<p>I read with interest all the posts in this thread. Interestingly enough, I was just gifted by my father a OLY PEN E-P3 with the 14-42 kit lens...<br>
With that said, I have been thinking of some time of going small, light and portable as I am now chasing around a pair of 2 year olds :-), so the gift was perfect timing.<br>
For the longest time I have always shot Nikon. I like the quality and feel and lens selection. For the last 3+ years I've been shooting a D3s with a bunch of primes and only two zooms...an 80-200 f/2.8 and a f/4 16-35. Everything else f/2.8 to f/1.4 primes. ( life is too short for slow glass )<br>
The last two days have been the first with this little OLY and I like it. Grab it and go. I have a hundred or so pics through it so far, and I gotta tell ya, the IQ is plenty good enough and with only printing 5x7 or an occasional 8 x 10, this MORE than suits my needs for this purpose.<br>
Naturally we're going to concede bokeh, but geez, I've been shooting an 85 f/1.4 and a 135 f/2, WIDE OPEN, for 3 years....you don't get better bokeh than that! <br>
I shot close in and tight with this kit lens and bokeh and IQ was MORE than acceptable. I think putting an f/2.8 on this little camera will blur background plenty good enough for my uses.<br>
I'm confident enough that I'll sell the D3s and the big zoom. I'll keep my primes for the F5 and for a time when I decide a FF Nikon body will suit my shooting habits better than what I need right now.<br>
Stay tuned....</p>
