Hello from sunny Spain

Bear · #1 01-05-10

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum but there are some of you there who will recognise the name from Four Thirds User.

I'm Kenton, better known as Bear to some, an ex-pat Englishman living and working in southern Spain.

Looking forward to connecting with old friends and making some new ones !

cheers

Graham_of_Rainham · #2 01-05-10

Hi Kenton (aka Bear)

Welcome:

Glad to see you found your way here. Now you liven up the lives of even more folk.

Bear · #3 01-05-10

cheers Graham - not sure about livening up people's lives though

David M · #4 01-05-10

Hey Bear...

Bear · #5 01-05-10

hola David

mike_j · #6 01-05-10

Hi Bear,

New home now you have Nikon gear? Anyway, nice to see you, it's a bit quiet here sometimes compared with 4/3.

Bear · #7 01-05-10

Let's see if we can liven it up a bit then ! Nikon gear won't arrive until Monday when I shall retire to the office with the manual to emerge sometime later ! Could be a steep learning curve I reckon and I've got a job to do next Friday !

Pops · #8 01-05-10

Hi Bear. Nice to meetya

Stephen · #9 02-05-10

Hi Bear, and welcome to the DPNow forum, good to see you here.

I must have missed the story about getting Nikon gear, have you jumped ship? I always thought you were a staunch Oly user. Care to share your reasons for the change

Bear · #10 02-05-10

Stephen - I've never really been a staunch anything, it has always been more of a case of love the one you're with for me. I bought into the E-system a few years ago when Kyocera stopped developing the Contax brand and it proved to be a dead end. I have never regretted it for a moment and my Olympus kit has always delivered what I needed. The thing is that my needs have changed and I can no longer get what I need from Olympus. Over the last nine months I have become heavily involved with the club music scene on the coast and I find that I need better high ISO performance. I have resisted change for a while but as time passes my need grows more urgent and Olympus don't seem to be investing much in the E-system at the moment. This has led me to buy a Nikon D3s for my commercial work. It is highly likely that I will continue to be an Olympus user, probably with an E-PL1 but 4/3rds cannot deliver for me right now and I have decided not to wait any longer. My decision is less to do with brands and more to do with my changed circumstances.