So sorry to hear your news Wayne.
Not much good at advice on a new camera - bought my wife an OMDE10 thingy
but I still prefer the viewfinder (and other things) on my Nik DSLR.
Kind regards
jez
On 26 May 2018 at 15:48, WayneS <om3ti@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have on and off monitored this list. My life has been rather hectic the
> last few years and photography has not been much of a priority. I have
> tried to keep up with the list, but have not participated much.
>
> On the sad side, my wife, age 61, died suddenly in her sleep in
> Massachusetts while I was in Arizona. The endodontist did not inform her
> that a root canal infection can attack the heart. The endodontist could
> have prevented my wife's death with proper advice.
>
> In the last year I lost over 20 lbs just getting my house in Hopkinton MA
> onto the market, then it sold quickly and it was a race to pack up uBoxes
> to ship and get out of the house. We also rented a house in MA so my wife
> could continue to see her clients there.
>
> She died March 31 and after more stress and getting out of the rental
> house in MA, I am back in AZ, where we had plans to retire and enjoy life.
> Now it is empty. (note: I highly recommend that you keep your spouse on all
> your bank accounts. Otherwise they get frozen until probate authorizes you.)
>
> I have not done much photography for a while, and I find my Canon 5d
> cumbersome, heavy, and outdated. I'm looking for some advice on how to
> upgrade. Ken's post (Test Driving) inclines me toward a Sony A7 III, but
> not sure on the lenses. I do have a Sony alpha 6000 but don't have good
> telephoto or macro for it.
>
> I sorely miss the feel and control of the OM4-Ti and lenses, especially
> the multi-spot metering. With auto everything, new cameras and the alpha
> 6000 is not too conducive to control, or at least I have not put much
> effort into figuring it all out. My main interests are in macro and low
> light capability, which is what brought me to the OM's a long time ago.
>
> I resisted EVF for some time, but in the interest of compact, they are a
> lot better these days. Not sure how easy it is to judge DOF though.
>
> Any thoughts would be welcome.
>
> Wayne S
>
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