Robin Wong/Eric Kim on the Oly OMD for street photography

asaulo1 · #1 March 12th, 2012, 04:08 PM

not sure if this was posted already but here's Robin Wong and Eric Kim talking about the new Olympus OMD-EM5 for street photography....
Review of the Olympus OM-D EM-5 For Street Photography - YouTube

AdamThirtle · #2 March 12th, 2012, 05:54 PM

You have to do a shot of rum every time Erik Kim says 'Leica'

asaulo1 · #3 March 12th, 2012, 06:16 PM

just like the Bridesmaid's cast.... Scorcese... Scorcese....

Jonathan F/2 · #4 March 12th, 2012, 08:50 PM

Eric Kim annoys me, if he ever snapped a shot of me on the street I'd punch him in the face.

Grinch · #5 March 12th, 2012, 09:11 PM

The only bit of interest was the viewfinder fogging other than that,blah,blah,blah. Second review I've heard the fogging mentioned, which has me a little concerned. Did oly rush this for release, and now the cut corner(s) are showing up? I hope it's just an issue with pre-production models. I didn't know about this when I played with one, else I would have asked the rep about it.

grantb · #6 March 12th, 2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan F/2

Eric Kim annoys me, if he ever snapped a shot of me on the street I'd punch him in the face.

LOL apparently you're not the only one. See section 2 "2. If you shot me in the face with a flash, I would punch you in the face"

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napilopez · #7 March 12th, 2012, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grinch

The only bit of interest was the viewfinder fogging other than that,blah,blah,blah. Second review I've heard the fogging mentioned, which has me a little concerned. Did oly rush this for release, and now the cut corner(s) are showing up? I hope it's just an issue with pre-production models. I didn't know about this when I played with one, else I would have asked the rep about it.

Reps have already replied about this issue, stating that it's a pre-release error and that final models won't have this issue. Hopefully not!

Jonathan F/2 · #8 March 12th, 2012, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by grantb

LOL apparently you're not the only one. See section 2 "2. If you shot me in the face with a flash, I would punch you in the face"

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Artistically I like his work. So I'm not hating on that. It's his presence that annoys me. I bump into all sorts of hipster/rangefinder snobs in LA that just grind me the wrong way!

grantb · #9 March 12th, 2012, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan F/2

Artistically I like his work. So I'm not hating on that. It's his presence that annoys me. I bump into all sorts of hipster/rangefinder snobs in LA that just grind me the wrong way!

We agree on that. I can tolerate his "in your face with a smile" style, even though I think it's terribly rude, invasive, unnecessary and often spoils the candid moment.

What I can't stand is his pompus "ethics of street photography" thing. First of all, how presumptuous is it for him of all people to come along out of nowhere and declare ethics standards for street photographers? Next, don't take pictures of homeless people? Don't shoot street performers (but do shoot rentacops, concessioners and other folks on the grind)? Give me a break! That's what's on my street! Like where I live, not where I go on photo safari on the other side of the world, ya dig? I'd like to have him come stand on my street and pick out who's "homeless". He's absolutely mired in the guilt of his bougie privileged existence, and it shows in his work and his words.