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ugh its a potential death spiral. I bought an Olympus and expected to keep the 4/3rds lenses for decades. Now its mostly a dead end, I have to choose another an

by rr888 4y ago

ugh its a potential death spiral. I bought an Olympus and expected to keep the 4/3rds lenses for decades. Now its mostly a dead end, I have to choose another and start from scratch now. I’d actually like to go Nikon but don’t want to get burned twice in a row.

CydeWeys 4y ago
Sadly the only rational choice left might be Sony. I chose between Sony and M4/3 five years ago, went with M4/3, and now regret it took should've gone with alpha APS-C.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  Why are you regretting it? I am still extremely happy with mFT.
  - CydeWeys 4y ago
    It seems like a dying platform, and Sony sells better camera bodies (though admittedly they still aren't as ergonomic to use). I went with Olympus, and in particular, Sony does better video.
_ph_ 4y ago
Well, the Olympus FT system had its last camera 2010. But there was the migration path to mFT, which supports FT lenses. You might though hurry to grab the lens adapters, as they are no longer in production. The mFT system is quite alive and the camera spin-off from Olympus, OMDS, seems to do well with the recent OM-1 camera. You should definitely give it a try.
- rr888 4y ago
  I shouldn't have said dead end, its been a great camera but the truth is I bought the Panasonic 18-35 zoom which has gone a bit soft I must have damaged it. I have a few nice primes but figure its a good time to change platforms. My usage has changed. 10 years ago I was happy with the e-m5 as it was lightweight. Now my phone is great lightweight camera, I need something once a month for special shots, so might as well get something bigger. I think my main point is that once a camera company starts losing market share its very difficult to attract new users.
h2odragon 4y ago
I've got the fancy f/2 zoom 4/3rd lens. Thing is awesome and at this point there's pretty much no hope of using it with better sensors etc. I should be buying up Olympus E bodies to make sure I'll have something behind it while it lasts.
- _ph_ 4y ago
  They are fantastic lenses. Which one have you got? I have the 150/2. Why shouldn't you use the lens with the newest mFT cameras with the current sensors? If you are looking for a beefy camera, you can currently get the E-M1X increadibly cheap and of course to get the newest, the OM-1 works nicely with them too. You just need to look around for the Olympus adapter, which unfortunately is avaliable only used. That is what you should be buying up, preferrably the mmf-1, as it is more robust than its successors.
fleddr 4y ago
On Nikon's Z mount you can use F mount lenses with an adapter going back to 1959, just to illustrate their extreme commitment to backwards-compatibility. This new Z mount isn't going anywhere. It's not Nikon's style to change mounts, it's been 60 years. They intentionally made the new Z mount as large as physically possible as to make it future-proof.

by rr888 4y ago

CydeWeys 4y ago

Sadly the only rational choice left might be Sony. I chose between Sony and M4/3 five years ago, went with M4/3, and now regret it took should've gone with alpha APS-C.

_ph_ 4y ago
Why are you regretting it? I am still extremely happy with mFT.
- CydeWeys 4y ago
  It seems like a dying platform, and Sony sells better camera bodies (though admittedly they still aren't as ergonomic to use). I went with Olympus, and in particular, Sony does better video.

_ph_ 4y ago

Well, the Olympus FT system had its last camera 2010. But there was the migration path to mFT, which supports FT lenses. You might though hurry to grab the lens adapters, as they are no longer in production. The mFT system is quite alive and the camera spin-off from Olympus, OMDS, seems to do well with the recent OM-1 camera. You should definitely give it a try.

rr888 4y ago
I shouldn't have said dead end, its been a great camera but the truth is I bought the Panasonic 18-35 zoom which has gone a bit soft I must have damaged it. I have a few nice primes but figure its a good time to change platforms. My usage has changed. 10 years ago I was happy with the e-m5 as it was lightweight. Now my phone is great lightweight camera, I need something once a month for special shots, so might as well get something bigger. I think my main point is that once a camera company starts losing market share its very difficult to attract new users.

h2odragon 4y ago

I've got the fancy f/2 zoom 4/3rd lens. Thing is awesome and at this point there's pretty much no hope of using it with better sensors etc. I should be buying up Olympus E bodies to make sure I'll have something behind it while it lasts.

_ph_ 4y ago
They are fantastic lenses. Which one have you got? I have the 150/2. Why shouldn't you use the lens with the newest mFT cameras with the current sensors? If you are looking for a beefy camera, you can currently get the E-M1X increadibly cheap and of course to get the newest, the OM-1 works nicely with them too. You just need to look around for the Olympus adapter, which unfortunately is avaliable only used. That is what you should be buying up, preferrably the mmf-1, as it is more robust than its successors.

fleddr 4y ago

On Nikon's Z mount you can use F mount lenses with an adapter going back to 1959, just to illustrate their extreme commitment to backwards-compatibility. This new Z mount isn't going anywhere. It's not Nikon's style to change mounts, it's been 60 years. They intentionally made the new Z mount as large as physically possible as to make it future-proof.