Digital Camera Purchase - any advice (please!)?

[bigcol]

also this one..............

Have you been wondering about lenses? Especially as far as which you should buy for the photos you want to take?

I’m going to show you the entire range of lenses you can buy for your camera (they range from $200 - $2,000+) and which is right for what you want to do with your photography…

After this video you’ll never feel confused or overwhelmed about lenses again:

http://froknowsphoto.com/lenses

 

[bigcol]

i took the plunge on an Olmypus OM-D E-M10 Mk II,

looks very similar to the Olympus PEN that I have

 

[Crusty181]

Hi All,

So after much research (including the comments on this forum) i took the plunge on an Olmypus OM-D E-M10 Mk II, with a 12-40mm f2.8 pro lens as pictured below (all up @ $1500) which is a micro 4/3.
I was tempted to go for the E-M5 model which is dust and splash proof, however couldn't afford the extra $400 and figured that our house insurance should cover it in an event like that. The E-M10 has identical workings inside and was only missing a few features that i couldnt really see myself using (do i really need 10 frames per second instead of 8.5?).
The lens was more than the camera, however i was swayed by my research that told me that i would get a better photo cropping pics from this lens, than with the cheaper telephoto with multiple "f-stops".
I quite like the "retro" look also!
Anyways, will try to post some pics once we start getting out there and using it properly!!
Cheers, Jemmo
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Olympus is viewed as a bit of an unknown, an anomaly or poor cousin to big players in the camera market today.

Back in the olden days when we used fill'um, Olympus were the leading camera manufacturer and any give point in time produced the best cameras money could by. I owned the entire OM fill'um camera range including the flagship state of the art OM4 (which I still have) which was, and still is, an incredible camera. Olympus drove camera technology and were at the cutting edge of camera design, technology, and introduced many of the features taken for granted today. Olympus Zuiko lens were also regarded as world leaders, in some part because the camera lens technologies were driven in conjunction with their large medical and industrial optics department.

Olympus drop the ball and lost momentum in their camera area for various reasons and kind of almost disappeared from view. One of Olympus's strongest traits was not once did they ever release anything short of the best. I have a soft spot for Olympus and their retro design. Olympus has defied the trend to bulk up SLR cameras, and kept theirs small. Its odd that the best 35mm SLR fill'um ever made with more requirements for physical and mechanical in'ards was significantly smaller than most of the current SLR's only full of chips and ribbons.

 

[straydingo]

Good choice @Jemmo. Love the old school silver body