On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 09:27:33AM +0000, Bob Pdml wrote: > > 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.
Hello again, Bob - I was wondering where you had vanished to. Thanks for the recommendation for the GX8 - I'll take a look at that one. I'm anticipating buying a new smaller camera to replace my wife's E-PL1 (while that camera still works just fine, sensor technology has made a few steps forwards since then). I hadn't got round to taking much of a look to see what's out there except seeing what the current E-PL## was; it will probably be 6-12 months before we go anywhere my wife needs a new camera (the hard date is early 2022, when the US National Figure Skating Championships returns to San Jose - the last time that this happened was when she got the E-PL1). But it occurred to me that I might also want to consider whatever we end up buying as an everyday camera just to have with me. -- %(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.
