Living with my E-P3...

Had a little camera envy tonight. Photographed and event my wife organized for the local EDC. Got to meet Newt Gingrich, photographed the round table discussion, etc. Some regional press guys were there with their big rigs, and I felt that old tug to go drop a couple of grand on a new DSLR. But then toward the end, I could tell Newt was about to give his closing remarks, so I pushed that little red button and recorded his comments! Then I got home and picked a quick image to send to a few EDC officials. I think the E-P3 held its own, AND the video was a HUGE hit with the EDC. I think I'll keep it... and the couple of grand.

 

I haven't spent any time on it at all other than to quickly crop and post. They were under stage lighting with red, white and blue spots through them and onto the curtain behind them. Plus... we're in Florida, so the local officials DO have a bit more color. The gentleman on our right is an avid outdoorsman. So you have a little bit of everything going on here. Newt had a white shirt on though, so balancing the final version eventually shouldn't be too hard.

 

I'll probably work on the highlights a bit, especially the top of Newt's head, but leave the color alone for the most part.

I get Mitt Romney on Friday, Rick Santorum on Saturday. Fun stuff!

 

BTW, Newt was shot at ISO800.

 

Before I bought the E-P3 (already having the E-PL2), I considered replacing the Nikon D300s I'd sold when I jumped ship. The appropriate replacement now would have been a D7000, a very nice camera. Maybe another D300s, but for features, the D7000 is better. It just felt like I'd been down that road before. Mirrorless or m4/3 is more interesting technology lately, and it hasn't let me down image-wise.