It sure does. I am seriously now considering a Sinner Mango Sport Red Edition as my weapon of choice for next summer (will have to cope this year).
That’ll be quite a machine! I may have to negotiate a ‘try’ :-)
You would be most welcome. It will be some time but before I can order it, probably July 2014 given the cost is expected to be around $10,000 then there is a build time which can be a few months. They are semi-custom built.
Tom, a nerdy camera question… has the 35-100 turned up? If so, what do you think? How are you getting on with the Olympus now you’ve had some time to settle in with it? Thanks!
The 35-100 has turned up (the kite surfing photos are some of the first I took). 1st impressions are good – fast AF, handles well, and a bit weighty (though, that’s the price for good glass) – I’ve not systematically looked for the finer issues yet. I think my plan to have it and the 12mm Oly prime as my core lenses will work nicely.
In terms of the Olympus OMD EM5 overall. I would buy it again (though possibly in black, for lowest visual impact).
Pluses – fast AF, weatherproofing, internal IS, customisation potential, and ‘look’, plus high quality output.
Niggles – lack of ISO 100, battery life and less than ergonomic placement of on/off switch (I’d prefer it with the shutter, like my D80). With the battery life, I’ve sorted out a solar charging set-up, and the latter I’ll no doubt get used to.
Considering its fast 2.8 speed (I guess that’s about 4 in full-frame terms?) and its quality, I think the lens is pretty darn compact!
The one gripe I have with mirrorless cameras is the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000, rather than 1/8000 on a DLSR. In the past, I’ve found that bright sunlight has knocked out some of the aperture range, unless you take the trouble of carrying a neutral density filter – which I believe all the video guys do. Have you found that an issue in Oz? I guess that would be accentuated by the 200 ISO limit.
The GH3 looks to be a similar quality, though it’s a bigger beast. I like to reassign the focus button, and just use the shutter button for the actual shutter release. That way I can pick a focus point and keep snapping away, even if I reframe a bit. I’m not sure how easy that would be to do on the EM5.
Just back from an evening spin on the Krampus. I can see myself getting attached…
I’ve not tried a neutral density filter – the exposure compensation is wonderfully easy to adjust (one of the top-of-body dials), so I’ve fudged things using that. That’s what I did down the americas on the D80, but adjusting it was a multi-button thing. I run a circular polarising filter on all my lenses.
The lens is pretty impressive for both size and weight considering it’s performance.
When I get my hands on it again (I leant it to Sarah for her walk this week), I’ll look into your focus/shutter separation trick. The OMD does do face recognition really well (and fast).
bicyclenomad 
I’m looking forward to a couple months of beach camping and daily kiteboard. :)
I thought you might appreciate the local beaches here – I cycle past this one on my to and from work :-) enjoy Baja loads, Vik :-)
Thanks for the reminder of the pain one has to endure commuting south in the afternoon :)
Slogging along at half the normal pace does rather make you feel you should be harnessing the wind rather that fighting it, doesn’t it?!
It sure does. I am seriously now considering a Sinner Mango Sport Red Edition as my weapon of choice for next summer (will have to cope this year).
That’ll be quite a machine! I may have to negotiate a ‘try’ :-)
You would be most welcome. It will be some time but before I can order it, probably July 2014 given the cost is expected to be around $10,000 then there is a build time which can be a few months. They are semi-custom built.
Tom, a nerdy camera question… has the 35-100 turned up? If so, what do you think? How are you getting on with the Olympus now you’ve had some time to settle in with it? Thanks!
Cass
The 35-100 has turned up (the kite surfing photos are some of the first I took). 1st impressions are good – fast AF, handles well, and a bit weighty (though, that’s the price for good glass) – I’ve not systematically looked for the finer issues yet. I think my plan to have it and the 12mm Oly prime as my core lenses will work nicely.
In terms of the Olympus OMD EM5 overall. I would buy it again (though possibly in black, for lowest visual impact).
Pluses – fast AF, weatherproofing, internal IS, customisation potential, and ‘look’, plus high quality output.
Niggles – lack of ISO 100, battery life and less than ergonomic placement of on/off switch (I’d prefer it with the shutter, like my D80). With the battery life, I’ve sorted out a solar charging set-up, and the latter I’ll no doubt get used to.
That’s what I figured when I saw the shots (-;
Considering its fast 2.8 speed (I guess that’s about 4 in full-frame terms?) and its quality, I think the lens is pretty darn compact!
The one gripe I have with mirrorless cameras is the maximum shutter speed of 1/4000, rather than 1/8000 on a DLSR. In the past, I’ve found that bright sunlight has knocked out some of the aperture range, unless you take the trouble of carrying a neutral density filter – which I believe all the video guys do. Have you found that an issue in Oz? I guess that would be accentuated by the 200 ISO limit.
The GH3 looks to be a similar quality, though it’s a bigger beast. I like to reassign the focus button, and just use the shutter button for the actual shutter release. That way I can pick a focus point and keep snapping away, even if I reframe a bit. I’m not sure how easy that would be to do on the EM5.
Just back from an evening spin on the Krampus. I can see myself getting attached…
I’ve not tried a neutral density filter – the exposure compensation is wonderfully easy to adjust (one of the top-of-body dials), so I’ve fudged things using that. That’s what I did down the americas on the D80, but adjusting it was a multi-button thing. I run a circular polarising filter on all my lenses.
The lens is pretty impressive for both size and weight considering it’s performance.
When I get my hands on it again (I leant it to Sarah for her walk this week), I’ll look into your focus/shutter separation trick. The OMD does do face recognition really well (and fast).