Olympus OM-D E-M5, E-M1, E-M10 - Mk1, Mk2 & Mk3 Owners Thread

Going to have to call if a day on the palm rest idea.
Been a while since I tried anything like this and after about 30 minutes with a jigsaw and dermal, the arthritis in my fingers in pretty bad, worse than I have had for a while.
 
Need advice on a repair please chaps.

Having lunch in a lovely old pub in Cirencester yesterday and my camera bag fell off the seat onto a carpeted floor.

Didn't think anything of, just picked it up again.

Unfortunately my 2-40 f2.8 PRO lens mount now has a boo boo. Yes it was attached to my EM1X body at the time - not a mistake I'll make again.

Any idea where to send for a quote / fixed price repair please?

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Any help greatly appreciated.

I see there's a 12-45 F4 PRO lens in the classifieds.

Not sure if i Just go for that but having just bought a 9 grand kitchen last week money's not exactly easy to come by at the moment.

Terry.
 
A J Johnston in Glasgow have a good reputation and repair Olympus stuff. I have not used them
 
I’ll second that Terry. , a.j. Do the warranty repairs for all the grey Import gear
 
GreenNinja67 said:
J Johnston have estimated £280 + VAT.

I can get a new MK2 version from HDEW for not a lot more.

b****r.
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Advertise it for spares or repair?
 
You could try the Olympus repair facility,think they do fixed price repairs worth getting a quote ,if not HDEW or COTSWOLDS
 
peat said:
Just back from a weekend in scotland. Weather wasnt what i hoped for this time of year but did get the moth light out once and got this Scarce Prominent which was a new species for me. OM1 +90mm macro (and godox v350 with AK diffuser). This was a 25 shot handheld stack put together in Helicon.
I recently watched a lad on youtube who does macro and he was saying about slabbing with zerene to try and get around the halo problems. If anyone is looking at it stacking I would say it is far quicker and easier to use helicon and the B C B stacking method to get the same if not better results IMO.

Scarce Prominent, Scotland by Pete, on Flickr
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haha this is a confusing photo could have not known it was a moth till you stated it as such lol
 
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No Macro. I almost always have the 150-400mm Pro. and use the 1.25TC for a close up shot. Finished in Lightroom...:)
 
On last week's small-ship cruise. OM5ii and Leica 9mm (Mrs L wasn’t crew - she just pinched one of their life jackets)

Return to ship by Stephen Lee, on Flickr
 
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leaky5 said:
Very nice.

I didn’t realise you had kept your Olympus kit Jeff. I thought you had moved over to Nikon completely.

Got my mk2 100-400 this week, just waiting for a slightly cooler day to pop out with it.
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Yeah once I bought the 100-400 mkii I sold my 300mm f4 as the mkii ticks all the boxes . Got a few hundred shots with it this week just need time to process them all
 
lunar22 said:
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snap ---sorry i couldn't resist. After all, the shot was actually your idea in the first place, though I'm happy to keep the colour.

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No copyrights were infringed :D Think I prefer the detail in yours. Still like mono though ...
 
And in case you're not bored enough, some crepuscular rays. OM5ii, 12-100 f4

Sunrays by Stephen Lee, on Flickr
 
out yesterday looking to do some bird photography with my OM1 and 40 - 150 and 1.4 when I came across some wee froglets .I think this lens is quite capable to do some macro shots. Where to froglets keep their money,IN THE RIVER BANK :ROFLMAO:
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Just been away for 2 weeks, 1 in kent and 1 in dorset. So I got a chance to really put the 150-400 through its paces with dragonflies in flight. I will stick by my opinion the 300mm f4 is miles better in regards to that specific shooting but i found it possible to get stuff it just needed extra steps like always using af limiting, using manual focus to get the focus closer to the dragonfly then letting the af try to get it. Using an even faster shutter than i used to do, trying to be zoomed out to 200 or 300mm then zooming in to 400 if you get time.
These are some of the in flight shots Ive edited so far, I think some might need re-editing as i just edited them on my laptop whilst on holiday and not on my proper system back home though.

Norfolk Hawker, Kent by Pete, on Flickr

Black-tailed Skimmer, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Purbeck Mason Wasp. Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Lesser Emperor, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Common Blue Damselfly, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Scarlet Darter, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr
 
peat said:
Just been away for 2 weeks, 1 in kent and 1 in dorset. So I got a chance to really put the 150-400 through its paces with dragonflies in flight. I will stick by my opinion the 300mm f4 is miles better in regards to that specific shooting but i found it possible to get stuff it just needed extra steps like always using af limiting, using manual focus to get the focus closer to the dragonfly then letting the af try to get it. Using an even faster shutter than i used to do, trying to be zoomed out to 200 or 300mm then zooming in to 400 if you get time.
These are some of the in flight shots Ive edited so far, I think some might need re-editing as i just edited them on my laptop whilst on holiday and not on my proper system back home though.

Norfolk Hawker, Kent by Pete, on Flickr

Black-tailed Skimmer, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Purbeck Mason Wasp. Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Lesser Emperor, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Common Blue Damselfly, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr

Scarlet Darter, Dorset by Pete, on Flickr
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Some serious skills shown there.
 
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