Can't seem to find the right m4/3 camera

Foto4x4 wrote:

Let’s Max5150 wrote:

Jacques Cornell wrote:

Max5150 wrote:

Jacques Cornell wrote:

Max5150 wrote:

Foto4x4 wrote:

Gosh, I hope you can weed through all the off topic crap that’s flooded your thread... I’ve almost forgotten what you asked!!!

I have to print out this whole thread and construct a Beautiful Mind wall in my garage.

See some thoughts within your last reply.

Max5150 wrote:

Foto4x4 wrote:

Max5150 wrote:

Thank you everyone for all the info. Very useful.

At this point in the life cycle of 4/3, what your feeling on the 20mp sensors vs 16mp? If focus should be on the 20mp, that basically means GX8/9, G9 which is getting a bit large for a compact kit, or OM 1 iii, which honestly is more than I want to spend on 4/3.

I’d be interested in what you’re used to shooting with to avoid going off tangent.

I am mainly a M4/3 shooter these days. EM1.2 for primary body and a GX9 as backup or casual shooting of non critical work, though to be frank, it’s images are very very close to the EM1.2. Not much at all between them until you take handling, EVF, customisation and so on, into account. The EM1.2 is my most enjoyable setup ever when matched with Olympus’s Pro lenses and the PL100-400. But then you’re getting into large lenses.

What don’t you like about the A6500 lens choices? As a long term Sony user who got frustrated with their APS-C lens line up, I must say the A6300 is nice with their 18-135 (maximum flexibility) or a couple Sigma primes (19, 30, 60) which I have only recently bought for the heck of it. Those three lenses with the A6500 IBIS would make a decent setup. But for outstanding IBIS, the EM1.2 is a marvel and in a compact body, the GX9 is close too.

More info please so responses can be targeted better.

My current line up:

1) I shoot a fair bit of ice hockey and soccer with a Nikon D7500 and 70-200 f2.8. I may sell the D7500 and go with a mirrorless FF to pick up a bit more light and cropability. This is not a kit I'm interested in lugging around anywhere else for now. Just using it for sports, family/special events.

So, from this I assume you’re retaining the D7500 and will use it as this last sentence primarily.

2) Sony A6500, Sony FE 10-135, 10-200,

Do you mean E 18-135 and 18-200? If so, the first is too short at 135mm max FL and the latter has poor AF speed and accuracy from my experience. I think you should have tried the FE 70-200/f4 (the f2.8 would be better but very expensive).

I sent the Sony 18-200 back to Sony for a firmware upgrade and it now focuses like a laser beam - even in relatively low light. It's as least as good as the 18-135.

You have to send the lens to Sony for a firmware upgrade??? I can do this directly with my Panasonic gear by mounting the lens on a body and running the update from an SD card. What century is this?

For some reason, you have to send that particular lens back and they actually make a hardware change in the lens.

So, other Sony lenses are user-updatable?

Yes, my other Sony lenses were a very easy firmware upgrade.

Let’s be clear about this, AFAIK, the 18-200 of which there are two versions, the LE one is the only lens that required Sony to upgrade. If you bought one in the past few years it would almost definitely have v2.0 already installed. My copy was never acceptable in speed to focus nor accuracy even with the later FW.

I was being clear. I sent my lens back to Sony and they upgraded the firmware. It focuses as well as my 18-135 FE and is totally usable. I'm not comparing it to a "G" lens that's way above it's intended niche, I definitely have no complaints with it as it stands now.