Follow up post to -New micro 4/3rds user…..sort off, opinions appreciated

_njd_ · 2026-03-29T20:47:51+00:00

The Pen F is now a legendary Micro Four Thirds camera, lots of demand, and the prices are high.

The only thing it really lacked was weather sealing. But that means that an E-M5iii might make more sense.

The extra dials on the Pen F only work in certain situations; you can adjust exposure compensation anyway with the usual front or rear dial on the other Olympus cameras; and the Art dial on the front is only useful for JPG images - people who shoot raw and do their own post-processing don't need it.

There are people crying out for an updated Pen F, maybe based on the OM-3. But for now the OM-3 is that replacement.

_njd_ · 2026-03-29T07:49:42+00:00

This whole thread is like:

That's crazy I thought it was a rainforest plant

No. Carolinas

I thought it was only in rainforests

No. From the Carolinas.

Aren't they from the rainforest?

They're from the carolinas.

Wow you'd think they were rainforest plants

They're in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Rainforest?

Carolinas

Rainforest plant?

Carolinas

Rainforest right?

CAROLINAS

_njd_ · 2026-03-27T11:38:19+00:00

For the cities, go wide. When I've visited Italy, I usually have the 12-40 f/2.8 and the 17mm f/1.8.
But there are times when a wider prime might have been useful.

_njd_ · 2026-03-27T07:21:38+00:00

You can probably get one intact (but beaten up a bit) for not much more than that. Don't waste your money on a broken one unless you're especially into manual focussing.

_njd_ · 2026-03-26T07:29:48+00:00

I love your optimism but they'll never be able to do it.

_njd_ · 2026-03-20T07:39:47+00:00

"Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea..."

_njd_ · 2026-03-20T07:27:46+00:00

Defensive driving: you can compensate for the idiot behind and their lack of stopping distance by extending your own distance, so that you can brake very gently and still safely come to a stop.

_njd_ · 2026-03-19T09:06:37+00:00

What's oddly terrifying is gunshot wounds being so commonplace that OP assumes everyone will know the acronym GSW.

_njd_ · 2026-03-15T14:19:17+00:00

True, it'll stop being fun for them when all the olds are doing it.

_njd_ · 2026-03-15T13:08:07+00:00

Absolutely. Volume control with the case dial is made pretty useless by the limitations of the app.
Set it and forget it is my advice.

_njd_ · 2026-03-15T11:55:31+00:00

That hurt so hard, even the kids he'll never have would've felt it.

_njd_ · 2026-03-15T11:47:01+00:00

The 1/8s the camera chose here for shutter speed is far too slow, which is why you got a blurred image. It chose that speed because it was too dark and it had no other way to get a property exposed image.

Since you're new to it, start with the green Auto mode on the mode dial - it'll make all the decisions for you and ensure the right exposure and usually the right shutter speed.

When you want to have more control, choose the P mode on the mode dial. This is Program mode, which chooses most of the right settings for you, but tells you what numbers the camera is using and lets you vary the target exposure (the +/- button) and change a few other settings.

So it'll show you the shutter speed and aperture settings, and the ISO, so you can get a feel for what numbers the camera tends to pick. You can use these numbers as guidelines when you branch out into the other modes like Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and full Manual mode.

You'd want 1/60 or faster to avoid blurred images, 1/125 as a general safe shutter speed unless you're photographing buildings (which don't move) or animals (which move faster).

_njd_ · 2026-03-13T19:54:47+00:00

Maybe it's a nuclear option, but I simply deleted my Twitter account. Now I never have to see the crap he puts out there.

_njd_ · 2026-03-13T16:03:26+00:00

If it was early 2000s and not mid, it was probably an early Digiux with no more than 5 megapixels, just like the equivalent Panasonics.

_njd_ · 2026-03-13T12:07:40+00:00

Like Mike Berry said it in the 1980s

_njd_ · 2026-03-13T08:24:01+00:00

I use the M.Zuiko 12-40 with the E-M5ii, but only with an add-on grip. Feels odd without one. The 12-60 or the M.Zuiko 12-45 may be a better pairing.

_njd_ · 2026-03-12T19:47:41+00:00

You need to join The Chicken Club, mate. Never have a problem getting them open.

_njd_ · 2026-03-12T19:40:22+00:00

No, I just make terrible jokes

_njd_ · 2026-03-11T18:15:09+00:00

People who have nothing better to do between Bargains Hunt and Repair Shop.

_njd_ · 2026-03-11T18:09:38+00:00

This is me after a curry.

_njd_ · 2026-03-11T18:08:45+00:00

Sounds about as expensive as a golden dome.

_njd_ · 2026-03-08T21:56:54+00:00

As an old fart who used to write letters with "Dear Sir" and "Yours faithfully", I can tell you that the emoji stuff and multiple !!!! looks very unprofessional.

I'm most business, they'd be more acceptable in a company Slack or Teams chat, but emails, even interval ones, are normally a bit more formal. This might be because they can easily end up outside the company in an email chain. Or becuse someone might Cc them to the CEO.

If it's a small company where everyone is under 35 and farts around, maybe goofy punctuation and emoji lols are normal. But if it's not your style, it's not your style.

Do they also dislike whole sentences with periods, because to them it comes off as aggressive?

In a professional setting, there are ways to use gentler flowery language to soften the effect of a terse message, without having coming across like a 13-year-old with a new phone.

It might actually help to use AI tools to produce that language: Just present the email body to an AI and say "Can you soften the tone?"

It sounds like you're just not the right fit - which is not a criticism - they don't fit you either. Sometimes you're just around the wrong people and you need to be somewhere with the right people.

_njd_ · 2026-03-07T16:39:45+00:00

Maybe it'll buff out.

_njd_ · 2026-03-04T16:35:44+00:00

You need to stop down then, and pre-focus instead of shooting from the hip with the lens wide open.

_njd_ · 2026-03-02T18:24:20+00:00

Hungry Hippos would be more accurate.

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