tdekany Loc: Oregon

In that case, you should join mu-43.com

RobertW Loc: Breezy Point, New York

Indeed happy to see all the fellow Oly users out there! (Although I still use my Leica M and Leica DLux 6 as my "PocketPal") and my
WWII "Gestapo produced" Minox IIIS as my "Spy" camera, Oly is my main choice now. I had to convert from a huge Nikon Kit years ago and was never disappointed with my now extensive Oly Kit!

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

It is my understanding that the older Olympus E-M series had the EVFs set to a slower refresh rate (30fps?) from the factory. One needs to go into the menu and increase the refresh speed. They set the slower speed to save battery power. For me, it is just a lot easier to carry a spare battery or two. I do not like a slow viewfinder. My E-M1 mrII EVF is set for 120fps and can easily shoot for 4 straight hours and still have some battery power left. And I always carry a spare just in case.

alfaman

Another omd1 mk 2 user here. Bought it last year for a trip to Spain/Portugal (24 days). With the 12-40mm F2.8 it never left my hands. The menus take some getting used to but after a while begin to make sense. Still have my Canon 6D but haven't used it since I bought the olympus. The Oly just works for me.

JSimpson

I appreciate your comments; you are most helpful in advancing various discussions about cameras, lens and photography.

I too use an Olympus EM5. I find it to be a superb piece of engineering with easy to follow menus. What interests me is your comment about the Lumix DC-G9 having an easier menu to follow. This interests me (and perhaps others), and I am wondering if you would provide an example.

Thank you.

PierreD

This is not a real flaw, only an optional feature, as the lag can be eliminated thru the Menu/J2 - sleep OFF function. The sleepless mode may drain the battery faster, but I have not tested the extent of the sleep vs. sleepless difference in power consumption. Perhaps someone knows?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

fishone0 Loc: Kingman AZ

I love my Olympus cameras--today I played with my E-PL9--it sure is a fun camera

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

My solution...I keep mine set to sleep after a few minutes, but I always leave it in the on position. , I’ve gotten into the habit that as I bring the camera up to my eye, I hit the shutter button as I grab the camera off my shoulder so that it’s ready to go when it gets to my eye. Works for me.

PierreD

Good suggestion!

jcboy3

You can look at dpreview.com; they have a M43s forum. Although the long threads on there are equivalence arguments.

Also, look at www.biofos.com for settings descriptions. And wrotniak.net.

rb61 Loc: Maple Grove, MN

I also started with an early Olympus DSLR.

I almost quite photography. I am now very happy with an E-M10II. The only feature that would be nice is the Pro Capture feature. The manual is probably an embarrassment to Olympus. I have never seen a 3rd party manual for my camera.

But, I now have acquired a strong contender manual- METZ 58 AF2. A fantastic flash but wow!

papaluv4gd Loc: durham,ct

Use 2 e-m1 bodies and 1 e-m5. love em.They do take some learning,but they do perform beautifully.I don't even have the mark II bodies and I get great results.Happy camper here.

jcboy3

Olympus menus are heirarchical, similar to Nikon.

Panasonic menus are flat, I think similar to Canon.

Personally, I get around much easier in the Nikon/Olympus menu system. But familiarity is a factor.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

I started with the E-M5 (not the mrII version). I bought it three days before going to Ireland and read the manual and used and learned the controls on the nine hour flight to Ireland. The Super Panel is the true key to making the camera somewhat simple to use. This is why I can still get a lot of use out of the E-M1 mrII without having finished reading the manual (it will get read and probably twice). If I had to scroll through the various menus using just the dials, it would be much harder to control the camera. Without the Super Panel, the menus are much harder to master. One still has to use the dials to get into some of the deeper menus. Yes, like Burkphoto says, that will make the Olympus system harder than the Panasonic system to learn. But in exchange for that effort one is rewarded with a camera that can be controled to the Nth degree. And, in my opinion, a camera that has more control than any other camera in any format. The menu is daunting but the rewards are great. The camera is not necessarily for everyone. For people that don't want or need that much challenge, there are the E-M10 mrII, E-M10 mrIII, and the E-M5 mrII.