Miron09

very good with tripod collar from Roesch http://www.roesch-feinmechanik.de/29701.html Extremely compact, almost Macro capability - I carry it in a small sling bag with body/flash/WA/Macro

the camera triggers the flash twice, captures availabe light in between. With this you can produce acceptable pics of large interiors, like mid-size churches, even with a LM1/2/3

sturdy & can be bought cheaply

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Game6RHMGw

I still use some FourThirds lenses, like the 25mm Panaleica, but I certainly need an adapter

incredible rendering, slow AF. Most used lens for many years: the 60mm Macro. Bought the Lumix 7-14 when it came out - still the most used WA lens.

and even if there is American technology - most of the time Chinese or Asian engineers did the work. Including defense. USA are like a third world underdeveloped country.

1. Sensor suffices for my needs - I still even use the 12 MP EP3 sometimes 2. Same battery as Pen f 3. smaller than Mk2 4. I don´t need the extra features of successor OMDs

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lots of inside jokes in the photographic industry about amateurs

you won´t believe the shuttercount: some folks sell after a thousand releases or so. I never had to return anything

The 60mmMFT (200 USD) is super sharp, same level as Nocticron (USD 1200)

Very compact, in combination with a Roesch tripod ring and a small monopod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky10jIf8i8o Fits into a small slingbag, together with 1 or 2 bodies and 3 or 4 other ...

still using the 1.7 20 Lumix on a Pen-F. In combination with the Sigma 60mm & EPL cams an entirely pocketable combo

Olympus sold their China factory years ago. Produces in Vietnam now

Spain: you forgot the car industry, which is quite substantial. Zara is the biggest textile conglomerate etc

Well, did you know that Ansel Adams mostly used Cook lenses, made in Leicester, England ? Notable products include:

a soft-focus 'portrait' lens favoured by Clarence White and Alfred...

If Fuji would only produce an alternate version with a 56mm lens...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Game6RHMGw http://www.roesch-feinmechanik.de/29701.html

the heaviest lens I use regularly is the Lumix 100-300, nd it´s been fitted with the extra Roesch tripod collar. Only issue I had with heavy lenses (Nocticron !) : the screws of the bayonet get loose