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  1. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Olympus Pen-F announcement v.soon.

    I think that you meant to say, get a Panasonic body ;).
  2. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 A question for OM-D E-M5 users

    You can assign AE-L to a button and lock the sky exposure first before focusing elsewhere. Conversely you can also assign AF-L to a button as Luke mentioned that allows you to use "back button autofocus" such that a half press of the shutter button is solely to set the exposure. M mode is also a...
  3. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Olympus EM-1

    I don't feel that the E-M1 was that much of an upgrade over the E-M5, and most of the smaller operational refinements made to the E-M1 in comparison to the E-M5 can also be found in any of the other newer and smaller Olympus bodies such as the E-P5, E-M10 and E-M5 II. The most useful that I...
  4. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 GX8 announced. 20.3mp, DFD, 4k video, IBIS works with lens stabilization, dust/water resistant.

    I just wish that my old GH1 had a touchscreen, which was probably the last great technological advance in cameras.
  5. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    Good idea buying a new camera that comes with a warranty, especially when shopping for recnt model Olympus cameras.
  6. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Curioser and curioser . . . when is 24mm NOT 24mm?

    The same angle-of-view is maintained for each of the three common aspect ratios in cameras that have a multi-aspect sensor; the LX100 being one of those. This type of sensor has been used in some but not all Panasonic cameras and is also found in the Canon G1X II. There is an explanation of this...
  7. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    I think that the reason why I kept the E-M5 over the E-P5 was that the Pen was just a bit too pretty. The E-M5 was (still is) my camera for all conditions and all applications, whereas I mostly just babied the E-P5. However, the E-M5 did inherit the strap that I originally bought for the E-P5.
  8. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    I once tried to replace my E-M5 with an E-P5, and I currently have an E-M1 as well. While both of them were/are better cameras, and the E-M1 benefits from having a Panasonic sensor, the E-M5 remains my sentimental favourite.
  9. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    They were all present by the 2013 release of the E-P5 which the first developmental step for Olympus after the E-M5. The E-M5 II will have them and probably a few more as well. The original E-M5 is stuck in the middle whereby it still has great hardware but lacking those small but useful UI...
  10. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    There are some niceties that Olympus has introduced subsequent to the E-M5. Wifi (for remote shutter and image transfer), "0sec" anti-shock setting, ability to replace a mode position with a custom setting, support of touchscreen guesture that allows you to "flick" around an image when it is...
  11. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Olympus E-M10 - The new GF1 !!

    The latest Olympus camera body that I tried the 14mm on was an E-M5, and while it was generally very good there were still some occasions where camera and lens weren't quite co-operating and the focus would hunt. I've had a few Panasonic zoom lenses and the AF of all of them has behaved...
  12. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Olympus E-M10 - The new GF1 !!

    The E-M1 is a very comfortable camera to hold and shoot with, but ultimately I find that I prefer the form of the original E-M5. Even though the size difference probably isn't all that great it just feels much smaller and more discrete.
  13. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 What hood for Oly 45mm f1.8

    A simple "MF" printed on the same ring as the focus distances wouldn't have gone astray on the Olympus lenses with the manual focusing clutch.
  14. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Playing At Night.

    These look great, Jared. Nice combinations of sharp branches again the smeared sky.
  15. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 A question about compatibility

    There are newer Olympus models than the E-M5 but it hasn't been made obsolete by them nor by anything else in it's class, really. I would still recommend it (hardly surprising since I still use one!). I like that the new E-M5 II seems to have a fully articulated screen but to be honest I would...
  16. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 GF1 Still a damn good camera!

    And that would have been one of the simplest cameras that I have ever owned!
  17. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 GF1 Still a damn good camera!

    I kind of want an E-PL1 again.
  18. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Will the real LX100 please stand up?

    The Lightroom license isn't such a big carrot anymore. You get it with an NX3000 for not a lot of money.
  19. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 A question about compatibility

    Good luck with the sale of your Pentax gear. It probably is a more difficult time to be selling right before Christmas but I still see second-hand gear moving and I just sold a lens myself a few days ago. Perhaps be careful if you are selling by auction with less potential bidders around. A...
  20. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 A question about compatibility

    Yes, and yes. The m4/3 standard is based around a common physical lens mount as well as the electronic communication protocol between camera and lens. There is a little more to it than that but that is the basics of it in a nutshell. Olympus had maintained the one hotshoe accessory port on...
  21. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Will the real LX100 please stand up?

    Given how aggressive Panasonic were with keeping the overall size of the camera down, I think that the size of the sensor is too ambitious for the lens as it is. A slighy larger LX100 with a lens benchmarked against the Lumix 12-35mm f2.8 X would have been quite some camera, and even more so if...
  22. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Anyone using the Oly EM_D E-M5 with 40 - 150 f2.8 Pro for nature or Birds

    I'm not sure that I see the economy in adding an E-M5 plus a fairly expensive lens to what I imagine is an already fairly comprehensive birding kit.
  23. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Picked up my Olympus E-PL5 today

    It might have just been a dud.
  24. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 A little post processing magic

    I do worry anytime I see sliders being dragged all the way to 100. It's usually a sign that something's gone wrong with the original image, or that something's about to go wrong. In this video there also seems to be a lot of double-handling happening with respect to the exposure controls i.e...
  25. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Indian Country

    There is an awesome sense of depth to the first image.
  26. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    Some good feedback on the LX100 in amongst some bad. Upgrade system login | XenForo
  27. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    Get yourself a MkI G1X* and you won't have much interest in these new pretenders to the throne. *Yes I also see the irony of the forum software linking to the MkII :smile:
  28. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 G7X - does the larger sensor make up for some lens reach via cropping?

    Even if you were to crop the image of the Canon down to simulate a 200mm equiv lens you would be left with an image that is half the height and half the width of the sensor, which equals one quarter (0.5 x 0.5 = 0.25) of the sensor's area. On a 20mp sensor this leaves you with 5mp, but given...
  29. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Cameralabs detailed review of LX100

    I just have to consider that at present I have a camera that can shoot full resolution raw files at anything up to 10fps, and yet I don't go around machine gunning everything with it. So, am I going to start doing 4K video for the sake of extracting stills? Probably not. I think that in...
  30. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Panasonic LX100!!!! Money is flying from my credit card!

    The same thing happens on every camera that I am aware of which utilizes in-camera lens correction for distortion (usually de-fishing), including interchangeable lens cameras. Apparently it would not do for a camera to be producing images at less than the advertised resolution so they up-res...
  31. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Olympus OM Zuikos - ideal for m4/3 and 4/3 cameras

    Haven't used them in anger for ages, but they are wonderfully constructed lenses. Maybe searching for an NX-OM adapter is not such a bad idea...
  32. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 GAS, again

    I was never totally enamoured by the silver version of the E-M5, but for the reason I find that it suits the E-M10 shape better. The silver finish on the E-M10 also looks a little shinier to me as well, but I might just be imagining it.
  33. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Played with the LX100 today!!

    It could just be that when you zoom all the way in during image review you aren't looking at the full resolution image. The older Panasonic Micro 4/3 cameras did this, although it would be strange if a 2014 model camera did the same.
  34. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    It will cost twice as much.
  35. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    I just heard some shocking news. The LX100... does... not... have... a touchscreen.
  36. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Panasonic LX100!!!! Money is flying from my credit card!

    I couldn't see myself ever using a speedlight flash on a camera this small, so the only accessory I'd be attaching to the hotshoe is the supplied flash. That begs the question then that if the hotshoe had been left off, whether there would have been space available for an on-board flash...
  37. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 No Love for the New Panasonic GM5?

    That is one tiny rear screen, especially for a camera with a native 4:3 aspect ratio.
  38. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    Panasonic still sells the LX7, don't they? The LX100 seems to be a product for a different market.
  39. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    Here's one "I want the LX100" feature: aspect ratio bracketing. From one shutter release the LX100 will save a file in each of the four possible aspect ratios with framelines displayed for each. @ 7min 40sec (approx)
  40. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    I'm guessing that you might use it during playback and for various menu-based setting adjustments, so you're right in that it's not as problematic as the similar dial from the old E-P1/2 to give one example.
  41. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    LOL, well... - Smaller than I'd prefer - Letterbox style rear screen, no tilt or swivel - Prefer multi-function dials over dedicated dials, don't like lens-mounted aperture dials - The rear control ring looks fiddly to operate - Being a Panasonic I have doubts that it will provide a...
  42. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 The official I don't want the LX100 thread

    My list of first world issues with this camera is longer than I expected it to be.
  43. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 GAS, again

    If you're considering the E-M10 and GX7, the E-P5 is second only to the E-M1 in specifications and has come down some in price since it's launch last year.
  44. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 E-M1 vs GX7 Raw file comparison.

    The biggest change that I found in the E-M1 compared to previous micro 4/3 bodies is that Olympus got the (raw) colours right this time around; no more dealing with the hue and saturation of sky blues amongst other things. In fact, if it wasn't for a slightly higher tendency to blow out reds, I...
  45. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 EPL1 vs. the Stylus 1-- A unscientific comparison

    It was a clunky old thing but geez I loved my little E-PL1.
  46. Luckypenguin

    Micro 4/3 Finally got a E-M5..Why did I wait so long!?!!?!

    The problem with OV3 is that it does not show adjustments in real time. It makes it very hard to get the image right when you need to wait so long to see the effects of any changes.
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