On Sat, Jun 20, 2015, at 04:58 AM, Bruce wrote: > I thought it about time to update you all on my equipment/shooting > changes. The following changes in my life have caused me to alter my > photography somewhat: > 1) Due to aging - near vision causing me to need reading glasses > 2) Last child finishing up soccer - changing my need/desire to shoot > sports on large fields > 3) 2nd daughter becoming an accomplished portrait/wedding photographer > and needing better equipment > 4) My desire to have lightweight, small walk-around camera to keep > with me most of the time. > > To that end, I have done the following: > My daughter has been given my fairly new K-5iis and DA* 16-50 and DA* > 50-135 > I have purchased an Olympus OM-D E-M10 with small kit lens and small > telezoom. Along with that I got an adapter for my remaining Pentax > lenses of which I think the M 50/1.4, Tamron 90/2.8 macro and A > 70-210/4 will see some use. > I still have a K10D and a well used K-5 at my disposal with some lenses > that can be used but don't anticipate much use from them at this point. > > I am happy with the Olympus - the articulating screen allows me to shoot > at waist level with my reading glasses on and the viewfinder fits nicely > above the glasses when shooting that way. The size is great and the > results are plenty good for what I am doing at this time.
I've done much the same - bought the E-M10 but kept my Pentax DSLRs. I mainly got the Olympus as a lightweight travel system and I still use the K-5/K200D/Q, but not as much these days. I recently added an Olympus 75-300mm zoom - the IBIS is outstanding. Being able to hand hold the equivalent of a 600mm lens and get sharp images is something I'm not used to... The E-M10 is the camera I wish the Q had been. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- http://www.fastmail.com - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
