Why I Bought The Olympus OM D E M1 Mark II in 2023 

Thanks William! I agree, they are great!

Hey Matt, true any version from the mark II is great!

Battery life alone is reason enough to pick the mark ii over the mark I. The mark 1 seems to go from saying full battery to almost empty battery with no warning, even with the battery I bought new.

These are really cool features! What kind of pictures do you take with the live comp?

@@MyIntrovertedNature Live comp is really great with lightning photos

Wow that's a great price you got it for! I think that the Mii body is the perfect compromise between quality and price on the second hand market. And the lenses! They are so small, cheap and light compared to the bigger sensors. I'm sure you're going to enjoy taking pictures with it!

That's the one I was going to get, but it wasn't available. It's a very good camera!

Thanks a lot!! The EM1.2 is such a versatile camera! I like that it's great for photography and video as well. No reason to change if you're happy with it!

Thanks a lot!! The EM1.2 is such a versatile camera! I like that it's great for photography and video as well. No reason to change if you're happy with it!

The silver edition looks beautiful!

Thanks! I actually shot the video on my Sony ZV-1, but the photos are from the Olympus camera.

That's a great choice too! And with that lens, you probably won't need another one in the near future.

In the end these cameras help us expressing out creative vision, and I can see the G9 being great for that.

When I'm not too tired from work 😂

That's true, it's great.

I'm intrigued by the Fuji cameras. I have never tried one out, maybe in the future. I had the same experience as you focusing with my old D800. I'm not sure why but I really liked the manual focus on that camera. Maybe it just came down to me having used it a lot compared to the mirrorless cameras.

Just bought an E-M1-1 and I love it! Thinking about purchasing the Mark 2 as well. I just love the raw files that come out of this camera as the image quality (in my opinion) is superb.

​@@cernach13that's true, and it's nice that these cameras are affordable too!

I did. An M1 mk II. I am very happy with this purchase. Fits my needs perfectly.

I just got my E-M1 Mark II less than an hour ago.

I am thinking about it ...

For me, Mark II has all I need. I heard that Mark III might be a bit better when it comes to focus stacking load of photos (like 100) for macro, but I'm not entirely sure.

This camera would be a great choice because it strikes a nice balance between being light, food quality and not too expensive on the second hand market. And the lenses for micro four thirds are pretty light and again cheaper compared to bigger sensors. For macro, I like the 60mm macro the most. It has a magnification of 2:1! The 45mm macro is nice too. I used it to take my macro photos in my videos. But the reals pros use the 60mm macro. For everyday shots, you can't go wrong with the 12-40mm lens.

@@MyIntrovertedNature Thank you!! I ended up pulling the trigger on buying the E-M1 Mark II earlier today, and I'm pretty sure I'm going to order a 60mm lens. I would love to have the 12-40mm as well, but I can't afford both lenses. I was considering a pancake lens for my everyday shooting, what do you think of the Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ or Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7? I like that they're compact, but I'm not sure. There's so many options!

@@sparklelikeaghost you're welcome! I would probably get the 20mm lens, but it depends a bit of your happy with having a fixed focal length. I don't have these two lenses but I would expect the 20mm lens to perform better in low light. On the other hand, the E-m1 Mark II has got in body stabilisation, so the zoom lens should work as well.

Wow, that sounds really encouraging! I have not used my E-M1 II for scanning digitals yet, I will have to try that soon!

@@MyIntrovertedNature Scanning negatives (or slides) is a niche application, but one where the Olympus cameras are a really nice (and quite affordable) option. The light source is a problem with 4x5 negatives, not so much for smaller formats up to 6x9. The pixel-shift hi-res mode does a really good job at that, even though the "true" resolution is more like 40 to 50 MP (still more than enough to make the grain visible). BTW, your English sounds somewhat "German", or am I mistaken?

@@c.augustin Sounds great! I have the Valoi "professional scanning kit" which contains a Cinestill light source. As I only scan up to medium format (6x6cm), this works fine for me. And indeed, I grew up in Germany and, even though I speak English at home nowadays, it's so hard to lose the accent 🙂

@@MyIntrovertedNature The Valoi kits are fine (don't have one, I use the Essential Film Holder, but the Valoi holders are better)! Last year I talked to the CEO of Valoi at the Photopia in Hamburg (I live up north from Hamburg), and he's a really nice guy. He gave me a tip for a suitable large light source (a specific Raleno video light), which works great. Your accent is much better than mine, and actually speaking English is a chore (writing not so much, as I can always use tools like LEO or Google Translate if I can't find the right words).

@@MyIntrovertedNature Oh, and the Olympus 3.5/30 mm macro is the perfect lens for scanning; I think I've seen this lens in one of the few videos I've seen so far from you. When using the pixel-shift hi-res mode, the aperture is automatically limited to F8 (or below, like 5.6, which I still have to test).

Non, pas pour l'instant...

That's true, I've always found these never-ending names kind of weird 😂

They could have added an X!!!😂

@@ftlbaby everything is better with a X! 😅

@@ftlbaby X Pro Super? 🤣

The actual thing where that is a pet peeve of mine is with shaving systems. (I still use an old-fashioned double edged razor) Ridiculous...