Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Sep 4, 2020 21:00:18 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
John from gpwmi wrote:
It has many features that make it good for wildlif... (show quote)
What? The 50mp mode is only for roadkill?!? Do you know how hard it is to knock out an 1800 pound elk with one's bare hands?
Of course, just kidding. The elk wins every time! But everything you have indicated is true. There isn't a perfect camera; only cameras that meets one's needs better than others. For a lot of us, 4/3rds by Olympus and Panasonic are a saving grace. Small, light weigh for the lense range, and not as costly.
Sep 4, 2020 21:23:56 #
ldmarsh wrote:
I know that Olympus is going out of business, at least in Canada. Make sure to check before purchasing.
Olympus has been sold. But they are not going out of business!
Sep 19, 2020 11:06:22 #
I have saved up for one of the Olympus m 4/3 cameras, and will pull the trigger once this pandemic thing is resolved. I really am especially interested in the ProCapture feature mentioned.
Sep 19, 2020 11:31:18 #
OleMe
Loc: Montgomery Co., MD
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I have saved up for one of the Olympus m 4/3 cameras, and will pull the trigger once this pandemic thing is resolved. I really am especially interested in the ProCapture feature mentioned.
Mark,
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Sep 19, 2020 11:40:10 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
I have saved up for one of the Olympus m 4/3 cameras, and will pull the trigger once this pandemic thing is resolved. I really am especially interested in the ProCapture feature mentioned.
ProCapture works really well. It does get taking a little getting use to. Be careful as to how many frame per second you set it for. At 60 fps, you get to sort through lots of frames. Don't set the fps too low such that the frame you want is between frames. But the fps can be set to help limit your editing.
Sep 19, 2020 12:01:13 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
OleMe wrote:
Mark,
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Be sure to use the Super Control Panel for quick changes to the common functions. That is the easiest way to change most of the common functions.
Sep 19, 2020 12:18:48 #
OleMe wrote:
Mark,
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Good advice -- allow time to get familiar with a new camera before taking it on a trip, and Olympus is running some really good sales from time to time now.
Sep 21, 2020 00:37:55 #
OleMe wrote:
Mark,
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Think about buying now or watch for a sale. I bought an OMD-E M-10 Mark III and studied it for days before taking a trip. These cameras are complex and hard to master unless you are already familiar with them. FWIW, the kit lens is very nice when travelling, covering many shooting situations.
Olympus has had some recent sales that have offered great savings. This year they had a sale of three top end lenses and threw in a camera body (E-M1X or E-M1 iii). I got an email from Olympus announcing their flash sale of the E-M1 ii body for $899 vs $1399, but I already had that body. I got my E-M1 ii and 14-150 lens from B&H last year for $1499 in a flash 24 hour sale. I’m hoping for a price drop for their new 100-400 zoom.
If you can wait, similar sales should happen through the end of the year.
Sep 21, 2020 22:38:41 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Gabyto wrote:
Is this camera good for wildlife?. I would really appreciate any information from Olympus owners.
Absolutely! If you are interested in wildlife photography, the lenses I would look at are the 14-150 f4/5.6, 40-150 f4/5.6 mkII, 40-150 f2.8 Pro, 12-100 f4 Pro IS, 12-200 f3.5/6.3, 300 f4 Pro IS, 100-400 f5/6.3 IS, Panasonic 100-400, and the soon to be released 150-400 f4.5 Pro IS with internal 1.25X teleconverter. If you get some of the Pro lenses, also get the 1.4X and 2X teleconverters. More that capable lenses for the same body you and I have. An even better body would be the newer E-M1 mkIII. But the E-M1 mkII with any of the Pro lenses is impressive.
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