Mark Thornton

Not quite as the GX9 price I quoted is body only.

https://www.wexphotovideo.com/panasonic-gx9-digital-camera-body-1652892/ Panasonic summer cash back of £150. Mark

Now showing as £799 for me. A bit of dynamic pricing perhaps.

Though today, in much of Europe, smoking is far less common than it was amongst men in 1945.

No it isn't happening, but neither is there much progress towards completing an APS-C system (unlike FE).

Much as I like the 7.5mm Samyang fisheye, I wouldn't want it to be my only wider then 14mm option. In my case I use the Olympus 12mm f2.

The A7 iii is 650g body only, A7R iii is 657g (both according to dpReview). Mark

In the case of books it may not be Amazon's fault. Books have often had regional restrictions, where the US publisher doesn't have the right to distribute in say the UK and vice versa.

Regulating BitCoin is already being discussed. In any case the EU has found that most larger companies have fallen into line with the tax collection requirements. So presumably the threats are ...

Governments could block (electronic) funds transfer to non compliant companies. Note that the EU already has similar requirements. The US is also likely to see sales tax applied to interstate ...

The Olympus 12mm f2 is pocket friendly, albeit not so wallet friendly.

Extensive use of 28mm (equiv) on a zoom that doesn't go any wider, might also indicate a need for something wider. It can't be taken as good evidence that a 14mm prime is the right choice. Mark ...

Given that most of your shots were at 18mm on APS-C (equivalent to 14mm on m4/3), The Panasonic 12-32 f3.5/5.6 seems appropriate.

I suggest you look for an Olympus m4/3 45mm f1.8 or the Sigma m4/3 60mm f2.8 instead. Though not as cheap as some legacy lenses, they are still not expensive and offer full autofocus. The average ...

The Sony E series is still limited by a short fall in appropriate lenses, and no sign of activity to fix this.

As far as I can recall, the G1 is the sole exception. My GX1 will AF with the 4/3 lenses I have (11-22, 14-45, 45-150 f3.5/4.5) though not quickly.

Actually it isn't much different to a whole lot of recent bodies (even many APS-C). There is a clear difference to the EM-1 Mk2 and further difference to the full frame bodies. Mark

In the days of film you wouldn't look so closely at the result.

It doesn't matter which system you use, the same issue will arise with macro. Sometimes you just have to accept some loss due to diffraction in return for greater DOF. Stacking can offer a way out ...

My experience of salt water trickling into a bag, was that at that point it was already too late. Fresh water would probably have been ok.

I too would like to have seen a GoPro or similar in the...