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You're welcome, John I mainly started this thread because of the awkward mFT/Olympus DSLR forum division, which doesn't make a huge amount of sense when the only way forward seems to be with this...

Thank you Tom, Of those, I only have the 50-200SWD (is that the version you have) although I have long lusted after the 14-35mm.  If this does as well on the EM-1 as the "leaked" preview and my own...

I tried an EM-1 at Calgary's The Camera Store today.  (Which had long been my favourite source for things Olympus). They were nice enough to let me take it outside, and even hold lenses as I...

The problem goes back to the OM days, from which I still have an apparently optically excellent but sloppy-fitting Komura teleconverter, and a set of automatic macro tubes that are far too tight....

Ironically, the resources to undertake any such venture would likely only be made available if their mFT  cameras finally start making some money for them. A combination of that and good sales of...

While the EM-1 is not perfect: - needs a second capable-of-parallel/back-up card slot - needs a larger/longer-lasting battery, at least for the grip - needs focus-confirmation with...

Since I have a half dozen HG and two SHG and the Panaleica 25/ 1.4, the better focusing with those and the better grip and less fiddly buttons would be enough to justify the purchase.  The VF, IBIS...

Agree completely (and changed title so others would be reminded because this could eke out that extra little bit of IQ that would further reduce the gap - which Terada was honest about. That is one...

Exactly...to paraphrase Terada, head to the relevant part of Olympus, mFT is not trying to compete with FF, just to create a viable alternative for situations in which it is not really needed. ...

Actually, that's how it is - the necks, back and shoulder part- for half of the dozen or so pros I know. Much more so than for me: I don't have to lug "all that crap" (a quote, not my words") all...

Probably the Voigtlander 25mm f0.95, but there are probably faster "C" mount video lenses. With full electronic AF Olympus 12mm/f2, and 17, 45 and 75 mm f1.8 and Panasonic 14 f2.5, 20 1.7, 25...

It's getting a little better here - and I hope in much of the US.  The photographic "press's" strong endorsement of the OM-D has meant that some dealers who'd dropped Olympus (Calgary's The Camera...

That may be true. I know one prize winning would-like-to-be pro who chronically damaged her wrist and neck using a Nikon F5 and then D3 on freelance assignments. Last I heard from her, she was...

Hilarious...and slightly idiotic.  We agree for a change!

Olympus kit lenses are usually a bargain because they tend to be quite decent, both optically and mechanically. The 45mm f 1.8 is also a very useful focal focal length, and very good.  In-house,...

One thing you will find out as you start to explore the benefits - and frustrations - of interchangeable lens photography, is that lenses each have their characteristics, above and beyond just...

But really, let's try the camera before judging it.  And remember that Terada apparently had a lot more to say about image quality, etc. As far as the big is bad thing, the camera hardly seems...

On the basis of an amateurish interview by a silly , still wet-behind-the-ears little internet publication no one ever heard of before with a Japanese engineering manager who is far from fluent in...

TRY THE CAMERA!  It may work for you; it may not.  But I would never buy a camera purely on the basis of reviews.  At worst, if you can't try it in your area, you'll be out the cost of shipping if...

Having dealt with immigrants for a dozen years, and a lot of English as an *ADDITIONAL* language (only English-speakers would have the arrogance to assume that the rest of the world is as...