On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 12:07:54AM -0400, John Francis wrote:
>
> 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).
So - here's a comparison shot of my new and old systems.
<http://www.panix.com/~johnf/pdml/small/NewToys.jpg>
Olympus: M1X + 11-100/f4 + 40-150mm/f2.8 + 2xTC
Pentax: K5 + 16-50/f2.8 + 60-250mm/f4 + 1.4xTC (+ 50-135mm/f2.8)
(The Olympus is shown with the two extra batteries I bought for it;
it goes through batteries a lot faster than the K-5 with the grip,
The Pentax gear is a bit faster at the wide end (16mm/f2.8 vs. 12mm/f4)
But at 40mm the Olympus catches up, and from 90mm (~135mm on the Pentax)
I'm limited to f4 on the Pentax, while the Olympus still offers me f2.8
all the way out to 150mm (~225mm).
I've got a 2xTC for the Olympus 40-150, and a 1.4x for the Pentax 60-250.
These give me f5.6 all the way out to 350mm (Pentax) or 300mm (Olympus);
this means that with the Olympus I have the same maximum aperture, and a
slightly longer reach to fill the frame at the top of the zoom range.
P.S. The comparison shot was taken using my trusty old Olympus E-PL1.
I decided to take another shot showing the E-PL1 next to its new
stablemate: <http://www.panix.com/~johnf/pdml/small/NewToys2.jpg>
This was taken using my phone camera (a Google Pixel 3).
At first glance the phone camera seems to do considerably better
than the E-PL1 (not too surprising - the E-PL1 is over 10 years old).
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