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another long tailed tit from the weekend , love this pose
goldeneye by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
goldeneye by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
I just did it but even better as I got 12 months interest free plus a 5 year warranty with UK Digital and I checked the Olympus site first and they’re on the list of approved dealers. Now which lens will I get for free?Sounds like a plan. It'd make it a nice cheap, new mkii body with 2 year warranty to boot.
Although knowing what I'm like it'd be hard to part with the new lens, so I'm not willing to take the risk[emoji6]
another long tailed tit from the weekend , love this pose
goldeneye by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
another long tailed tit from the weekend , love this pose
goldeneye by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
That's an insane deal, so you buy a camera for £1099 and get a lens worth £1199 for free?Seems like a hell of a deal?
Is it too good to be true?
as long as you have use for it that is ??That's an insane deal, so you buy a camera for £1099 and get a lens worth £1199 for free?
Joe I think these are better than the triangular shaped ones.Evening all!
Can anyone recommend a simple top loader case (triangle shape type), that will hold an EM 5 mark 3 with the 12-40mm pro lens attached?
Cheers
Thank you, I will take a look at thisJoe I think these are better than the triangular shaped ones.
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Yep, but of a no brainer really - even if you don’t want the lens It can be sold, the camera then becomes cheap as chips!That's an insane deal, so you buy a camera for £1099 and get a lens worth £1199 for free?
Joe I think these are better than the triangular shaped ones.
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Just pulled the trigger, even better deal....Park Cameras, on the list of authorised dealers and did the Em1ii and free lens for £999!That's an insane deal, so you buy a camera for £1099 and get a lens worth £1199 for free?
Sell either the lens or camera and get the other for peanuts. Its a no brainer.as long as you have use for it that is ??
Just make sure that they are Amazon UK and not a third party seller as they don’t qualify. Only saying as I almost pushed that button but realised they would’nt be valid to claim the lens.Came here to mention the offer as well, we both picked up the 12-45mm bundled kit off Amazon for £1089 yesterday (back at £1472 now!) and will be getting the 17mm and 45mm free!
Just got to work out what to keep and what to sell now as that's a heck of a price to get our toes into mirrorless, thinking of keeping 1x body and the 17mm & 45mm (for a grand total of around £750!?) but as I have no experience of Olympus, I'd welcome any advice!
Part of my thinking is weight but the lenses and camera I’m looking at aren’t far off the weight of the Sony gear I currently have (I cut out quite s bit of the weight when I left Nikon). There is an argument that I’d only need one lens and camera for landscapes if I went with the 12-100. My main point will be the Olympus kit will be about half the cost of Sony kit. My main issue is that I don’t get out enough for photography now but when I do I still enjoy it. Having thousands sat in the cupboard unused most of the time seems a bit crazy. I still want to do photography but it’s gett harder justifying having £££’s of kit sat in a cupboard.having switched to olympus last year due to heart problems (needed lighter gear) I dont regret it in any way shape or form , there is a learning curve with both the camera menus and how to p/p to the best advantage . but take a look at photo i.q from users in general ,plenty of photos in this thread alone .having come down the long road of canikon dslr's olympus is a way way ahead of the game .
these days I tend to look at others lugging huge bits of kit around and just silently smile to myself
If you can choose the lens you have the 17mm F1.2 could potentially be useful for Astro landscapes.Market forces.....early purchasers will benefit as they can sell before too many become available. Then again whats not to like about an Em1ii and a f1.2 Pro lens for under a £1000 anyway?
That’s perfect then. I must have looked at a different deal, same combination but it was definitely a third party seller. You’ve got a great deal x2, well done!
Although at the moment i use Panasonic i have admiration for the Olympus cameras and lenses,bit disappointed though to see Mr Wong defending the lower spec IS on the Olympus100-400 by suggesting that Panasonic lied/mislead about the IS on the Panny 100-400, he admits to not knowing the lens and i have never seen this suggested before.
Come on sir dont try to improve Olympus sales with hinted slurs against Panasonic, with a FOV OF 800MM many users want all the IS they can get
Do we see the hint of a little panic at Olympus?
"Knocking" the opposition has never made any sense - so why start on a partner? Also the latest crazy promotion on the EM1ii does current owners and Pro prime lens owners no favours at all re. value of their kit.
Do we see the hint of a little panic at Olympus?
I know, GAS is a bugger isn’t it - I gave in and ordered another EM1 mkii on Tuesday which has just arrived and I’ve already put a claim in for the 17mm F1.2 lens.I am fighting my GAS very hard at the moment, the 17mm 1.2 would be great for astro landscapes, but I don't actually need it as I have PL 15mm 1.7 and 8mm 1.8. Before that I was fighting hard to not buy the Oly 100-400, as I have the PL100-400 that I have barely used over lockdown because I have been using the PL200 with x1.4 & x2 TCs.
However, if Oly do release the 8-25mm f4 that's it, I'm on it......
Here is a Hi Res shot from Monday the use of Hi res in this shot smoothed out the water and reflection like a long exposure shot but this does not always work so I was switching between modes
Wasdale summer sunset by Alf Branch, on Flickr
managed to get the local group of spoonbills today after 3 unsuccessful attempts over the last couple of week , tried knocking my iso right back to 250iso to reduce the noise and it worked extremely well . not much good for b.i.f but worked here
spoon day by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
bit of a long shot by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr
I can’t speak for Jeffs birds but there are a lot in Norfolk where I live, sometimes the roosts hold 40+ birds.Good shots.
RSPB have an estimate of about 80 birds overwintering in the Uk , so where are these please.
On the Olympus site they are promoting EM1 mk 111, I reckon that's why they are selling the mk ii off. Doesn't bother me if the one I ordered is superseded, it's a great camera for the price.Does look like bit of a fire sale, read somewhere that Olympus intend to stop production and development of the f/1.2 Pro lenses
They are at parkgate on the Wirral . Easily seen from the promenadeGood shots.
RSPB have an estimate of about 80 birds overwintering in the Uk , so where are these please.