Oh, there's a shock. It's almost as if Wall Street and the banking industry have too much influence over our politicians.

This micro 4/3 system of cameras is the best. I've been walking around manhattan in a pair of cargo shorts with 3 lenses (17mm 1.8, 75mm 1.8, and a 12-50 3.5-6.3) no camera bag very comfortably. The images are great because the glass is so good. Why didn't I do this sooner?

Wait a sec. Are you saying we shouldn't trust our government?

That's my plan if triathlon ever leaves budget room to get another toy.

/runs off to drool over P3Ks

Which camera is this? I just ordered the new more compact rebel body (SL 1), most compact full featured system DSLR to date. I'm an EOS guy for a long time. We use it a lot for work. SL1 on the left below.

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Trust is a moving target.

I have the Olympus OMD. I have a Nikon SLR. The Olympus is a totally different system made more for travel. More of a cross between a p&s and an slr. Everything is smaller so the sensor size is 1/2 of the size of a DSLR. So the crop factor is doubled (the 17mm lens I used is more like a 35mm for your canon.)

I'm not so sure about your arithmetic on that, the APS-C sensors in most DSLRs require you to add a 1.5+ magnification factor, so the effective focal length of a 50mm lens on my Rebel DSLRs is 75mm (i.e., it would be 50mm on a 35mm film camera or full frame digital SLR, but it's a 75mm on most moderately priced DSLR cameras). You can buy full frame DSLRs that preserve the focal length, but those camera bodies start at about $2K, and the one you want from Canon starts @ $3K+. I'm very happy with the results I get from my APS-C Rebel cameras, ample image quality either our work or my amateur photography hobby pursuits.

i have a rebel as well, really like the light weight body.

Look up micro 4/3 pcad. You will see. These cameras are really small for what they do. Sorta like modern day Leica's. without the Leica price tag

I miss my epl1 greatly. Think I'll grab an epl2 here this week.

Just ordered that scale. I'm sure you're all excited.

Or maybe our corporate overlords?

Clouds rolling in again. Some sprinkles looking like the start of something really wet. Got a good 44 miles in before the weather turned, though.

I did get snubbed by a fred on my ride this morning. Maybe I should start a butt hurt thread about how he didn't wave at me.

You should definitely do that. This place is too quiet today. People must actually be out riding. WTF.

Morning project done. We now have a kiddie table for my boy's bday party this afternoon.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...14296599_o.jpg

:thumb: Awesome - glad to hear you're happy with it, looks like great kit.

A dubious assertion at best.

A dubious assertion at best.

Here ya go.

http://imageshack.us/a/img705/19/butthurtc.jpg

nice. post some pics.

in my daydreaming of doing some motorbike touring, i started coveting the Lumix DMC-LX5. i want to replace my dslr first.

My legs hurt. That is all.

Good job.

There's so many good cameras around now, all that's required is a little patience to keep looking around until you find something that suits you.

Much like shopping for a bike, they're all good, it's just a matter of what features you want.