µFourThirds to the Test

[chuasam]

View from our hotel room. Works fine in low light

Same view in the day

Hotel pool day and night

 

[chuasam]

after 3 weeks of vacation, I have concluded that the EM5 II is a sufficient camera to be the only one during an extended vacation or a really good option for amateurs.

I asked my GF if she could switch to a micro43 system for her professional work but her biggest gripe was the lack of onsite professional support at large events. Something like CPS or NPS during the Olympics.

 

[Dave442]

Thanks for posting this hands-on review. I think there is a definite spot in the bag for a camera that one can grab to take along where size, weight and conspicuousness are issues. Right now I just use the smallish crop sensor body with the 35mm DX lens, although it does seem like overkill when the rest of the crowd is using cell phones to take pictures (often in conditions where the cell phone still struggles to give a decent image).

Just wondering if you truly felt the need for an interchangeable lens body for your travel camera, or if you could have used a fixed lens model - my inclination is a fixed prime lens. Also, for a travel camera I do not see the big need for having a shallow depth of field - why go somewhere and come back with pictures of people where the background no longer gives a sense of location. So this is where m43rds works and I agree with you on that.

However, I still like to travel to for the purpose to photograph - and those images are often the ones I print. So a question is can I still print to 11x17 or 16x24 with m43rds - do you print any of your travel pictures or are they more for sharing on-line?

 

[chuasam]

a few more posted from my computer now that I'm home...

I have to admit that the customisation functions of the EM5 II were a bit much and I had it mostly default and shot in Aperture mode for the most part.