Jono, do you take reservation numbers for the time you sell it 2-4 weeks later?:angel:... and I have an OMD on order too.
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Jono, do you take reservation numbers for the time you sell it 2-4 weeks later?:angel:... and I have an OMD on order too.
Truth be told I do like the focus peaking, even with AF on. I don't really have to "see" what's going on, the red peaking tells me what's up. But I just can't really wrap myself around the ergos of the system - the lenses are just too big. That is where u4/3 wins I think - balance of design form and function. From the pictures the OM-D knocks it out of the park in that regard.HI Todd
coming from a very similar place here (I also have an A77 together with the M9 stuff). I rather liked the NEX 5n with the viewfinder . . . and the NEX7, but I agree, had more fun with my EP3 in the autumn, and I have an OMD on order too.
I certainly do!Jono, do you take reservation numbers for the time you sell it 2-4 weeks later?:angel:
All the samples from all of the sites show the OM-D to be the best µ4/3 so far and in fact is on par with nearly identical IQ, to the Nex 5n. That said I tend to agree with the OP's philosophy here. GH2 for now and in the next 6 months sell it off for the OM-D. I'm doing the same thing but with my almost brand new GH1 (again for the 4th time now) at around $250 (body only).
Even if the GH3 has slightly better IQ than the OM-D I just don't care. The OM-D looks and feels like a real camera instead of a plastic junker like all of the Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic cameras. Additionally Olympus is a camera company of some repute while Sony and Panasonic I feel are only a half a step removed from Hong Kong style cheap-o electronic manufacturers - Samsung is not even a half a step. I haven't investigated Oly's warrantee and service policies but Panasonic's are just about non-existant - and I guess Sony's and Samsung's would be poor as well.
I can feel good about an Oly camera body! Especially one which includes a few professional features, has IBIS, introduces some new firsts technologically, and reminds me of a few old friends; namely the OM1, OM2, OM10, and the OM4! I've always felt my decision to buy Panasonic was the lesser of the evils - but with good video - after hacking it. Besides a new Leica, the OM-D is my 1st choice from among the current selections - and let's face it; there's just no way I'm willing to pay out what Leica is asking - for an electronic gadget which will meet up with the demon of obsolesce in less than or about 5 years time.
If I were richer I would have gone GH1 -> GH1 -> GH2 -> GH2 -> OM-D!
But as it is I'm quite content to go GH1 -> GH1 -> GH1 -> GH1 -> OM-D!
and maintain a saner less risky budget profile of $550 -> $400 -> $300 -> $250 -> $??? (respectively).
I believe I'm on the waiting list for the grip... If you haven't changed your mind, or find it useful, or I got outbid...I certainly do!
I wanted the OM-D in the first place. My idea was to use the GH2 (which I got for a good price) then switch if the OM-D was decent. Then I did some testing of the GH2. Though it had noticeably better resolution than the G1, because of its lower sensitivity (about 2/3 stop) by the time you equalized the image illumination with the G1 in RAW, the noise levels of both cameras were not far off, at least at 800 ISO which is about as high as I shoot normally.Maybe I've been pre-conditioned to brand new cameras by having owned a D7000 (focus issues) for a week and seeing the Fuji X10 orb debacle?
I was able to pick-up a GH2 and 14-140mm for $1100.00 so now I can wait (though I want the OM) for a month or two and see what the consumers say about the OM when it's released. The GH2 is my first new m4/3rds since I got my G1 a couple years back, though I've used others.
Has anyone tried the Nikkor 200mm If micro on a GHh2... I think it should be great for insects etc., with or without the tilt adaptor.I think the 7-14mm because I have a Schneider 25mm f0.95 CCTV lens that works pretty well on the G1. As for macros, I'm kind of torn. I could get the 45mm, but 'I've owned older 50mm and 100mm macro lenses before and might get a Nikon 105mm (manual focusing of course).
I have the 20mm f1.7, and it is great for indoor shots, including gymnasts doing cartwheels @1/500!Sometimes I wonder if I should give µ4/3 a second chance. Last year I owned the GH2 + 14-140mm system for just some weeks before selling it. I felt that I just could not get decent handheld pictures in the house. The zoom seemed too slow and the high ISO was nowhere what I was used to having with a good Sony APS-C sized sensor.
But then again, it was the darkest time of the year. And it DOES get dark here around 65° North. Also, perhaps I should've given the camera a chance with a 20mm f/1.7 pancake too. Admittedly the video was very fine and I might have use for that today.
I got a GH2 late last year... mainly for the video side of things, which it does very well.I have the 20mm f1.7, and it is great for indoor shots, including gymnasts doing cartwheels @1/500!
The 20mm is too wide for many shots, so I have recently got the Olympus 45mm f1.8... and it seemed to be performing OK in a dark old pub last weekend... I am going to a (95th) birthday party in a pub on Saturday, so I might have another trial.
We are only 52 degrees north, but the small windows of an English pub make for a major challenge for flash-free photography... the gym/dance studios had larger windows.
I use it very often, until recently on G1 and now on the GH2Has anyone tried the Nikkor 200mm If micro on a GHh2... I think it should be great for insects etc., with or without the tilt adapter.
I also have a Leica-made Novoflex 400mm, and a Novoflex 2* converter!I use it very often, until recently on G1 and now on the GH2
Great combination for shooting insects and other things when you need to stay away from them.
I even use it with the TC300, a 2x teleconvertor. Still very good image quality.
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Rafael
I can understand you but I also want wider too. I wouldn't mind having a 20 or 21 that was angled like a 20 or 21 on a FF camera. An maybe not so much just for the width alone but there are some really sweet lenses out there which really shine on a FF. For example I was reading along in a thread at another forum and was really intrigued with the Zx Distagon T* 21mm f/2.8 lens. When I got it here and put it on the camera it seemed pretty wide but it did't really have the same magic I was seeing in other people's shots. So I decided to see how much I was missing out on. After a visit to Wikipedia I came up with this:The 20mm is too wide for many shots, so I have recently got the Olympus 45mm f1.8... and it seemed to be performing OK in a dark old pub last weekend... I am going to a (95th) birthday party in a pub on Saturday, so I might have another trial.
Wide Angle is difficult with sub-miniture.I can understand you but I also want wider too. I wouldn't mind having a 20 or 21 that was angled like a 20 or 21 on a FF camera.
Decades ago cameras were classified by film format size,sub-miniture?
Not sure what you mean but that's a full-sized SUV parked in the parking lot across from my house.