ZephyrZ33
Mu-43 Top Veteran
A little late in the introduction, but I've grown fond of this site and didn't want to be "One of THOSE" who lurk in a cloud of mystery. :tongue:
How I got into mu-43:
I come from a family of professional photographers so I was introduced to cameras at an early age. When I could barely walk, my folks strapped a neon-orange 110 format camera to my wrist so I could snap ho-hum pictures of my underwear and our stained carpet.
During my gradeschool years, I discovered I had the common x-chromosome inherited mild red-green colorblindness (I failed the "Ishihara color test"). My chilhood esteem was fragile under the weight of criticism from the photo-saavy-color-discrimant relatives.
With a little bit of denial and the urge to rebel, I defected to other hobbies.
Years later, my old man's Olympus OM-4 would beckon from the dusty shelves and I couldn't ignore it. I started to dabble a little bit with film but we were at the dawn of the digital age.
A half a dozen digital P&S's later and I decided DSLR was the next logical step. This idea was delayed for years because I couldn't get over how obtrusive the equipment was. It didn't allow me to enjoy what I was doing.
Fast forward another few years...I'm traveling abroad and one of my best mates hands me his GF-1. "Small, interchangeable lens? Awesome pic quality...what the hell is this?!?"
After a few snaps I was hooked. I went online to research everything and anything about this "micro" format, purchased an EPL1 off of Amazon and here I am.
I haven't had this much fun snapping pictures since that first neon-orange 110. The general sentiment is that Olympus and Panasonic saved the 4/3rd sensor....but it really saved my passion for this hobby.
Cheers!
-Zeph
How I got into mu-43:
I come from a family of professional photographers so I was introduced to cameras at an early age. When I could barely walk, my folks strapped a neon-orange 110 format camera to my wrist so I could snap ho-hum pictures of my underwear and our stained carpet.
During my gradeschool years, I discovered I had the common x-chromosome inherited mild red-green colorblindness (I failed the "Ishihara color test"). My chilhood esteem was fragile under the weight of criticism from the photo-saavy-color-discrimant relatives.
With a little bit of denial and the urge to rebel, I defected to other hobbies.
Years later, my old man's Olympus OM-4 would beckon from the dusty shelves and I couldn't ignore it. I started to dabble a little bit with film but we were at the dawn of the digital age.
A half a dozen digital P&S's later and I decided DSLR was the next logical step. This idea was delayed for years because I couldn't get over how obtrusive the equipment was. It didn't allow me to enjoy what I was doing.
Fast forward another few years...I'm traveling abroad and one of my best mates hands me his GF-1. "Small, interchangeable lens? Awesome pic quality...what the hell is this?!?"
After a few snaps I was hooked. I went online to research everything and anything about this "micro" format, purchased an EPL1 off of Amazon and here I am.
I haven't had this much fun snapping pictures since that first neon-orange 110. The general sentiment is that Olympus and Panasonic saved the 4/3rd sensor....but it really saved my passion for this hobby.
Cheers!
-Zeph