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Subject: Re: [OM] E-M1 II [was] IMG: Giving Respect to the Oly E-1]
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 09:04:44 -0400
Change "probably" to "very".

With my OM Zuiko 50/1.4 and my re-discoverd (it was lost) Minolta 58/1.2 and the OM Zuiko 85/2 I don't need any Sony full-frame. I can't imagine why I might need a fast lens of much shorter focal length so I think I'm good.

Chuck Norcutt


On 9/4/2016 1:13 AM, Moose wrote:
On 9/2/2016 8:52 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
But if I actually bought the Sony (PROBABLY unlikely) I wouldn't buy
more than one lens... whatever I thought the E-M1 couldn't do as
well... whatever that might be.  Unlike my Canon 5D the E-M1 is
amazingly easy to use with MF lenses.  I would expect the Sony to be
similar in that respect.

Yup, rather like falling off a log, to OM-D users. Wildly different for
MF glass, and way better, than the 5D. Live view on a big screen, focus
peaking and magnified view make the whole experience far easier and more
palatable. My only complaint is the lack of lens EXIF info. :-)

I only needed help for a couple of things. Getting the magnify to work
properly with MF lenses required a non-obvious couple of Menu settings.
I also looked around for a socket for wired remote. There isn't one.
It's either the generic Sony IR remote or the WiFi app. I bought a $10
IR remote, which works fine, but not from behind the camera. The WiFi
app, while simple, with very limited function on the phone end and it's
own separate settings of some camera things, is stable/solid. Why things
like Raw/JPEG should be set separately, in an different menu on the
camera for WiFi is obscure.

On 9/2/2016 9:18 AM, Frank wrote:
I understand, I have an A7 'dedicated' for legacy glass. I'd like the
IBIS
of the II but I'll wait for the III since I want a silent shutter
(like the
E-M1 has, lovely ;-).

I'm rather liking the A7 for my use. The kind of thing I'm doing really
doesn't need IBIS. Yes, the shutter really startled me; the clack-crash
is wildly louder than any µ4/3 camera I've ever used, even without
silent mode.

I can't imagine going A7, whichever model, as my main system camera. The
OM-Ds are wonderful cameras that fill my regular photography needs well
(as was the GX7, until superseded for me by another E-M5 II). I find it
almost frightening to imagine what a full A7xx kit almost comparable to
my µ4/3 kit might cost and it's size and weight.

I say 'almost comparable', as I understand A7 II IBIS to be less
effective than OM-Ds in general. That of the E-M5 II is spectacular, and
the E-M1 II may be even a bit better. I also say it because of the
limited lens availability. Lots of folks making wide wide to short tele
lenses, but nothing much very long, and fast is really expensive and heavy.

The Sony FE 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 is only half as long as the Oly 75-300mm
F4.8-6.7, and there's nothing even remotely like the PLeica 100-400, nor
likely to be. Anything like the Oly 75/1.8, a fast 150 mm e-mount?

I'd need a porter to carry the eq, of my µ4/3 kit.

Happy at MFT Moose

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