Well, the new OM-1 (which wasn't realeased when I bought my M1X) at the top-of-the-line point does seem to be about the same price as a K3. Mind you, although Olympus show the M1X at the full $3000 price point, there are still a few places (including some Amazon sellers) listing it at the $1700 price Olympus were offering for a few months last year. (For reference, the previous M1 model was also around the 2K price that most sellers seem to be asking for a K3). Not that I'd suggest the M1X for a camera you're buying to carrying around on your bike!
There are lots of good u4/3 camera bodies - it really depends on just how complex you want the camera to be over and above using it as a point-and-shoot. I'm trying to persuade my wife that she should get an M10 as an upgrade replacement for our EPL-1; that way I could use it as a backup and/or biking/walk-around camera (with the 12-100). But I'm limiting my choice to Olympus so that I get the full benefit of their IBIS (In Body Image Stabilization) system - while u4/3 lenses can be used on any u4/3 body, not all features work across brands. There's no reason for you to limit your search to just Olympus if you find a camera from someone else (Panasonic, say) more to your liking. Good glass isn't going to be cheap, but it's cheaper than glass for a K3 or K1 :-) Unless you can find somebody who's prepared to lend you a nice lens, of course. Good luck with that ... P.S. As Godfrey points out, the M1 bodies do have a way to save a configuration (several different ones, in fact), so resetting to a known state isn't difficult once you've set up the configuration. On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 10:13:03AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > I am considering celebrating my new job by getting a u4/3 camera to carry on > my bike, possibly an E-M5. I was poking around last night looking at the > current models and a couple of them are up in the K3iii price range, if not > more expensive, if you buy them new. > > I did see a couple of bodies on KEH in the $400-800 range, but that still > leaves the question of glass. > > > > > On Apr 7, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > > > You guys are crazy. You need a big frame on wheels on which you can mount > > them all & then fire them simultaneously with some sort of automatic > > device. Then you could spend the next week analysing all the images so you > > can rank them in order of sharpness, colour rendition & whatever else you > > fancy. Then you would be able to truly decide which one (or maybe 2) > > cameras are worth keeping. The balance can be donated to a charity shop. > > > > For me, one camera is quite enough. > > > > My tongue is stuck to a cheek now! > > > > Alan C > > > > On 07-Apr-22 05:30 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I still have my Olympus E-M1 (the original version in this line, which I > >> bought in 2013) ??? and its great grandparent, the E-1 DSLR from 2003. > >> Although I've said to myself, "Heck, I hardly ever take these cameras out > >> anymore, I should sell the lot!" I just haven't found any sensible reason > >> to. The E-M1 in particular still works brilliantly for most of the things > >> I photograph and its extreme configurability/customizability is amazing. > >> > >> My Leicas have all had the ability to save a user profile (actually a few > >> of them) both internally and in an externally saveable format, and return > >> the cameras to their defaults instantly as well as re-instantiate a > >> customized profile just as instantly. You can also transfer those settings > >> from one to another of the same body easily. I really wish Olympus had > >> done the same thing right from the start. > >> > >> (Note: I think the E-M1 has a similar concept of user profiles at least, I > >> should probably re-read the manual???) > >> > >> What I did to save time (since you *can* do a master reset of all > >> parameters on the Olympus, at least on both of mine) was to create a > >> checklist-cheatsheet for all 197 settings that marks out quickly and > >> simply all of my changes from the default configuration. So when I do > >> reset the E-M1 to its defaults, I just pull out the cheat sheet and walk > >> through all the settings that I changed as a standard setup to reconfigure > >> it to my basic configuration. Takes about ten minutes that way, and > >> without having to do any head scratching and trying to remember how I had > >> it set. I used the pages in the PDF form of the owner's manual that list > >> out ALL the menu options and defaults to construct the cheat sheet: just > >> copied them into a new PDF and edited that into the form I wanted. > >> > >> Hope That Helps??? > >> > >> G > >> > >>> On Apr 6, 2022, at 9:07 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> As some of you may remember, some five months ago I decided that > >>> the K3iii, while a nice camera, wasn't tempting enough to get me > >>> to spend that amount of money on a new APS-C camera body. > >>> I was already finding that carrying a camera bag with my K5, the > >>> 60-250, and a selection of other items (generally one or other of > >>> the 16-50 or 50-135, and maybe the 50/1.4) was getting tiring by > >>> the end of the day, so I was looking for a way to lighten the load. > >>> I'd looked at the Olympus bodies, and was leaning towards either > >>> the M5 or possibly the M1, when Olympus decided to drop the price > >>> of the M1X by 40%, making it only a little more expensive than the > >>> M1 (and $300 less than Pentax were asking for the K3) for a body > >>> that was specifically tailored for what I was most interested in - > >>> Motorsports or wildlife photography. > >>> > >>> So I jumped, and picked up the M1X and the 40-150/2.8 zoom (which > >>> gave me pretty much the same field of view as the 60-250, which had > >>> become my most-used lens). > >>> > >>> I haven't done a great deal of photography in the five months that > >>> have elapsed since then, but it's all been with the M1X. I've just > >>> about become accustomed to the fact that almost all the controls > >>> work exactly the way the Pentax controls don't (I have to turn the > >>> dials in the opposite direction for many functions, the assignment > >>> of the two thumbwheels on the body to control shutter and aperture > >>> has the two functions interchanged, the lens release button is on > >>> the other side of the mount, etc., etc.) Fortunately, though, the > >>> M1X is amazingly reconfigurable - most of the vast number of buttons > >>> spread over the body can be re-assigned to different functions (and > >>> there's an easy way to swap the functions on those two thumbwheels), > >>> > >>> One thing I have found out, though, is that it's a little too easy > >>> to get yourself stuck in a corner. With the Pentax bodies all you > >>> have to do to reset the camera to a known state is to turn it off > >>> and on again. The M1X, though, remembers the state it was it when > >>> you turned it off, and goes back to that state when you turn it on > >>> again (although there's probably a way to change that behaviour, too). > >>> > >>> Last weekend I decided I was going to stick with the lighter system. > >>> I knew I wanted something wider than 40mm, but I wasn't sure whether > >>> to go for the 12-40/2.8 or the 12-100/4. I eventually decided to go > >>> for the 12-100, and add a 2x TC to use with the 40-150 to give me a > >>> two-lens system of 12-100/4 and 80-300/5.6 (roughly comparable to a > >>> range of 17-425 on my K5 - giving up 1mm at the wide end, but gaining > >>> a little more reach than the 350mm I got with the 60-250 & a 1.4x TC). > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >>> follow the directions. > >> -- > >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.com. sent from ret4est > > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
