By now I am sure everyone has read that Olympus has sold its imaging division to JIP.
At the same time, it looks like that there is a commitment for a smooth transition
and plans for Olympus and JIP to keep it going at least for another 1 to 2 years for the new
products to be launched.
Being photographers, all of us have friends and relatives asking us for advice when they
want to get started in photography.
For me, I always ask them a series of questions to find out their needs first.
What is their top priority?
a) High Resolution & Dynamic Range
b) Videos
c) Enviromentally Sealed Body and Lenses
d) Portability
e) Kinds of Photography and required Focal Lengths
f) Other features eg. Articulated Screen
g) Budget
I always encouraged them to look thru the Model entire range of lenses to make
sure that it has the lenses they may be getting in the future.
I would also encourage them to go to a friendly camera shop to try out
the cameras first to see if they like the weight, balance and placement
of buttons etc. eg. My brother insists on having a camera where the
Aperture, Shutter Speed and Exp Comp. are shown clearly on physical
dials on the camera like the Fujifim XT2.
In the event if it end up to be Micro Four Third, of course now I will warn them
the risk of a M43 system being discontinued a few years later. But I do have a
couple of friends who travel a lot like me and like the idea of a very compact
but capable DSLR eg. EM5 Mk3 where I can use it for so many different purposes
eg. Some of them are surprised that I bring along a 120mm equivalent F2.8 Macro lenses
with me. If you are into Macro shots of flowers, insects etc, check it out.
It is a super tiny lenses but super sharp by Olympus.
And I also had a friend who started birding on a Canon System and keep wishing
he can get a 600mm F4 lenses like the Olympus 300mm F4 (reach is 600mm).
With his higher resolution he can crop but he said he prefer to be able to zoom in first.
But I also have friends who just want to get a capable Mirrorless with 1 kit lens
which I recommend the Sony 6600.
At the same time, it looks like that there is a commitment for a smooth transition
and plans for Olympus and JIP to keep it going at least for another 1 to 2 years for the new
products to be launched.
Being photographers, all of us have friends and relatives asking us for advice when they
want to get started in photography.
For me, I always ask them a series of questions to find out their needs first.
What is their top priority?
a) High Resolution & Dynamic Range
b) Videos
c) Enviromentally Sealed Body and Lenses
d) Portability
e) Kinds of Photography and required Focal Lengths
f) Other features eg. Articulated Screen
g) Budget
I always encouraged them to look thru the Model entire range of lenses to make
sure that it has the lenses they may be getting in the future.
I would also encourage them to go to a friendly camera shop to try out
the cameras first to see if they like the weight, balance and placement
of buttons etc. eg. My brother insists on having a camera where the
Aperture, Shutter Speed and Exp Comp. are shown clearly on physical
dials on the camera like the Fujifim XT2.
In the event if it end up to be Micro Four Third, of course now I will warn them
the risk of a M43 system being discontinued a few years later. But I do have a
couple of friends who travel a lot like me and like the idea of a very compact
but capable DSLR eg. EM5 Mk3 where I can use it for so many different purposes
eg. Some of them are surprised that I bring along a 120mm equivalent F2.8 Macro lenses
with me. If you are into Macro shots of flowers, insects etc, check it out.
It is a super tiny lenses but super sharp by Olympus.
And I also had a friend who started birding on a Canon System and keep wishing
he can get a 600mm F4 lenses like the Olympus 300mm F4 (reach is 600mm).
With his higher resolution he can crop but he said he prefer to be able to zoom in first.
But I also have friends who just want to get a capable Mirrorless with 1 kit lens
which I recommend the Sony 6600.