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OK, this is super cool Don. Fantastic work. I loved the family photo! Great separation between subject and background.

Meanwhile the Leica fans are pre-ordering the D-Lux 8, which mostly uses Lumix m43 hardware/software from 7 years ago, lol.

I love that . Thank you so much for sharing . I am looking at this camera as i type this , I own a GX1, a G100D and a LX7. I am also glad that you appear to be living in the OKC area. I do as well!!😄

I buy OM gear for shooting wildlife and I'm pretty satisfied with it. To be honest I'm not really moved if street photographers seethe because they don't have pin-sharp weather-sealed pancake lenses, or because the 150-600 doesn't fit in their trouser pocket. 😂 Though didn't Thomas Eisl make a recent video where the Oly/OM 17mm Pro was described as a near-perfect lens in the industry? If it works why fix it, other than to satisfy GAS? "If you really need full frame, why don't you use medium format?" Yes! That's it in a nutshell. 👏

I have a couple of C mount lenses myself Don and I used them a while ago for video on my E-M1ii. Seeing your results has inspired me to take some stills, although mine are not cooke designs sadly.

MFT has to produce small cameras because that would be the only reason that would separate them from the competition. This is what made them market leaders a few years ago. And the market needs small camera because there is nothing like that these days. Since they make cameras as big as the competition that has FF sensors and the same price, they have absolutely no chance to survive. MFT producers must return to their origins, all MFT lovers are waiting for the sequels to the GM, GX, Pen, OM-D series, small cameras that can be taken anywhere, not huge bodies of the caliber of FF cameras.

Hi Don, saw your video. You can now buy a black metal D mount and screw this into the C mount adapter you have in this video. I don't get infinity with my Bell & Howell lens but I do get amazing macro from it.

( New D Mount Movie Mount To C mount for Moive Lens to Camera Adapter W/ Flange US $8.90) the seller is hunter 20099, I bought it on Ebay UK and cost 14.27 dollars including postage and came from China.

An apocalyptic reptar 😂

Thank you for a fascinating video! I have a modern-made CCTV C-mount lens for my M43 cameras, but I’ve been wanting to explore more vintage options. Never realised that these were Petzval-inspired designs!

fascinating stuff, Don. Lovely bokeh indeed.

Okay, you have talked me into buying an EP-5. Just ordered an ‘as new’ camera for €357. My first micro 4/3 was a E-PL6 with two kit lenses bought here in España. Since then l have added an E-PL8 plus a few lenses. l agree with you about the handling and shooting with these cameras, not Leica but the Olympus Pen series still retains that small solid build quality feel l remember so well when l owned a Leica M6. and a 1938 lllB…

Death of MFT is just click bait. Shortcomings for most creatives is not the camera.

What x Ray film did you use and what developer and times thank you in advance

Im Currently a Fuji shooter. I was given a OM-D EM1 MKiii with 3 non-pro (its a spacehsip wow!) lenses. Landscape, cityscape, street and family are my subjects. I like shooting the Oly and working on my determination if i want to purchase lenses. My film cameras are Oly so I may stay brand loyal. I'm glad they are making the smaller cameras.

I just bought the E-P5 on eBay with a 14-42mm kit lens for $350. I think it is a good value. Thanks for the info. I will be using it with my 1.8 prime lenses.

My dad past away years ago, and was an amature fotographer, he had 3 or 4 Nikon body's + 5 lenses including the older version of the Micro 55 (metal ring) wich my mom gave to me yesterday, which i wanna use on a Sony @6000 + adapter so i can replace the kit lens. I also have that extension ring but still dont understand what its for/ what it does to the immage.

Please tell me, what is your general starting point for setting your camera for street photography. I'm planning on visiting London in April and wondered if Auto setting would be fine. I tend to set it on Aperture, but think that Auto would be easier. Thanks

I've bought from MPB in the past but not from MBP. I have an E-P3 which I have always enjoyed the tactile experience of using. I bought mine four years ago from an eBay seller for £90 with a low shutter count and near immaculate (very slight mark to lcd). I bought an Olympus 14-45mm calapsable kit lens new for £79 to compliment. Four weeks later my Mother passed from Covid and I took some video after her funeral. There was marked clicking noises when the camera was pointed downward. A couple of months later I noticed a red flashing I.S. notification warning at the top right of the LCD. Investigation confirmed that this was indication of a fail state of the IBS system. Not being sure of the state at the time of purchase and having the Lumix lens with OIS I decided to ride with the situation, partly because the camera was so good to use and delivered great stills results. So I bought a Lumix G vario 14-45mm f3.5-5.6 ASPH (their earlier G series kit lens) for around £75 (GBP) and a Lumix DMC-G5, also around £75. A couple of weeks later I bagged a new OM-D E-M10 for £299. This has the later 5 axis IBS that works great for stills and video and saved buying an EVF for the E-P3. It had to be returned to Olympus under a 3yr warranty for repair to the EVF function after under 2500 actuations. In 1975 I had an OM-1MD and later an OM-10. The OM-1 never felt totally robust and the OM-10 only lasted a couple of years before failing with the manual adapter. In short, my conclusion would be that my Olympus cameras are less robust than my Nikons and the earlier 3 axis IBS may be somewhat less reliable than the later 5 axis generation. Of the 18 Nikon cameras I have or had, I have only had one fault.. that with an F-301 that I dropped. The mirror came adrift but was user repairable with the help of UA-cam. The D80 can also have issues with a nylon gear component. Hope this helps someone. 😊

Yup is a very good camera indeed.....I bought mine in Jun. 2023 for Usd 250 from ebay Japan. later I bought a Viewfinder VF-2 for USD 129 ( also from Japan ) . with VF-2 I can make use of various analog old excellent lenses in the EP5 body with perfectly sharp images taken at ease......! Thanks for bringing up this old Gem which had been overlooked by most of the photographers out there .

Мабуть цікаве скло, планую собі таке придбати, але нажаль в нашій країні не багато варіантів, тож доведеться шукати в іншій

Hi Don, E-P5 was in my wish list already for some time and finally I bought one after your last video of it. One of the features, which I appreciate is the ability to store four different setting combinations to Mysets and assign them to unused mode dial positions. I am used to that feature in my E-M5ii. I did not buy VF-4 yet, but maybe later. Thank you for all your M4/3 videos in UA-cam!

What a great camera!!

i have a vintage tokina om mount with an mft adapter i use in my omd-e10 and is really a great combo!😊 500mm f/8 x 2 and i get 1000 mm equivelent to full frame😂 its insane 😅

Hi Don, I‘m looking for an Olympus camera for taking pictures of garden birds. Since it’s a hobby only, I want to keep the costs as low as possible while still getting satisfying results. Some people recommend the Olympus OM D E M1 ii. However, isn‘t there an older or even other Olympus camera suitable as well? I mainly capture the birds while they sit on a branch or the feeder. So far, I ‚ve used a Bridge camera and the Sony a6000 with Kit Zoom (however not enough reach). Would appreciate your opinion on this matter. Thank you so much in advance.

I moved from FF 8 months ago. I have absolutely no regrets.

Great tips

Please do more videos about photo ideas! Your macro photos are stunning 😮

Thank you for all your suggestions and helpful tips! By the way, would you mind telling us who the eBay seller is?

I am working on the same using the shutter etc, from a cheap bellows camera mounted on a board to fit a 50s field camera with a roll film back.

What a perfect idea, I love this!

Well done Don! Another camera saved from the junkyard, excellent idea and some great images.

Incredibly cool little camera and such pleasing photographs.

That was fun to watch. Nice images ❤

Thank you Don for the new video! I have to tell you - I thoroughly enjoy your great work and jump at every opportunity to watch your unique content! Please keep your videos coming! I am a true fan! Cheers! Rikard

Hi Don, thank you for all the information you share about Olympus and M4/3. I just bought an e p5 and am curious about it's performance. Can you recommend a memory card best suitable for the camera?

Isnt the focal length of the pinhole wider than what the viewing lens is seeing?

Very cool. I might just try to build one myself. I also really like the idea of having a viewfinder on a pinhole camera.

Thanks!

Just picked up one of these bad boys with the VF4 and 12mm F2. Should be arriving tomorrow

I'm enjoying your M43 videos. I am just starting with that format. I recently purchased the E-PL6 with two kit lenses and flash and am pretty impressed so far with the features and image quality.

Tanks, is it really better than the em10 mark 2 ?

how do you compose the shot? Is there a viewfinder? What are the two lenses on top for? Thanks.

You might look into the Kodak Ektar line of lenses.

Are you aware there is a pb with non responsiveness of the 2 control dials, or faulty responsiveness ? Or course there is a workaround using the arrow pad by pressing compensation which allows to access exp comp and f. numbers. Pity

Really has helped!

Very nice! I have a 4x5 Speed Graphic like my Dad used back in the day. (He used to like asking people if they could figure out how to open it!) I think their design is just so clever. The Baby Graphic has long been on my want list. Looks like this one works great now. Very handy that you know how to repair cameras!

Such a fascinating video!

I totally agree Dom, I honestly think the potential of MFT is massive and we've barely scratched the surface with the latest Flagship cameras.

What an incredible find and restoration!