</p>

<p>Off to go patent that idea now...</p>