On 12/28/2023 5:04 PM, Steve Goss wrote:
Hi, Y'all-
Thank you for all the responses. Since I get the digest I'll summarize my
replies here.
Iwert-
Used, especially from KEH is fine. Your EOS knowledge can't be any less than mine. Staying with Olympus would be nice.
I do take cameras in some adverse conditions, although in really adverse conditions I use an Olympus TG5.
Super little cameras. I have the TG6, for the RAW files.
in the example album (https://link.shutterfly.com/rJfaeUOwUFb) the typical shots of kayaks were taken while I was
standing in the river. The Thanksgiving shots are what pushed me over the edge. There were just so many that weren't
crisp.
Moose-
I'm fairly sure I have the older version of the 14-54.
Easy enough to tell. On the name plate on the side, there is a"II" after the
fstops.
Chris-
I tried manually focusing the digital lenses a while ago, and found I was worse than autofocus. That especially goes
for the 200mm lens, with it's very shallow depth of field. A lot of my subjects don't sit still.
Greg-
The D1 MkIII and 12-100 sounds promising.
I had an OMD EM-1 Mk II. Excellent camera. But I wanted their magic Bird Focus AF (yes, magic!), so got an OM-1. Between
these two bodies, the menu system was radically changed. Overall, for the better, but confusing for a long term Oly
user. In the field, using two bodies, I found myself tied up in menu collision.
I couldn't switch rapidly from one to the other and change settings. One body worked one way, the other worked another.
I gave up, bought another OM-1 and sold the older model.
The OMD EM-1 Mk III is a modest upgrade to the OMD EM-1 Mk II, and should be excellent (unless you want to shoot birds @
1100 mm eq. - with Pro Mode sequential frames.)
The 12-100 is clearly a great lens, for everyone but me. We just didn't get along. Esp. the closest focus at wide end is
silly and limits its attraction to me. Mike and I swapped this lens and the PLeica 12-60 back and forth in Bhutan. I
preferred the PLeica; Mike and Marnie are still happily shooting a 12-100. 🙂
Lens & Body Blather Moose
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