New E-M5 III kit

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James Stirling wrote:

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grcolts wrote:

I use the Olympus 75-300 ii and Panasonic 12-60 lens on the OM-d-e- 5 mark iii without any problems. Both handle very well with the body. If I were going to use any lens larger than the 75-300 I would get the grip as others have suggested. Shooting with the Panasonic 12-60 on the OM 5 makes for a very nice combo.

Good to hear I know that their have been issues with some combos over the years

James Stirling wrote:

...Yep , I think the consensus about adding a grip is solid advice

Not necessarily. Having read many recurring debates on this issue, I am convinced that there are two kinds of people in the E-M5iii world...those who think they need an accessory grip for big lenses and those who don't. I'm in the latter group, and the issue has come up often enough to know that I'm not alone.

I use my 300 Pro lens (plus MC-14) on my E-M5iii all of the time and am perfectly comfortable without an accessory grip. I sometimes use a monopod or sometimes a tripod with gimbal head or sometimes hold it by hand, and never have wished the grip was bigger.

Maybe the 40-150 f/2.8 Pro lens is at a tipping point where it's possible to hold the camera mainly by the grip when shooting with the lens unsupported, I wouldn't know, but I recommend trying the E-M5iii as is before buying additional gear.

I shoot with the E-M5 Mark III all the time. It has all but a few of the computational features of my E-M1 Mark III, but in a smaller size. Love using it with the 12-100mm F4 Pro and the 60mm f2.8 Macro. Awesome piece of gear to carry around.

The original grip could help you a lot.

I’m very much same as you. So I’d bought the Olympus grip. Now it can handle large heavy lens.

David5833 wrote:

James Stirling wrote:

...Yep , I think the consensus about adding a grip is solid advice

Not necessarily. Having read many recurring debates on this issue, I am convinced that there are two kinds of people in the E-M5iii world...those who think they need an accessory grip for big lenses and those who don't. I'm in the latter group, and the issue has come up often enough to know that I'm not alone.

I use my 300 Pro lens (plus MC-14) on my E-M5iii all of the time and am perfectly comfortable without an accessory grip. I sometimes use a monopod or sometimes a tripod with gimbal head or sometimes hold it by hand, and never have wished the grip was bigger.

Maybe the 40-150 f/2.8 Pro lens is at a tipping point where it's possible to hold the camera mainly by the grip when shooting with the lens unsupported, I wouldn't know, but I recommend trying the E-M5iii as is before buying additional gear.

...is my 1Kg 300mm f4.5 OM Zuiko (35mm film camera) lens which I'll hike around with for hours handheld while mounted to my E-M5 III.

David5833 wrote:

James Stirling wrote:

...Yep , I think the consensus about adding a grip is solid advice

Not necessarily. Having read many recurring debates on this issue, I am convinced that there are two kinds of people in the E-M5iii world...those who think they need an accessory grip for big lenses and those who don't. I'm in the latter group, and the issue has come up often enough to know that I'm not alone.

I use my 300 Pro lens (plus MC-14) on my E-M5iii all of the time and am perfectly comfortable without an accessory grip. I sometimes use a monopod or sometimes a tripod with gimbal head or sometimes hold it by hand, and never have wished the grip was bigger.

Maybe the 40-150 f/2.8 Pro lens is at a tipping point where it's possible to hold the camera mainly by the grip when shooting with the lens unsupported, I wouldn't know, but I recommend trying the E-M5iii as is before buying additional gear.

Yes, good advice. I’m sure the need for a grip depends on the details of how you use it.

I acquired my 5iii for travel (for which I use it slung via the strap lugs on a PD Leash, so a grip is irrelevant), and street (I always hold my street cameras all day in the hand on a wrist strap, and the 15 f1.7 is perfectly comfortable like that, while I get finger-ache after an hour or two with the 17 f1.2 fitted without a grip).