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I'm pretty sure they'll have them soon, but how much cheaper they'll be in the first 6 months is anyone's guess.Well my mkiii is only about 7 months old ,so although this does look very tempting I am going to leave it sat in the corner for a while , tried a couple of PX offers and while not to bad it would still need a large wad of cash to add .
Can I warrant a upgrade that I cant really justify .not at the moment if the camera is that good and I start to see results that make me go wow then in six months time the likes of h.dew or panamoz may have them
It's a good incentive to be an early buyer, but of course we all know prices will tumble and it's always a question of whether it's worth waiting or not.To be honest, I'm not too bothered about the battery charger not being included as with my EM1-X and EM1 MK III, I haven't used their chargers in over 18 months now. I have a Nikon EH-7P AC to USB-C charger that came with my Nikon Z7, that I use instead and it's just easier charging the batteries in camera without having to remove them first, and if travelling, it's one more bulky piece of kit and an AC lead I don't have to take with me. I just hope that when the OM-1 is used with it's new HLD-10 battery grip that both batteries can be charged with a single connection (doesn't with the EM1-MK III).
I have to say on initial view I've loving the new menu system, seems much simplified. I hope they can roll this out to the MK III and 1X via a firmware upgrade ?
Also the early pre-order options of getting a free spare BLX-1 battery and a 5 year warranty sounds like a fairly decent deal ?
I've run the Olympus system alongside FF (D750, D850, Z7, A9-II) for quite some time and as much as I love m4/3 I can't see myself ever giving up FF. There are times that the extra dynamic range, better noise handling (we need to wait and see what the OM1 is like), and shallow DOF/POP that FF offers will always win out for me. That being said there are times when the weight saving of m4/3 wins out, hence the two systems. In terms of IQ I've shown several times that viewing at 'normal' sizes it's hard to separate the two.I'm afraid it's pure GAS in my case - I find the EM10-3 really good for its job (street/grab shots), and I'm just getting going with the EM1-2, but I have been building the M43 lens portfolio whilst thinking ahead to retirement, as well as the Nikon outfit. What I like about this OM-1 is that it looks like serious competition for my Nikon D500, and might preclude the idea expressed elsewhere of a D850, given that I'm no pro or would-be. What a few Olly experts here have shown can be achieved, makes me think very carefully about going down the FF route (ie Not).
TBH honest if I was running APS-C and m4/3 I'd definitely ditch the APS-C in favour of the m4/3 as there's not enough difference between the two for me to justify or want to run those two systems. Of course YMMV