Recent content by ThePrettyDamned

Don't apologise guv, all good here. Love the e-m5 series, I do wish the om5 got the new menu system from the OM1, even if the rest was the same as em1 mark iii.

I'm sure the sensor is the same size, no? I think the internals of the om5 are near enough the same as e-m1 mark iii. Which means it's a very, very capable camera. I miss my e-m1 mark iii :(

If I could afford this, I would. https://studio2cameras.com/products/olympus-om-d-e-m1-mark-iii?_pos=3&_sid=c4b8cbe69&_ss=r I don't know if it's a good shop, mind... Says based in London but perhaps worth ringing.

I know what you mean. I feel that, while it's very important to have a flagship, m43 should be about portable fun. The Pen series is under appreciated, and really needs a new body imo. Most of us don't need the all singing, all dancing om1. I love my ep7. I'd love it quite a bit more if the...

Just had a look around, as you do, and good nick OM-1s are now under £1000. That is absolutely incredible. I know what my next camera will be, just need to save up for a good long while!

Although sadly not the ep7 (sigh) - I may get one for the epl7 though. :)

In hard sunlight, yes... Sadly. And I say that as someone who hardly ever uses it. On Sunday, I missed the evf because it was so sunny. That said, when I did have an evf, I used it perhaps 5 percent of the time. It's really such a personal preference. I may just get an em10 or em5 at some...

If they're the same price, the em10 has an evf. The ep7 I picked up with the kit lens for £550 from OM system, which was considerably less than the om10. So if they're the same price, the em10 is probably the slightly better bet overall, and it's still super small. :) others will have their...

I know it's not in the title, but I'm loving the ep7 and the tiny kit zoom. I have the 12-40mm 2.8 pro, but I wanted to see how the kit zoom performed on the 20mp sensor and it's a blast. Like a compact camera, but m43 sensor. It's not exactly insanely sharp, it doesn't get as close as the pro...

The 9-18mm is a very popular lens, so small for its field of view, and rarely do you need big, fast glass for wide angle shooting. I'd love one - I wish the OM system redo of it was somewhat weather resistant but I think all they did was give it a face-lift.

I should add I know less than nothing about how to make a camera and I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why some of the features (such as live ND) are not present. For one thing, big computing = big heat management. Maybe it's a physical limitation.

Arrived today, had a quick test. It's very good! It's the same sensor and firmware mostly, so I'm quite familiar, but of course in a smaller body you don't get the same stabilisation so live ND is missing (see post above - I loved live ND as well). However, it has some real advantages over...

Never used the wide one, but the 40-150mm R is fabulous. Much better than it has any right to be - I just sold my 40-150mm F4 pro, which is definitely better in most ways (metal, weather sealed, bit sharper, faster etc) but I actually missed the tiny 40-150mm R. So I've got another on the way.

Ibis will work no matter what, but no sync IS ( it relevant on these lenses as not stabilised anyway). The aperture ring, sadly, does not work. A great peeve - I wish panasonic/olympus shared those pieces. However you can change aperture by the camera using the normal methods.

There are not really any lemons in the m43 system. If you want a street prime, just match to the focal length and size you want. Really good ones are: Panasonic 14mm 2.5. Tiny and sharp. 28mm equiv. Panasonic Leica 15mm 1.7 - as above, but better. More light, faster focus, still tiny. 30mm...