I’ve been blogging three years and the camera above — a Canon PowerShot SD 700 — has been my workhorse. I’ve used this camera nearly every day since I received it as a wedding gift from my sister Cassie in 2007. It’s been a great camera. A classic point and shoot. Easy to slip in and out of a pocket. Six megapixels.
Here are just a few of my favorite pics I shot using my PowerShot…
It’s been a good camera. It’s been a great camera. But it’s five/six years old and I have officially outgrown it. It’s getting to the point where I look like a dinosaur when I whip it out.
After months and months of deliberation, I finally settled on a new camera…
An Olympus E-M5. My first official “real” camera. A bought it upon the recommendation of my dad, a lifelong photographer and serious camera enthusiast.
A couple of my professional photographer friends suggested I buy the Canon 7D, but after weeks of hemming and hawing I opted for the Olympus because it’s a little less expensive, it’s smaller, lighter and therefore easier to transport. It comes with a learning curve but is not crazy intimidating…at least I don’t think (don’t ask me to define white balance and aperture yet). It’s weather sealed so I can shoot in the rain. It comes with a fantastic one size fits all lens. It can shoot macro and far away. It shoots video. It has a touch screen — you touch where on the screen you want it to focus and it takes the picture — that can also flip out for shooting high or low. I also love its retro 1970 styling.
My hope is that the E-M5 opens up a new phase in both my skills as a photographer and the quality of my blog. Though I expect a few bumps along the way.
Join me for the ride, will you?
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You’ll love it. We both use Olympus cameras; my husband is an old-school photographer who knows his way around a camera and expects a lot from it. On the other end of the talent and ability spectrum, I like a simpler approach. It’s also fun to use a camera that looks and sounds like the real thing.
Great choice! My fiancee had its predecessor and we really enjoyed using it. Enough that we replaced it with the OMD… It seems Olympus really listened to feedback and fixed most of the things that were problematic in the earlier versions.
Best of all is how much smaller and cheaper the lenses are compared to the full-sized DSLRs. We have both and I’m often a little jealous of how small his OMD is and how quiet the shutter is.
Definitely play around with the art filters. It’s one of the most fun things about the Olympus cameras. The dramatic tone one makes beautiful pictures especially with clouds and adds a nice border. The others are fun too, and give you some of the same effects as you can do on the iphone or instagram, but with better quality pictures.
Looking forward to seeing some pictures from the farm!
It’s never about the camera. It’s always about the light and a steady hand. My old camera is my old friend. We’ve been through so much together. Sad will be the day when it dies.
Enjoy your new camera adventure! Great blog – love your writing.
Can’t wait to hear your review of it, as I’ve decided that I’m going to ask for a fancy-schmancy camera for Xmas/bday this year. Come on, Santa!
PS. I really REALLY love the newbie picture of June. She looks like a drunk person. Is that rude? I meant it affectionately.
That looks like a great camera! I love how you picked out some of your favorite photos taken with your old camera. My favorite photo that I have ever taken was 8 years ago with my first digital camera – a 3 megapixel Olympus point-and-shoot that took FOUR AA batteries.
Now I use a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3 (hardcore waterproof point-and-shoot camera with optics that can’t be beat) and a Cannon Rebel XSi. Someday when I upgrade my SLR I’ll probably be interested in something like this…
I hope this one has a electric battery recharger. When I was in Africa six years ago, the batteries would go dead with NO warning. I went through dozens of double A batteries. It usually happened just as we spotted a rare animal on safari. Thankfully my husband had a Sony or I would have missed all the great shots while I cursed and looked for batteries.
You made the right choice going micro four thirds.
That, and some of the best primes lenses made today are for available for it.