{"id":5677,"date":"2012-08-11T22:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-11T12:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2012-08-11T23:31:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-11T13:31:42","slug":"the-olympus-e-m5-camera-in-western-rural-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=5677","title":{"rendered":"The Olympus E-M5 camera in western rural Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

My holiday in June took me to Ireland and although the weather was too poor for us to consider squeezing in a drive down to the Ring of Kerry, we did make it up to the Connemara region which was a nice treat, even in the stormy conditions.<\/p>\n

\"Connemara<\/a><\/p>\n

I must admit the dynamic range of the Olympus E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera<\/a> has really surprised me – being much better than any digital camera I have ever used, including the Canon 1D Mark III dSLR.<\/p>\n

\"Connemara\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We went for a drive around the Burren region south-east of Galway, but again it was a very wet day and coincided with a bicycle race which did not make it as pleasant as I would have liked – certainly not a relaxing drive through the Irish countryside when one has to keep a close eye out for cyclists on the narrow wet winding roads.<\/p>\n

12th century Corcomroe Abbey said to have been built c1182 for Donal Mor O’Brien, King of Munster. It ceased formerly functioning as an abbey in 1564 (contrast has been increased):<\/p>\n

\"abbey\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Having decided to abort our weekend drive around the Burren, we headed down to Ennis:<\/p>\n

\"Ennis\"<\/a><\/p>\n

More photos on my Flickr set<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My holiday in June took me to Ireland and although the weather was too poor for us to consider squeezing in a drive down to the Ring of Kerry, we did make it up to the Connemara region which was a nice treat, even in the stormy conditions. I must admit the dynamic range of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,181],"tags":[240,18,258,241,14,156],"class_list":["post-5677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-travel-photography","tag-e-m5","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-ireland","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-olympus","tag-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t