...as the need for such function seems to be Oly specific as well.
A google search would suggest you are very wrong.
Am I? I am just sharing my experience. That's all. How can that be wrong? All 5 Oly cameras I had needed it. Neither the Canon nor the Nikon I have now has ever needed it, but I would never claim that they will not need it ever.
Think about things like this and in body stabilistaion, remote flash control etc I loved OM and hope I will still love E in four years time!
If you need remote flash control... get Nikon. It has the best flash system available.
I think there are many happy remote flash users from other brands, including Olympus.
Yes well, I have not said otherwise, have I? What I meant is that the Oly remote flash is not very special, is it?
If you like old Nikon lenses than Nikon in many ways is better than Oly because you have full control of the aperture, can focus wide open, set the desired aperture and the camera stops down for you. No adapters needed and you even get focus confirmation.
Another Nikon advert? Again, there are many happy users of old lenses on other systams, including Olympus.
Advert or not, interpret anyway you like. The post I replied to make it sound like Oly OM support was unique. The Oly implementation of legacy lens support is rather poor compared to others, Nikon included. I don't say Nikon is best in this respect, that's your own interpretation, I just say the Nikon implementation is better than the Oly OM support.
Maybe Pentax has pixel mapping as well, I don't know, but if you like Pentax lenses the Pentax system is also better than Oly since you don't even need an adapter to use them on their DSLRs and you even get focus confirmation without those stupid adapters. I don’t know if their IBIS is working with the old K lenses.
Now Pentax is better than Olympus.
I believe the Pentax implementation is the same as the Nikon but since Pentax has IBIS it offers even that. All that without adapters. Take this as a "Pentax ad", I regard that to be the best solution for those who like the IBIS.
Poor 4/3 fools taking photos with their "stupid adapters". What relevance has this to the OP?
OK, maybe I am missing something. He says "I loved OM" but might not mean he has any OM lenses at all. If that's the case than I agree, it is irrelevant that Nikon, Pentax and Sony has better support for old lenses than Olympus has for the OM. Never the less, it is a fact that you need that "stupid adapter" if you want to use OM lenses on any Oly camera, but yes, that may be irrelevant. But leaving your emotions out for a moment...
...isn't it better to use a lens without adapters than with adapters?
...isn't it better to spend the money on other things than "stupid adapters"?
...isn't it better to use a lens with aperture control than without?
...isn't it better to have focus confirmation than not to have?
...isn't it better to have IBIS with any old lens than not to have it?
...just think for a moment without emotions.
There is nothing in what I said which indicates that FT users can not happily use their OM lenses. If you know anything about history you should know that I was a huge fan of legacy lenses and other OM gear long before you entered the scene, but fact is a fact, and there is a huge room for improvement and we all know by now that there will be no improvement in that department.
Anyway, I don’t think Oly is alone with IBIS, Pentax and Sony has it as well if I am not wrong.
If you need pixel mapping than maybe Olympus is the only option but only maybe. I know Nikon does not have it.
Pixel mapping is a wonderful in-camera tool. If it happens to me, I can Pixel map in a couple of minutes, as opposed to sending it in for a service.
Right, and I wish every camera would have it. But is it so important that I would base a decision on it? Definitely not.
Why did you turn this thread into an Olympus bashing opportunity? The OP was asking about a stuck pixel, not lenses, adapters etc., and certainly not Pentax!
You see, it is called "bashing" only by those who don't want to open their eyes. The in body stabilization, remote flash control and OM was mentioned in this very post you reply to. There is a lot of falsified misinformation going on around here and many people believe that Olympus is unique in that respect. I always welcomed
information as opposed to
misinformation . It was on this very forum (1022) I learned that Pentax and Nikon has better legacy support than Oly, and that Oly is not at all specific in it, quite the opposite, it is the system which has the least support, or is just pretty ordinary, nothing special. However, that's just technical information, not bashing, at least not according to my vocabulary.
Too much emotions in your post...
but that's OK, after all this time on this forum, I am not surprised.
