BobT3218

I have an OM-1. Was hoping to get the OM-5 as a backup/travel camera. It turned out uninspiring for the reasons you mentioned, so I gave it a miss. I'm hoping for an OM PEN. So, I would get the OM-1.

I haven't had much joy with MF either.  However, C-AF with face/eye detect is really sharp.  I think low light faces is its forte.  Soft edges are almost a bonus.

Is said "in addition" since if I hadn't, someone would surely jump in and correctly point out that all lenses have some field curvature.

Not sure, but if it is field curvature, one would expect that using an edge AF point to focus, the edges should be reasonably sharp.  I tried it and the edges were still soft.  That would imply ...

Agreed!  If weather sealing is a must have, then the 12-40 f2.8 is pretty well it, at that focal range.  I prefer weather sealed gear more from the point of view of reliability, but I used the ...

I don't look through the EVF at all.  I follow the bird with the red cross hairs and thumb on BBF with C-AF on.  As soon as I hear the AF lock confirmation beep, I fire off a burst and hope for ...

I do exactly the same. However, I don't have a parallax issue because getting birds so close that parallax becomes an issue, just never happens to me :)

I tried that but using the dot sight only hoping bird detect will do it's job.  Had mixed results.  I still fool around with it if the dot sight is on anyway for BIF.

Hot shoes never needed to be super accurate.  Flashes cast a wide beam.  On the OM-1 with the locking screw loose, the front of the dot sight can move 1-2mm.  It's just a plastic foot in metal.  ...

I agree. I couldn't do BIF without it. However, it has to be calibrated each time it's fitted to the camera. There is just too much play in the hot-shoe. I find it frustrating that the sideways ...

@RSTP14
Sadly, a so called 80MP OMS sensor shift image is a far cry from an 80MP FF image. Try it!

It looks like it's a dud lens. It may be an internal alignment problem. A competent repairer may be able to turn it into gem but is it worth it.

OMG, yes. I walked into a camera store for the first time in years. I was blown away by the size of the FF offerings. I'd forgotten how big they are. The Nikon Z fc looks quite manageable but it's ...

I used to have that on an older camera. Realigning the viewfinder to an ocean horizon helped a bit but mostly it was poor shutter pressing technique. So glad I have a level indicator in the ...

That's good and bad. Good because my lens isn't faulty. Bad because OMDS are being such dicks. It's such a shame, hackers are more intent on scamming little old ladies than building hacks for ...

A glitch in the rediscovery :) If I set MF on the super control panel, I get focus peaking.  However, if I set MF using the focus clutch, I can manually focus but there is no focus peaking.  Is ...

You are right, the DOF seems only about a tenth of what it should be. I wonder if it's something to do with being at the end of travel. Try backing it off 1/3 of a stop. Or to put it another way, ...

A good idea to handle it first. However, if your intension is to compare it to a Z50, you'll be disappointed.  It's a completely different system to the one you are used to.  What you need to look ...

I too have the 60mm. I'm sure the 90mm will be a great lens but I'm not a professional so I don't know how I could possibly justify replacing it with the 90mm. It would be just GAS. Although, if...

I had an Oly E-3. It was a 4/3 camera. They were the forerunner of m4/3 and larger too. It had an LCD display on the top.  Yes, it was useful.  They dropped the LCD display on the m4/3 range ...