I'll have to post above as too long,complex a thread.
Have to second the motion on the GM-5, 2 lens kit--no right to be such a good
performer at that size. It makes a super "horse cam" kit. The longer zoom is a
tad soft in the corners wide open, but that is a quibble. At speeds above
1/500, one is obligated to use the e-shutter and one loses a stop or so of DR
as the file size is smaller---enables the sensor to be read out in about 1/25
to minimize rolling shutter artifacts. The synch speed is dead slow too of
course.
I don't quite get the attraction of Canyon for digital film as a NEW kit these
days. I do like the Canyon ergonomics quite a bit and using them is second
nature, but the Sunny EVF with focus peaking (or even Techart Pro AF adapter!)
is the cat's meow. The sensor is way better too. Canyon with Magic Lantern
Hack does make a nice video kit though---can have raw zebras and raw histo if
you wish too. I should have just listened to AG when he said just get it over
with and buy the Sunny. I did not like a few issues with it (some fixed like
lossy raw) but it is the only FF digital game in town with so many pluses for
OM Zuiko lenses--only when not mounted on OM of course.
Mike
On 5/9/2016 6:01 PM, DZDub wrote:
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
. . .
And, of course, I can't hand hold an 800 mm FF lens. :-)
I have CF tripod legs but still prefer my extra-large Manfrotto and battery
grips. I mean, what's the difference if you're wedded to a Canon body?
Not much IF have so burdened yourself. :-)
Tripod mount on a large lens is my humble notion of convenience.
My new 100-400 does have a nice tripod mount. I didn't even take it out of the
package until I was running C-U tests. I've not used it at all in the field -
which is rather the point for me. Setting up a tripod for each shot is wildly
different than hand holding. It makes me feel free, and more able to react to
what I see.
LV of any ilk is convenient enough for me.
Wildly different on an ILC than a DSLR - to me. Even tied to a tripod, I hated
the LV exposure process.
I don't really miss that on a 5D. I was
just thinking that it might be time to trade up for some more pretzels.
Diminutive proportions were never the selling point for me about Oly. I
tried the E-4xx series for the size advantage, but even the E-410 with kit
lenses was hard to carry on a motorcycle trip I took five years ago. I was
also hauling tent, camping gear, and clothes to last a week.
Ah, the cameras and lenses for that now exist. I'd go Panny GM5, 12-32 and
35-100. You wouldn't believe how small and light that kit is.
But of course I don't travel by any sort of cycle these days . . . Actually, I
never 'got' motorcycle travel. Riding one brother's demon bike of the time was
fun, but for open air travel, it's a convertible for me. My other brother used
to like to travel on bikes, but I'll bet his Harley hasn't been on the road for
at least five years.
The Zuiko lenses I use the most -- 90/2 and 35-80 -- are really too big for
OM bodies. They match up well with a Canon or an OM with a motor.
I'm back to my theme of ease and freedom. It's native, AF lenses for me. (Even
if only for EXIF. I LOVE knowing where I was and what the camera settings
were!) :-D
I disliked my 90/2 and never had the 35-80, but I do know what you mean about
the larger MF lenses on OMs.
I'm interested in an E-M1 mainly because there won't be an E-7.
Not all that much point, I suppose, if you are going to stay with tripod and MF
lenses. Except perhaps the Focus Stacking. And the E-M5 II adds the rather
amazing HR mode.
Rain Don't Bother Moose
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