We went in October, 2012. Dry pants and wooden staff were well worth the $40 and picked up the night before in order to get the first bust the next morning. What a wonderful and beautiful hike!

As an avid hiker, now 74, I gave up my Nikon D800 system and went to the Oly EM1 quite a while ago, then the EM1 MKII. The 12-100 f/4 pro is my walk around lens. I love the system. The image stabilization allows hand held water fall shots at 1/4 sec. Electronic modes as 'live comp' and 'pro capture' yield photos that I simply couldn't capture otherwise. I get extremely sharp 11x14 prints. And the whole system is much lighter than the full frame Nikon system. I'm very happy with the decision to switch to the 4/3 system.

My favorite AA quote: The negative is the score, the print is the performance.

I close the left, top, and right panels (clk the small arrows to the outside of each panel). With 'caps lock' on I rate each photo by typing 1-3, and the screen jumps to the next photo. With the bottom panel still on, I can see where I am in the folder of photo.

First news about the EM 1 X doesn't look good to me. The camera body seems to be a large as a full frame, but still a 4/3. I like the EM 1 mk II for it's small size. Actually I still have my EM 1 original that's even smaller. And I love both of them. After all the responses, I think I'll be able to restrain myself from purchasing the D750 :-)

As an amateur photographer I pay my $10 to Adobe each month and use LR to keep my photos organized, accessible, and well processed. Rarely do I spend less than 5 hours in a week working with LR. If I go to a movie for 2-3 hours, it costs me $10 or more. In terms of entertainment value, $10 to Adobe per month is a good value.

I am currently using the Oly EM 1 mk II which I love. But the great price reduction (and G.A.S.) make the D750 Nikon tempting. The EM 1 has several modes I use often (pro-capture, live composite) and very fine lenses. The cameras are 20 and 24 Megapixels, no great difference. It seems the main advantage of the D750 is low light exposures, i.e. 24 mega receptors spread over a larger sensor means each is larger and captures more light quickly. My question is are there any more advantages to the D750, other than low light, that I'm not aware of?

I like a CLIK with a very nice waist band that transfers most of the weight from the shoulders to the waist, necessary for any distance hiking. It is also just the correct size for most airlines' size limits for carry-on luggage. Check out the Clik Elite CE640BU .

I've not found any "photography" bag as comfortable as a true backpacking bag. I have a Deuter 40+10 that carries all you could want, and a Peak Design CapturePro clip that attaches my mirrorless to the backpack shoulder strap, very convenient. Osprey packs are also very comfortable for longer hikes.

I went from full frame (D800) to M4/3 (olympus em1) because I do a lot of hiking and the camera body and a couple lenses are much much lighter. Also, I rarely print larger than 11x14 inches and the Oly does wonderfully at that enlargement. I recently printed a panorama from the Oly at 18x30 inches and it is perfectly sharp! The only advantage to the full frame, for me, is the ability for a greater crop.

At 72 years old, I do a lot of hiking and traveling. I gave up the Nikon D800 and went to the Olympus EM1 mkII with a 12-100mm for most hikes. It's much lighter, superb optics, wonderful software. I've blown one panorama up to a 3' x1' print and it is impossible to see any lack of sharpness. I have a number of the other Olympus Pro lenses and they are great and light enough to carry along with the 12-100.

With regard to today's post processing, Ansel Adams once said "the negative is the score, the print is the performance."

Best description I've seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfe8QSMS3k4

Durango and Silverton (Colorado) narrow guage:

Very cool! Here's another. This used by Brad Washburn: