Photo Chat Live with Special Guest: Robin Wong ep.301 

Thanks guys!

Excellent chat. Thanks @Rob Trek and @Robin Wong!

Superbe moment passer en vos deux compagnies ! merci

Wow! That was an excellent stream!

Two of my favorite men for camera revi3ss. So nice and helping for my Olympus PM2 .E-M5iii So many times I learn from you. Both. 💁🏻‍♀️

Great content guys keep up the good work

Thanks guys very interesting banter. 😊

Few years ago I was shooting for local weekly newspaper for couple years. At that time mostly carrying Pentax K5, flash, Sig 8-16, Sig 17-50/2.8, Pentax DA18-135 and then Sig 70-200/2.8 or Sig 100-300/4 or small Pentax DA55-300 depending on event/location/needs. That camera with 18-135 or 17-50/2.8 already is quite small combo when compared to Canon or Nikon counterparts. Especially monsters like 5DII, D800 with 24-70/2.8 lenses etc. that most colleagues used. But it was still a big bag sometimes Today I would probably just get EM5III with 12-100/4, 25/1.7, 75-300 and small flash. It will be good enough to cover cca 75% of the work I did. Maybe I would have to buy 9-18 to cover wide shots, then it will be 90%. And I'll be able to easily send some pics through phone right from the event. M4/3 for journalists looks like ideal system. There is no need for high resolution for newspapers and maybe even Stylus1s will be enough for some reports :D Great compact camera for beginners or even guys who want some manual controls is the Olympus XZ-2. They are still available on 2nd hand market with price around $100-150. It shoots RAW, it has flash hotshoe, it can use filters, lens is fast and resolution is good, wire remote is possible, LCD can tilt, IBIS helps, it can be charged by USB everywhere and even EVF can be attached. Great little companion.

Less flaws are like character.

Hello Rob-Robin! Great discussion. I am into Bird Photography using Nikon D500 and Nikon 300 F4 with TC. The entire weight of kit is around 1600 Grams The price I paid for both is 1500 USD used. If I compare Olympus Om-1 weight is nearly 600 Grams and 300 f/4 the the weight is 1270 Grams so it’s nearly 300 grams more. The used price for both is humongous nearly 3500 USD I feel OM-System Camera and lenses prices are not justified, even used ones are pricey compared to other manufacturers. The weight factor that you talk about is definitely there is some cases but not in my case of Bird photography. Just out of curiosity I sold some of my stuff and bought Olympus EM5 with broken screen and 17mm 2.8 and boy I loved the combo But still everything is so pricey in Olympus world What you think what Olympus should do to cater people like me ?

What Walter Rowe said!