E-M1iii on its way

I ordered an E-M1iii body last night.  It is expected to arrive on Wednesday.

This will give me two Olympus OM-D bodies, following the E-M1ii I bought 16 months ago. As an amateur photographer, I don't need two bodies very often, but there are times when two are essential.*  So, after selling most of my FT gear several months ago, including two bodies, this was the next purchase in my MFT plan.  A fast prime or two and probably the upcoming 100-400 will make my system essentially complete.

The E-M1ii will be relegated to backup, which means I can loan it to my almost 12-year-old granddaughter once in a while.  She has my wife's old E-P1 but after handling my E-M1ii and her mom's new E-M1iii, she is blown away by the speed and handling differences.

BTW, between my wife and me, my three kids, my daughter-in-law, and my oldest granddaughter, we will have two E-M1iii bodies, one E-M1ii body, one E-M5iii body, two E-PL9 bodies, one E-PL8 body, one E-PL5 body, one E-PL3 body (needs a repair), and one E-P1 body, and at least two dozen lenses.  I'm sorry this wasn't enough to refloat Oly's camera business. 

* For about 20 years I have done simple astrophotography, including the Sun (with solar filter), the Moon, star trails, and wide field imaging.  (I don't have the time or patience for high-end astrophotography.)  For years, I used my OM-1N and OM-4T simultaneously, with one on a tripod  doing star trails (my max is 5 hours) and one doing either wide field (piggybacked on an equatorially mounted telescope) or prime focus.  I used my E-1 and E-5 a few times like this (the E-1 was fine for the Sun and Moon, but produced garish noise for long exposures).  Now, I will be able to use two cameras again, with one of the E-M1s on the telescope (piggybacked or prime focus) and the other on a tripod doing LiveComp star trails.  I bought the E-M1iii now because next week is the Perseid Meteor Shower and I wanted to use two cameras for this.  I will be camping at 8200 feet in the Sierra Nevada east of Fresno at a spot our astronomy club has used for many years.

Perfect story of family use of common gear.  Everything put to good use.  You will love the 1iii, especially the joystick.  An excellent addition.  Perfect use for the 1ii for the grand daughter.  Good to read this account.

Joe

I'm loving mine, I am sure you will too. As someone who moves the focus point a lot, I really appreciate the Joystick, and the in camera USB charging is great as well.

I hope you enjoy your new camera; you clearly are familiar with Olympus.

Re USB charging: I also ordered, based on a video by Rob Trek, the Anker PowerCore+ 26800mAh PD 45W with 60W PD Charger, Power Delivery Portable Charger Bundle for USB C.  This will be a better and more convenient method to charge camera and phone batteries while camping compared to charging them from the batteries that I use to power my telescopes.

My E-M1iii made it Vacaville, California, at 3:48 this morning, so tomorrow should be a done deal.

This is quite a bit different (so far) from the angst CalNature had last year with his E-M1X and I had with my E-M1ii. We both ordered our cameras at about the same time and both cameras took their own sweet time getting "home." Here are two of my posts documenting the circuitous route my camera took:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62389036
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62398342

My E-M1iii made it to the Fresno distribution center 32 minutes ago.  I feel like a stalker. 

#metoo, ordered my Mk III yesterday, but I'm apparently going to have to wait until late September for mine. I can also envisage the astro aspect of using two.

That's a horribly long wait.  Why so long?

Back in November 2010, I ordered an E-5 (plus the 12-60 and a couple other things) through my local camera shop on the day it was announced by Olympus.  Since I knew people at the shop, I was able to order with no money down.  Before I left, I had them check delivery and and was told the wait looked like 6 to 8 weeks.  So, I said, "If I pay for it all now, can we speed it up?"  A week later, I got a call saying my camera had arrived.  With money in hand, they were able to snag it off a delivery to a bigger store in Los Angeles.  I did the unboxing in the store because they hadn't seen an E-5 in person.  It was the only E-5 they ever sold because the owner retired a few months later and closed the shop.

My E-M1iii arrived just before 5:00 p.m. (a little more than half an hour ago), right when I was getting bored with what I was working on.

The outer box had a little damage (thank you Amazon), but the inner box and contents were snug, secure, and undamaged.

New battery is on the charger, so I am using an older battery in the new camera to get started.

64 GB UHS-II and UHS-I memory cards swapped out of my E-M1ii (replacement cards are on their way, so the E-M1ii is currently housing two older, smaller, and slower SD cards).

Peak Design anchor links are installed.

Language, date, and time are set.  Beep is turned OFF.  Diopter is dialed in (it's much easier to set since my cataract surgery last December). 

Now to set up the camera and at least C1 and C2 to mimic (mostly) the E-M1ii.  C3 on the E-M1ii is currently set up for LiveComp because it's such a pain to spin through the shutter speeds in M.  However, since the E-Miii has a dedicated Bulb setting, getting to LiveComp will be so much easier.

The adventure begins.

john isaacs wrote:

That is just so exciting to hear. I think everyone should post their newest acquisitions. Before they even get them, just for the anticipation.

If it existed, a sarcastic smirk emoji would have been perfect here!

skysurfer5 wrote:

My E-M1iii arrived just before 5:00 p.m. (a little more than half an hour ago), right when I was getting bored with what I was working on.

The outer box had a little damage (thank you Amazon), but the inner box and contents were snug, secure, and undamaged.

New battery is on the charger, so I am using an older battery in the new camera to get started.

64 GB UHS-II and UHS-I memory cards swapped out of my E-M1ii (replacement cards are on their way, so the E-M1ii is currently housing two older, smaller, and slower SD cards).

Peak Design anchor links are installed.

Language, date, and time are set. Beep is turned OFF. Diopter is dialed in (it's much easier to set since my cataract surgery last December).

Now to set up the camera and at least C1 and C2 to mimic (mostly) the E-M1ii. C3 on the E-M1ii is currently set up for LiveComp because it's such a pain to spin through the shutter speeds in M. However, since the E-Miii has a dedicated Bulb setting, getting to LiveComp will be so much easier.

The adventure begins.

Go get 'em and enjoy the ride......

That's sad.  Unfortunately, you must be in a secondary market as far as Olympus is concerned.