It's NOT inspiring. That wonderful Sony gear is awesome, but NOT
inspiring to me.
(Eyerolls - does this cat ever proofread posts before hitting send?)
On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> While I've been heavily focused on SONY FF for the past two years, I
> will say that there are times when it's the most joyless photographic
> appliance known to man. My 70-200/4 mk2 is easily the very best
> telephoto-zoom I've ever used, but it's inspiring. the 20-70 is
> extremely useful and handy, but the last thing it does is give you any
> ideas. The 200-600 is in another league, though. THAT lens is reason
> enough to have a Sony FF camera.
>
> I'm not one to usually see the image in my head and then force the
> camera to succumb to my will. My camera is a creative partner. I use
> the camera as a contributing source of inspiration to my vision. This
> is why I still love the Olympus cameras so much because they
> communicate ideas to me that no other camera ever has.
>
> I still have the E-M5 mk2, and got a brand new set of Wasabi batteries
> for it. For all its ills, that camera does something that I haven't
> seen in any other of my cameras. It gives me E-1 color/contrast vibes.
> The E-M1 Mk2 doesn't do it for me. (Side note, my latest/greatest
> GoPro camera actually does a remarkable job of providing that
> familiarity).
>
> I say all of this, because I would really like to get a quality zoom
> in the m43 mount for hiking, and lower-profile travel when I don't
> want to haul the Sony FF around. I've taken the Sony to Australia
> twice and I'm like "can I please have my m43 camera?"
>
> I don't regret buying all the Sony FF camera gear. I DO regret
> carrying it around on a long day.
>
> AG Shnozz
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