> On 24 Nov 2021, at 07:32, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > >> On 24 November 2021 at 04:47 John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: >> >> >> The Olympus rig is only a little lighter than the Pentax; >> while the lens is significantly lighter (even though it's >> f2.8, not f4), the OM-D body is actually quite a bit heavier >> than the K5. (The K3 is heaver than the K5, too, but still >> significantly lighter than the OM-D M1X, even with a grip). > > I was rather curious about this. For decades, Pentax was agreed to be the > lightest and petitest of the major manufacturers, generally without a lack of > facility. I can remember discussions here about it being one of the > attractants. It will be interesting to see if you decide that the saving in > mass was worth the expenditure. > -- > %(
A few months ago I bought a used Panasonic GX8 as a second body alongside my Olympus E-M1 Mk II. It was like new with only about seven hundred shutter clicks, and was about half the price I’d seen advertised elsewhere. It very quickly became the camera I reach for first as it’s much, much smaller, lighter and more simple than the Oly. I subsequently bought some used and cosmetically ugly, but optically sound, Panasonic lenses (12-35/2.8, 35-100/2.8) which are much lighter and easier to handle than the M.Zuiko 12-40/2.8, and a new 50/1.7. I like this kit so much that I’ve bought a second mint GX8, with even fewer shutter clicks (just over 400) than the other one, at an even lower price, and plan to sell the E-M1 and that lens, along with a few other bits of Olympus kit. I realise the GX8 is probably not the camera for someone like John, but for me it’s a really good find. Hello again, by the way. I seem to have gone awol from the PDML for a couple of months, but messages started coming through again yesterday. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
