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birket

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Hi

I'm a new owner of a DP1m (having had a DP1 for a number of years). I thought I'd register here and hope there is a little more 'chat' than on the DPR site (which is often quite stagnant) I have mainly used up until now. With work and weather, I think I've managed just 3 shots on my DP1m thus far!

Cheers
Rich
 
Hi Rich,

Welcome to SC. There is a small band of Merrill users who post, but not exactly a hot bed of activity. I have to admit to not using my DP1M and DP2M nearly enough, I don't do as much landscape work these days but am intending to try them out as walk round cameras. Nothing like as versatile as the interchangable lens cameras that make up the bulk of the posts, but they can produce excellent results given the right subject matter.

Barrie
 
Hi Rich,

Welcome to SC. There is a small band of Merrill users who post, but not exactly a hot bed of activity. I have to admit to not using my DP1M and DP2M nearly enough, I don't do as much landscape work these days but am intending to try them out as walk round cameras. Nothing like as versatile as the interchangable lens cameras that make up the bulk of the posts, but they can produce excellent results given the right subject matter.

Barrie

I have used quite a large array of cameras of the years in a (futile) attempt to find the 'perfect' one for me. More recent cameras include the GF1 and the GX1. I also had the SD15 for a while, but lost faith in the AF ability of the camera. The GF1 and GX1 were 'ok' cameras, but I just felt there was too much stuff in them. Too many options. Too many settings. No viewfinder (not that the DP cameras have these).

Apart from a few film cameras and the occasional quirky 3D camera, I have now reduced my cameras to the DP1m and the X100. Both beautiful photographic tools that make me feel more like a photographer again.
 
Apart from a few film cameras and the occasional quirky 3D camera, I have now reduced my cameras to the DP1m and the X100. Both beautiful photographic tools that make me feel more like a photographer again.

Brave move, although I can see that the "restrictions" imposed by these two, by which I am referring to their focal length capabilities can free up your photography. In the early days of SC we had a great PAD challenge for a month (Single in January), use one camera and one lens only. I choose my G1 and a 12mm Voigtlander (so the equivalent of 24mm) and it was a most enjoyable month to find ways of using this restricted kit.

Barrie
 
Brave move, although I can see that the "restrictions" imposed by these two, by which I am referring to their focal length capabilities can free up your photography. In the early days of SC we had a great PAD challenge for a month (Single in January), use one camera and one lens only. I choose my G1 and a 12mm Voigtlander (so the equivalent of 24mm) and it was a most enjoyable month to find ways of using this restricted kit.

Barrie

Obviously an SLR (which I have had many variants of) gives you a vast array of choice, as with one of the mirrorless options, but my shooting style rarely calls for telephoto lenses or very wide angle shots. I like to try and keep my kit reasonably small (these days). With my interchangeable systems, I was forever taking out every lens I had as I could never make a decision before I left. For example, I had the 20mm pancake lens and the 45mm olympus lens, but I also had a good zoom lens too. I always struggled in choosing between my 'great' 20mm (40mm) lens, my 'excellent' 45mm (90mm) lens or the 'very-good-for-a-zoom' zoom lens.

For me, it isn't really 'brave'. I like the more fixed parameters in which to operate, much as an architect likes a site with constraints in which to design rather than a blank field site with no obvious context.
 
3 shots is all you've managed because the battery ran out.....LOL.

Haha! I'm off to Scotland for a few days tomorrow. The weather looks pretty bad, but hopefully I'll get a few half-decent shots! I only have the 2 supplied batteries at the moment. I ordered a couple of extras, but I don't think they will be with me in time.
 
I'm constantly turning mine off when not is use and manage to get through the day with 2. I just have to remember to wait 2 minutes until after I snap a shot to turn it off, since it takes that long to write the file to the card. :eek:
 
I'm constantly turning mine off when not is use and manage to get through the day with 2. I just have to remember to wait 2 minutes until after I snap a shot to turn it off, since it takes that long to write the file to the card. :eek:

2 minutes? You must have a sloooooooow card. I got hold of one of the 95mb/s cards and it takes around 10 seconds I think. Presumably, even if you turn the camera off mid-save it will not corrupt the file? I need to test that....
 
I was joking. 10 seconds seems like an eternity though. I assume if you turn the camera in the middle of image writing, that it will be corrupt, but maybe the camera will wait until the write is finished before powering down.
 
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