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Oops-my mistake.The 055 cx pro3 is 335 after rebate.Either Manfrooto or I need help on model numbers.It says that the 055 pro3 cx is the lighter one.

The 055CX3 looks great.Good height w/o cc raised+excellent raised just a bit..Amazon U.S. has it for $271 after $65 rebate.With the head you mentioned it's just under $400.Will look at one and...

Guidenet-Thanks so much for your detailed and thorough reply.

I have an Olympus OMD EM-5,75-300 Oly is heaviest lens.Can you recommend a sturdy tripod/ballhead combo 4lbs or under.I will do some landscape and time exposures(up to 30 secs).Probably stills...

My OMD had complete shutter breakdown after 50 days.On the bright side Amazon replaced it overnight at no charge.

We all suffer with the truth that quite often"it's never the camera"(within reasonable limits)

Bryan-What it did was to leave the EVF on and would not switch to the LCD even tho auto switch was on.

I figured it was nothing more than the raindrop fooling the sensor into thinking it was my face,hand or whatever was blocking the sensor.Just was mystified due to the subtle effect of a raindrop.

Shooting in a light intermittent rain with camera under jacket till I shot a couple of raindrops made the EVF autoswitch(between LCD+EVF)inoperable.Was mystified until I just wiped any moisture off...

Can't be pretty unique.Just like "dead".Can be almost dead but not very dead.English teacher surfaces.

Agree 100%.I come from the day when zooms were fair/poor.I enjoy the Panny 12-35 for its quality and versatility.There's room in the world for prime only people,zoom people,and whichever...

"Everything you know is wrong"(Firesign Theatre)

I have the 12-50 I got with the kit.I later bought the 12-35 for speed+sharpness.Not disappointed.In my very amateur testing,cropping the 12-35 at 35mm to match the 12-50 at 50 yields little if any...

Wrong year but the Kodak Retinette 1A is my choice for camera of the year.Manual everything.Lean how to take photographs.Low res emphasis on composition+light.I love my OMD #10 art filter like a...

Lighten up dickhead.Any protection against a drop of water sitting on a vulnerable surface(all are-remember water flows downhill?)) is a help.

Unfortunately after a certain price point it's never the camera.Trying to buy your way to great images is futile.

As long as it takes 126 film it's a winner.I'd like to empty my freezer.

I am no expert but my EM-5 sometimes has a mind of its own or so I thought.The settings are in illogical english.The manual is worse than just guessing.I thought I was a smartish kinda guy but my...

Coming soon!I bought one 24 days ago,so once it passes the 30 day return window it can't be long till the price drop.Good luck.I like it.