Hello Dennis,I still suggest you choose K3 over K30 for much better AF, AF-C capacity and more rugged body. Cannot speak about the new 55-300 PLM, but the previous screwdriven HD version is also very rugged, much like the DA 18-135.
The K30 is lighter, I choose it when hiking, but it is not smaller, and i prefer the K3 for most outings where I wont walk for hours.
You probably wont go safari in Africa every other year, thus I suggest you take your best gear. As I said, in most safaris, you will spend most of your time in the car and shoot from inside the car, through the opening roof. Hence weight doesnt matter, what mattters is a good viewfinder, responsive AF, a long zoom and enough pixels to crop in PP. The K3 wins over K30 and OMD-EM10 for all these.
IMO, if you want a long M43 telelens, you better take the OMD-EM10 with built in EVF.
I understand, thus your EM10 plus a short zoom (kit lens 14-42 for instance) would be your best second camera for the trip. If you have a longer lens (I mean 150-300 at the long end) it might also be a good camera for your bride during the safari. Smaller than the X-S1, easier to use and not bigger.In my previous post I didn't mention that after the first week in south Africa, I will have a second week at the Seychelles where I could do a bit of snorkeling and there I would need a smaller camera, probably one on my m43 body to put inside a dicapac waterproof case for underwater photography to be done with my future wife.....Yes I didn't mention it will be an honeymoon, therefore photography will have a secondary role in the trip!
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Tatouzou,
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I have followed your good advice for our Safari trip to Karongwe Game Reserve ( a private reserve in South Africa). I bought my K-3 ( chosen amongst my other m43 and Fuji gear) with DA 18-135, DA 55-300 (bought 2nd hand specifically for this trip), the DA 35 and the Samyang 14 2.8.
The large part of our outings with an open Land Rover have been covered with the K3 and the DA 55-300 and I have to say that I don't regret my choice, thanks to your good advices: in my opinion they performed exceptionally well. I'm still in my honeymoon so I cannot spend so much time here now, anyway I'll share some pictures. By the way, the Safari is something one has to do at least once in a life!
I'm on the go, so all this pictures are JPEGs SOOC slightly adjusted with Snapseed on my mobile phone.
Cheers and thanks once more for your advices.
Kind regards.
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