Easy come, easy go ...

[4season]

It's hard to keep enthusiasm in check and stay objective.

Yeah I've been there a few times myself. I don't know about you, Godfrey, but I've realized that I can cook up a justification for buying just about anything and sometimes I even believe it right up to the time I unload it on eBay. :ROTFL:

(He said, as he eyed the Olympus EM10 for it's Color Creator feature)

 

[Godfrey]

Yeah I've been there a few times myself. I don't know about you, Godfrey, but I've realized that I can cook up a justification for buying just about anything and sometimes I even believe it right up to the time I unload it on eBay. :ROTFL:

(He said, as he eyed the Olympus EM10 for it's Color Creator feature)

I try not to believe the justifications and rationalizations anymore. Sometimes I succeed at that. ;-) More and more, I just accept that I like to try different cameras and see what they do.

This has been an interesting cycle. It basically led me back around to pretty much what I already had, although updated with the latest sensor and such. That's revealing something to me.

Anyway, I fitted the Macro-Elmarit 45 onto the E-PL7 today, and the VF-4 EVF. Outfitted like this, in the leather half case, it loses some of that small camera feel and begins to approach the E-M1 in overall size. Doing a very short walk today, with the camera set up this way, I learned a few more nuances of how it works in the hand. And it is good, very good.

What I bought it for is one thing. What it ends up being in use might be something else. It is quite a nice piece of equipment, and if the photos I see out it today are any indication, it holds its own with the E-M1 and Sony A7.

G

 

[Godfrey]

I'm so delighted with the E-PL7 I decided to expand its dedicated lens set a little bit..

I took the rest of the money from returning the FZ1000 and put it towards a couple of compact zooms for it: 14-42/3.5-5.6 EZ and 40-150/4-5.6. So now in addition to my BCL 15 and 9FE, Lumix 14/2.5 + wide converter (shared with the E-M1), I have a zoom range out to 300mm equivalent. All small, light, very carry-able.

Great little camera, a versatile complement to the Leica X and a great camera in its own right.

G