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Thinking about transferring to a lighter load of camera and equipment and have the Olympus EM1 camera in mind. Does anyone have any views on this particular model. I am particularly interested in Wildlife and Motor Sport photography.

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Ken
 
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Thinking about transferring to a lighter load of camera and equipment and have the Olympus EM1 camera in mind. Does anyone have any views on this particular model. I am particularly interested in Wildlife and Motor Sport photography.

Many thanks

Ken
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Hi Ken

I've had the OM-D E-M1 for a couple of months now and use it as a holiday camera/back-up to my D800E.

Personally, I think it's a fantastic camera. The image quality is as good as the D7000 it replaced, the build quality is superb and the controls are brilliant once you've got them set up for your personal shooting style. I find it more fun to use than the D800E..............in fact more fun than any camera I've owned.

One thing you should bear in mind, no mirrorless camera is going to match the best DSLR autofocus system when it comes to tracking moving subjects. However, the E-M1 is as good as it gets for mirrorless.

I haven't extensively experimented with the focus tracking, it's not something I'd use in the area of photography I'm interested, but overall the focusing is lightening quick.

I read 1,000 reviews and opinions before I commited to buy the E-M1. There are many comparisons between this and the Fuji and Sony equivalents and each have their own pluses and minuses. But for me, the handling was the deciding factor and that's a very personal thing. I'd urge you to handle the camera(s) before you do anything.

I believe the E-M1 is a work of genius and everything about it suits me perfectly, particularly the size. I can get the body and 3 lenses (listed below) in a Billingham Hadley Pro with enough room for a packed lunch, a small bottle of water and 3 batteries without any problem.

The lenses are a 7-14mm f4, 12-40mm f2.8 and a cheap (but excellent) 45-150mm f4-5.6 and performance with all 3 is impressive. Particularly the perfectly matched 12-40mm which is a beautiful lens and is also weather sealed.

I hope that helps

Cheers

Mark
 
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Hi all

Many thanks for all your comments about the EM1. They have been very helpful and impressive.

It's a big decision to make as I would be going from a Nikon D800. Because of advancing years I find the Nikon and lenses too heavy to carry about so I will have to do something really soon.

Once again many thanks

Ken
 
Hi I appreciate what you say about a suitable lens. The one I had in mind is the 50-200(35mm equivalent 100-400) which costs in the region of £1000. It is seemingly a first class lens.
 
It is a superb camera with AF as fast as most DSLRs short of the pro models in the real world use. I personally find face AF incredibly accurate and useful for moving portraits: it's one of those little handovers from compacts that really works on bigger cameras to guarantee eyes in focus regardless of position in the frame. Depth of field is manageable although never wafer thin but subject separation is perfectly possible, especially at short telephoto lengths. The 12-40 is a wonderful lens, and the weathersealing is a blessing in the UK. It's too customisable, and it can initially confuse with all the options available.

It's smaller than a D3100 with kit lens for a 24-80/2.8 and 10fps weathersealed body with a huge RAW buffer, HDR, ISO's printable up to 12800 (I have a photo on a local display for sale mounted 16x12 taken at this ISO) and magnesium shell. The viewfinder is an excellent EVF with a size bigger than many full frame cameras, and the lens choices are the best out there short of the big two (and with the 40-150/2.8 and 300/4 on the way Olympus will have a lens range hard to beat for the money.
 
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