Sorry to hear about your wife, hope you get your life back on the rails
(that is a Dutch saying, English/ American too?). Photography will
certainly help ;-).
I'm very happy using many OM Zuiko's on my A7/ A7r2. The EVF is fantastic
because of the image magnification with manual focus lenses, and the option
to review your image on a bright day (which renders the back screen quite
useless imho). I don't look to much for DOF myself, just make sure I have
in focus what I want.
Great thing about the modern A7 bodies is their IBIS, what Fuji camera's
lack (except for the newest model, which is close to the A7iii in price;
too close I think, in weight and dimensions as well). So with the A7III you
get stabilisation with every Zuiko you use. It is not as good as Olympus'
latest offering, but far better then nothing.
Third party lens offerings are increasing for Sony too, more then for Fuji
btw.
For low light currently the A7iii is the one to beat it seems, for macro I
would have a serious look in M43. Options like in-camera stacking I find
great to use. And the smaller sensor means you get more magnification out
of your Zuiko's. The IBIS is very good which comes in handy as it gets
darker when you magnify.
Even an older e-m1 has image stacking, for the price of the Sony 90mm macro
you buy one plus the 60mm and have a very capable macro kit. The weight is
even comparable, with 620 g for the Sony 90mm and 685 for the e-m1 + 60mm
2.8 macro ;-).
So why not have both? ;-)
2018-05-26 20:32 GMT+02:00 Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> That is bad news, Wayne, and I’m sorry to hear it. Good luck with putting
> things together again.
>
> Several of us on the List use Fujis and I have a new X-E3 with several
> lenses to accompany my X-T20. I also have a few Zuikos left with which I
> can use my Fuji-OM adapter.
>
> Chris
>
> > 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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