On 22 Nov 2020, at 02:34, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > […] > I know that there are a few folks on this list that also have u4/3 systems > I’m curious about the most cost effective u4/3 body that handles like a real > camera, and how much it would set me back. I expect that it would be > something used to keep an eye out for in the usual places. It’s not that I > have the money for one, but it’s generally better to start looking sooner > rather than later. > > My impression is that the OMDs are some of the nicer ones to use.
I have an OMD E-M1 MkII and several lenses. The whole system is very good indeed and I like the cameras and lenses a lot. I haven’t taken the E-M1 on a multi-day bike tour yet, but I did make my E3 (4/3rds but not micro 4/3rds) on a couple of trips to France a few years ago in a Domke F5 strapped to the handlebars. That worked quite well but the camera and lens were a bit bulky, and the bag is not meant to be strapped to a bike and I wore a hole in it. I’ve been carrying the E-M1 on day trips in a Crumpler insert inside a proper handlebar bag (https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/luggage/gilles-berthoud-handlebar-bag-gb905-black-53-litre/) which also fits other bits and pieces such as my wallet, phone, glasses, map and compass, sandwich and so on. This works well. This set-up will take the body and my 12-40/2.8 lens, but that combo is quite bulky so I bought a pancake zoom (https://www.olympus.co.uk/site/en/c/lenses/om_d_pen_lenses/m_zuiko/m_zuiko_digital_14_42mm_13556_ez/index.html), which is not too bad for on-the-bike use, but on a long multi-day trip I’d pack a proper lens as well. To reduce bulk further, and to get to your question, I’ve been thinking of getting one of the less SLR-like bodies and the choice seems to me to between the rangefinder-like Olympus Pen-F and the Panasonic GX8 or GX9, which all have viewfinders rather just squint at the screen on the back. However, the Pen-F is discontinued and still rather pricey; the others are also quite pricey, even used, so I’m not sure I want to go there now that I’ve stopped working. If I pursue this idea of bulking down I might look at something else altogether. I have used my Fuji X20 a lot, but the viewfinder is too small and picture quality could be better; it has also found its way apparently irretrievably into somebody’s handbag. But something small, robust with a decent VF, good picture quality, manual settings, RAW, and a zoom range of about 25-100mm 35mm-equivalent would be a winner. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
