In praise of the OM-D

Little jewel is the phrase that often springs to mind for me too Louis. There really is very little wrong with it. Oly must have been beavering away on it for some time while knocking out Pens with minor upgrades. The grip allows great flexibility, and is built with SLHD-2 quality rather than the grotty HLD-4. I still use my ZD 7-14, and the full grip helps a lot with that chunky old beast. I use the 12-35 most with the landscape grip, but just got the 45 f1.8, and may well lose the grip when using that sometimes.

Strangely, the OM-D made me appreciate my E-5 more. Different beasts altogether, but it still has its place. I'm mostly pretty impressed with the OM-D EVF, but when shooting light through autumn leaves recently alongside the E-5, the OVF still shows the fine details and quality of light better. The blinkies in the EVF are invaluable too though. Let's hope the coming hybrid gives us the best of both.

Bruce

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