That's it: my Em1.2 is gone before I destroy it.

Historicity wrote:

jthommo101 wrote:

When I get stymied by the menu system - or anything else on the MkII - it's certain someone else has already had the problem and so a quick google search reveals the answer.

Yeah, but if you are in your car at night looking lightning strikes, as the OP describes, you wouldn't have that luxury. By the same token, I wouldn't have that luxury if I were off on a hike. As it was in my case, I found the solution before I got back to my Jeep and could have, if I wanted to, resumed my hike.

I don't mind the challenge of the OMD menus -- normally -- but I can understand why they would be frustrating for those who do. I've only been shooting OMD cameras for about 2 weeks and have been on 4 or 5 hikes with no serious menu mishaps -- so far.

Lawrence

I would not expect to know how to photograph lighting strikes with any camera unless I had first checked it out.  Why would anyone expect a camera to work the same as or have the same Menu setup as some other camera manufactured by a similarly small company with a different design team.

It would be like me going out to photograph flying swallows without knowing anything about Olympus focus limiters, focus points, CAF settings, shutter speeds etc. and saying I couldn't photograph that swallow that just flew by  at 40 mph.  It must be because the camera Menu is too complicated and its a camera problem, not a user problem.