Humansvillian

Someday, if the current M5 II hung around my neck dies, I would like another new one exactly like it only with a newer sensor, perhaps. I suppose the new one will have 4K video and Bluetooth, but ...

My desire for a new PL1 isn’t for me. It’s to be able to make a one sentence recommendation  to somebody else that admires my Olympus and say: “For $400 go online and buy the new Olympus Pen Lite ...

It’s irrational to judge something only on it’s looks and brand name and intangible things such as perceived value. But as the song goes, there’s Cadillac buyers, and old five and dimers like me.... ...

In early 2016 I had a nice “bridge” camera, a compact zoom camera, and a Nikon D3000 and I seldom used any of them, preferring my smartphone. Then, I discovered the PL1. Fot $400 the customer who ...

In 2010 Olyympus issued the original PL1 at a street price of $599 with the 14-42 kit lens. That camera was, for $600, the best small camera on the market, and I’d guess Oly sold more PL 1 cameras ...

Fishing at Caplinger Family at Caplinger Below Caplinger dam Caplinger dam Why am I an Olympus addict? I bought my PL1 in April 2016.  I immediately bought a $150 Panny 25mm prime. A month later I ...

I own an M5Ii and I know it’s a better camera than my PL1. But the PL1 doesn’t seem to realize it’s not a capable camera in its own right. https://hiveminer.com/User/PeterP80 Caplinger dam PL1

Before we decide what advantages there are to the larger sensor of a full frame camera over the 4/3” sensor, let’s ask what advantages the 4/3” sensor has over the 2/3” sensor of a smart phone. Coo ...

Sometime during the Apollo years, my folks bought me a telescope for my birthday, and we went outside that night and set it all up, and pointed it towards the moon. My, what a wonderment it was. We ...

I love Olympus cameras.   If I had all the money in this world, I think I'd just call my camera and lenses good, maybe buy all the Olympus Pro lenses for my M5 II.   But I'd not consider any other ...

In the course of a normal day, the average person doesn’t have a stranger point a camera at them. Most of what is referred to as “street photography” is a polite name for sneaking around with a ...

I own two Olympus MFT cameras. My OMD M5II is for when I don’t want to sneak around taking pictures. But if I want to go on the Caplinger Bridge at Caplinger Mills, Missouri, that’s a job for my ...

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in Humansville Missouri Kennth Ireland had an auto repair garage he named Kenneth Ireland’s Car Clinic. It was across the road from the Humansville High ...

Wait until the next sensor comes out. What Oly needs, and needs badly, is a $399 Pen Lite SX One that looks exactly like the original PL1 updated to a 20mp sensor, and ALL the Pen F internals on ...

For just JPEG Olympus colors, it’s hard to beat any of the dirt cheap first generation 12mp Olympus camera bodies. Even the M5II  and my TG 5 have Olympus “colors”. but they all did. Check out my ...

A few years ago our Cadillac was getting a few miles on it, and my wife and I went to a Cadillac dealership to see about getting a new one. The new Cadillacs were smaller and more efficient, the ...

Folks say we need this and we need that, but the sad, bitter truth is we only need a loving family, a way to earn a secure living, a little bit of tobacco and coffee for our vices, and all the ...

My wife was so pleased with her new Panasonic rice cooker, that we looked for a Panasonic when she wanted a big, deluxe toaster oven. But while Panasonic is a contender in the medium priced toaster ...

The OP has nearly convinced himself he needs to spend $600 on a trip somewhere to find something to take pictures of. I’ve also discover my little McGregor bag holds the 14, 20, 25, and 45 primes ...

I thought maybe somebody that’s figured out how to shoot practical home movies on an Oly M5II could help me out. I have an iPhone 6S+ I have lots of friends and kinfolks that like to pick guitars ...