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Re: [OM] Been a while

Subject: Re: [OM] Been a while
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 17:26:39 +1000
Very sorry to hear of your loss Wayne.

As far as camera advice goes, I'm quite happy with my OM-Ds, I suggest you
take a look at some of the macro work being done by some of the list
members.

...Wayne



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Subject: [OM] Been a while

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cumbersome, heavy, and outdated.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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