Bangkok? !!! Give a hug to my precious little Mona from me would you :-)
You ARE a LUCKY fellow dear Moose.
Enjoy!!!
Amities
Philippe
> Le 27 mars 2019 à 20:29, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> On 3/27/2019 9:34 AM, Michael R. Collins wrote:
>> From my OM days (1976+) through my E-1/E-3 days, my aspect ratio has always
>> been 3:2.
>>
>> But, tired of lugging around an E-3 + 12-60 + 50-200 when out and about,
>> I’ve just sprung for a Panasonic G9 and an Olympus 14-150 f4/5.6 superzoom.
>> (Many thanks for many opinions expressed on this list - spent days sifting
>> through and considering how to resolve conflicting opinions.)
>
> Did I miss this? Don't recall. I swapped my Oly 14-150 for a Panny 14-140 for
> the OIS on GM5 and for Dual IS on G/GX series with IBIS. Can't see anything
> to choose between them optically. Both are soft at closest focus at their
> long ends. Both work very well with an Old Oly "B-Macro H.Q. Converter
> f=40cm" achromatic C-U lens for long working distance macro.
>
>> Thinking that this is The Camera For The Rest Of My Life, though not sure it
>> will last an anticipated 20-30 years. Played with it for a day, like the
>> feel, will get a better idea over the next three weeks in Japan.
>>
>> So... native 4:3, or lose some 200 pixels top and bottom and stay in my
>> comfortable 3:2 world? The camera is happy either way. What have you other
>> 4:3 and Micro 4:3 adopters done?
>
> I'm with Frank on this one. I went from 35 mm film to 3:2 APS-C to 3:2 FF
> digital to 4:3 µ4/3 and never asked myself this question. I always have shot
> using the full film/sensor frame, and chosen format/ratio afterward, to fit
> the subject.
>
> I have, 4:3, 3:2, 4:5, 16:9, their inversions and 1:1 presets in Crop, use
> them all, and occasionally a non standard form. 4:3 is most used, followed
> I'd guess , by 3:2 and 4:5. My motto is NEVER throw away a Raw pixel. :-)
>
>> P.S. Gimmicks like “world time” setting and travel start/end dates. Hardly
>> an earth-shaking feature, but a nice touch; when I land at Haneda it will
>> just be “right”, without me having to think.
>
> Just set that on my GX 9s. Nice, as I "always" forget for the first day or
> two. Seems we'll be in Asia for about the same three weeks? We head for
> Bangkok, on the way to Bhutan, 50 mins. into Sunday.
>
> Have a great trip!
>
> Travelin' Moose
>
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