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and if you got a mediocre or worse one...and that happened with some degree of regularity...you were justifiably disappointed.  Recall this lens was introduced at a $500 price point.  People ...

is "no one." If the camera still meets your needs, buy glass. I still go out with my E500 and 14-54 Mk I. At 400 ISO and below, the color of that Kodak sensor and the old zoom is delicious. Your ...

Given the excellent coatings that front elements have. But the hood is my security blanket, so I use it for protection. But then, I'm old😁

Keep It Small and Simple. GM5 + 12-32 with a wrist strap goes in a pocket of my cargo pants or jacket pocket. Oly 45/1.8 and a battery goes in another pocket.

Won't happen. Olympus has moved on. If they'd have simplified the design: simpler fly-by-night focus, no pseudo macro, they could have made it faster. The marketing folks won. It's still a nice ...

the first major accessory I bought for my E-M5 MkI was the RRS grip, adaptor and L plate. It's never come off in the intervening five years. Beautifully crafted smooth and adds almost nothing to ...

Speaking as someone who has and loves my 12-40, I'd get the 12-35 Mk II.  You'll notice in my profile that I have the E-M5 Mk I, and the 12-40 pairs beautifully with it.  However, you have a Pany ...

You have to turn the ILIS OFF.  Otherwise the lens IS and the IBIS conflict. I have the older 100-300 that I use with my E-M5 Mk I.  It's a credible lens for the 5-7% of my shots that I take that ...

and the only failure as on the Sony sensor of my C5050, which Oly replaced at no cost to me.  Fundamentally disagree with the overly broad generalization of Oly's as an inferior product. I ...

A market that is, to put it charitably, soft. M4/3s is a niche in a shrinking market.  It IS stabilizing I think, but at levels that will put a premium on ROI and squeezing every dollar/euro out ...

Everytime I by my "last bag" she gets to buy a pair of shoes. I think she's up to about four pairs. Or maybe five 😀

E-M5/Mk I+12-40/2.8 and GM5+Pany 35-100/2.8. I find the two bodies complement each h other perfectly, and the 12-40/35-100 combo is a great combo. When I want to go small, of course, I have the ...

I have it and have used it, though not much anymore Would agree at $129 it's a great deal. Don't think I'd give it a 5. OTOH, when you get a good copy and work within it's limitations, it's a very ...

I have both. If I want to go low light with my GM5, the Pany 25/1.7 works nicely. No stabilization with that combo, tho.

I put the 850 on mine. It sticks out about 1/2" but I like it. It nudges my hand out just a tad and works in that respect as well. Really adds nothing to the size or weight.

That RX100 grips is nice looking. Never thought of that. Recall the model number?

I bought both the Flipbac 3 and 4. Ended up with the 3 even though it's a tad smaller. A GM5/Pany 35-100/2.8 sits beside my E-M5 MkI/12-40. And I use the GM5 more often. You will love and use your ...

The 25/1.4 is an outstanding....$600...lens.  The 25/1.7 is a very good....$170....lens.  (Actually, I paid $99 for mine).  Depends on what you want to do.  If you shoot mostly with primes, the ...

I got mine from Amazon for $450 in 2016.  It now sits beside my E-M5MkI+12-40 with a Pany 35-100/2.8.  I actually use mine more than my E-M5 now.  My first digital Oly was the C5050 which was a ...