Michael Meissner

Sigma now has a 16mm weather sealed f/1.4 lens, though it is not as tiny as the Olympus 17mm f/1.8. It is $450 US, which isn't bad. There is also the Panasonic Leica 200mm, the Olympus 8mm fisheye, ...

When the Pen-F came out, I balked at it because I had trouble buying a camera for over $1k that wasn't splash proof.  Rain happens, particularly on some of my vacations. Assuming there is a Pen-F ...

Last week there was a fix for Sony cameras that specifically shows up in some conditions due to the PDAF sensors: (1) https://www.dpreview.com/news/6974141509/sony-striping-heres-the-fix

I am not one to pixel peep.  I upgraded from mark I to mark II, and eventually sold the mark I.  I really didn't notice that much difference. I upgraded purely because of the mark II being splash ...

The problem with non-splash proof bodies and lenses, is if you are packing your kit for an entire day, you need to consider whether you might get a period of rain during the day.  For example, ...

I don't have either lens, but I have a similar lens from Olympus (the 14-150mm mark II f/3.5-5.6). I would say the 14-140mm would be the lens you would want to look at: (1) It gives you both more wide ...

Well the top seller tag is because is $250 (at B&H) and for awhile, $199.  Back when I was following it, the main users were primarily people who already had micro 4/3rds cameras, and were wanting ...

Unfortunately for me, I need the sunglasses. Being out in bright sun without using polarized sunglasses increases the frequency of my migraines. Unfortunately, my hobbies have me outdoors for ...

Well if the E-m10 mark II or Pen-F had weather sealing, I would have bought them instead of the G85.  The main issue I have with the E-m1 and E-m5 are the use of TFT LCD for the electronic ...

Yep, if you need to do 4K video at the highest speeds, you need to upgrade the memory cards. I have the G85, and while I've been an Olympus shooter since 2002, it is a fine camera.  For me, the one ...

Which Panasonic 100-300mm?  I might suspect that the E-m1 mark II might work better with the mark II version (released in 2016) than the mark I version (released in 2010).  But that is just a guess. ...

An alternative might be an Olympus TG-5 instead of the Go Pro.  I haven't looked in the latest incarnation of the Go Pro, but when I looked at them 2 years ago, I didn't like the fact that they ...

Well the G85 is another candidate at $900 for the body and kit lens. Granted, like the E-m5 mark II, it has been around for awhile, and I suspect both the G85 and E-m5 mark II will get refreshes ...

From what I've read, the purple blob problem was most prevalent in cameras with the Sony 16 megapixel sensor (like the E-m5 mark I).  The E-m1 mark uses a different sensor. (1) http://alanwatsonforster ...

It may be new, but Olympus seems to do batch manufacturing.  I would imagine all of the E-m1 mark I's were made in 2014 or 2015.  I would suspect that the battery has been sitting in the box since ...

If you are doing CAF, the conventional wisdom is the DFD (depth from defocusing) on the G85 helps speed up focusing.  DFD only works with the newer Panasonic lenses.  Since I rarely use CAF except ...

Actually, the G85 can do focus stacking and bracketing using the 4K post focus mode.  Unlike the E-m1, you are not limited in the lenses that can be stacked (pages 129-134). The E-m1 does have live ...

Both :-) Note, right now my E-m1 mark I is being repaired, so I'm going through a little bit of a withdrawal. :-( I've posted most of these points before, but here are a few likes for each.  Note, ...

If weather resistance is an issue, there are 4 budget lenses to consider: (1) Olympus 12-50mm f/3.5-5.6 -- this is a polarizing lens, where a lot of people slam it, and others saying it is decent ...

This is a 26 watt-hour charger, which is well within the FAA limits. This charger does not have a standard 9v output, so you would need to boost the 5v output to 9v.  As I said, many of the high ...