I traded the last of my Pentax digital bodies and some lenses two years ago for the OM-D EM II. I have been hanging on to my 3 original limited lenses (31/43/77) hoping that there would be a Pentax body down the line that I would like to use with them. I have pretty much given up and might finally sell them unless some fabulous deal comes along in the next week or so. I love the form factor of the Olympus but the AF doesn't hold a candle to the Canon R6 (which I also have). I don't love the menu systems on either camera. I find the Olympus worse than the Canon for that.
Wendy On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:57 AM John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks to all who contributed their thoughts. > > It looks as though the answer is going to be Olympus. > > A significant factor in that decision is that, as several people > (including my wife) pointed out to me, it doesn't matter how good > your camera is if it's sitting at home because it's too heavy to > carry around (and unfortunately you don't want to leave anything > valuable in your car at many of the tourist spots round here). > > The decision was also influenced by the fact that Olympus kindly > chose to put their top-of-the-line sports & wildlife body - the > OM-D E-M1X - on sale for the next couple of weeks, so that instead > of being $3000 I could get it for less than the cost of a K-3iii. > Of course that's without any lenses ... > > Fortunately I've alread got a couple of Olympus Micro 4/3 lenses > lying around - a 12-40mm and 40-150mm - that I bought some years > ago for my wife (together with an Olympus Pen EPL-1); I've got a > better 40-150 coming along with the body, but I'll be able to use > the 12-40 until I decide what to buy to cover those focal lengths. > > So I guess that, assuming everything goes as planned, at some point > I'll be putting at least some of my Pentax gear up for sale. > (And yes, that *will* include the FA* 250-600/f5.6). > > It will seem strange not to be using a Pentax as my everyday camera; > it's almost 50 years since I bought myself a Spotmatic II along with > a 50mm f1.4 lens, and I've stuck with Pentax ever since. > (MX, ME, ME Super, Super Program, PZ-1p, MZ-S, *ist-D, K10D, K5). > > That doesn't mean you'll be able to kick me off the PDML, though! > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Wendy Beard Carp, Ontario Canada -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
