fuzzynormal

You have to admit, there's a big difference between public and private though.

Of course. A career that lasts 65 years is pretty cool. We all should be so lucky. Not knocking your appreciation for Ennio, just giving him credit for all the years devoted to the craft.

He's been in the biz since the mid 50's. And has 2020 credits. The "almost" should actually be followed by the number 70. Over six decades; legendary talent and career.

"Almost" 50 years? Ummm...

Well, if not Oly buying it, someone else perhaps? .0001%? Is owning a camera company a fool's errand at this point or could that potential organization have a place in the market? Eh, that's me, always rooting for the underdog.

What are the odds that Oly sells to JIP in order for JIP to unload expensive assets and employees. Oly can't do this legally under Japanese law. Then, after restructuring, OLY buys back the new company which is more nimble, streamlined, and able to exist in the black? .001%. Wishful thinking?

I'm currently planning to make a reel out of all the 1080 travel footage I've shot over the past 15 years. Big damn project that requires weeks of completely re-structuring my media storage, catalog management, and then some really long editing days. Good opportunity to learn a new NLE, new color grading, and practice some new editing techniques. Ultimately it's an exercise in production. Getting a video out of it to help sell myself will be a nice bonus.

The IQ resolves a bit better in camera than doing it in post. I also made a 6-part doc series in 2016 with two GX85's. The EM10 and GX85 are pretty much the same size. IQ between both cams is similar. The eyepiece is in the middle on the Olympus though, and I like that. I also like that the Olympus is more affordable right now. Any camera on your list will give you creative options. No worries there.

So I'm currently shooting my personal stuff with the EM10III, and I keep the rig very small by going an extreme route: I've put a 24mm f2.8 Pentax A110 lens on the body. (I also carry an A110 50mm and 18mm f2.8 - these things are TINY, so why not) So, with the Oly and the 24mm lens I get a 48mm FF field-of-view equivalent. IN your particular case You could also keep it small with a more modern prime too. Panasonic make a decent pancake 20mm f1.7. You'd get more light gathering from that and not a lot of additional bulk. I imagine you're not thrilled with considering a fixed prime, but here's the thing regarding the EM10III, in 4k mode they have a 2x punch in feature that's actually decent IQ-wise, especially if you're editing mostly in 1080 like I am. Basically, you get to have a FF equiv 40mm lens and 80mm lens with the touch of a button. Not sure if that moves the needle for you in your decision, but that's an option to think about, two FOV 's out of one lens.

I really don't get this argument. Limitation in one aspect of photography, such as sensor size, might not be a hinderance if it allows a superior option in another, such as compact gear and IBIS. Certainly not all photographers want the same thing. I'm a videographer that's attracted to small gear for the ease of use. I have to imagine photographers are into that convenience as well. Maybe not at the levels required to be market successful, if that's what you mean.

Yowza. Seems like a dive into the code and firmware updating would fix that. Too much trouble? I always wondered why this persisted. And, yeah, Japanese culture is cool and frustrating at the same time. Japanese business culture is all that amplified to 11.

Had the GX7 as well. Sadly lost it. Great video camera. Wanted to buy another one used. Found out that one could buy a new/refurbished/warrantied Olympus EM10III for less than this 7 year old LUMIX cam. (!) Olympus is going to be trove of value for videographers over the next few years. I'm not scared off by the recent news; kind of excited about it for mainly that reason.

I shot one of my documentaries mostly with that lens. Unfortunately I thought I was filming with a field of view FF-equivalent of 45mm. Boy, was I wrong! Seriously though, it's a purty lens. Don't like the AF or focus-by-wire aspect of it as I'm partial to old manual glass, but it certainly rendered really nice images. Olympus is dead, long live Olympus!

Just watched "Doctor Sleep" and this literally happens in the sequel. So, at least there's that I guess.

FWIW, I used a GH5 for the most recent doc I made. Toured with the film and put it on the "big screen" often. I like to think I know what I was doing visually and in regards to focal lengths. I also just sold my GH5 and bought an Olympus camera. Olympus plans to sell their camera division later this year, if you haven't heard.

One of the reasons I bought the EM10III is simply because it would fit easier in my favorite leather camera bag than my GH5. Sometimes the decisions to own a camera are weird, but whatever works for you.

I don't think any of that is surprising in retrospect analysis of the company. Olympus is/was a frustrating company. You could tell they had a team and the basic technology to do something cool and inventive, but it always felt a bit shackled from taking the bigger riskier step to really compete. There's probably scant chance the remains of Olympus imaging will spin off into anything amazing in the future...but the irony is that there's still a narrow path where they could thrive in a market niche, I think. If anything has shown us from the bast 10 years is that these companies don't necessarily need to have to have the latest and greatest sensor to build a really impressive, useful, and cool camera. What they do need to do is wring more out of what's been developed in the CMOS arena already. But it's out of the hands of people with an engineering/artistic passion for cameras, and it's into the hands of financiers. Best to to throw hope away for Olympus at this point.

Ability of a lens to gather light and the lens DOF aesthetic have always been intertwined --but are definitely different things. Hobbyist really crawl up their own butt with this stuff sometimes. Having masterful wisdom of the nuances of technical craft is important and nice to have. But, let's be honest, it's not the end-all-be-all. Many other decisions are much more impactful when solving movie making problems.

Minimal difference. I'd say the EM5 is actually not much better for video, but certainly a better all around camera if photos are a big deal to you. imho, the EM5 looks nicer, if that matters. You might like the size and ergonomics of a EM5 a bit more. The menu options are more refined. In addition, you can plug a mic directly into the EM5. I also believe the rolling shutter is not quite as pronounced. If I was still doing my globe trotting video work, I'd get the EM5 simply because I could put a battery grip on it, the EM5 is weather sealed, and the IBIS is slightly better...but those are not video IQ considerations. For the video IQ? No great variance...which is why the em10iii is such a value for video to begin with. Cheap camera, really good 4k video, and a decent IBIS system. I'll probably get another one so I can do same-camera tandem video shooting on an upcoming gig I have scheduled. They're so affordable it's kind of ridiculous. I've paid more for meals that I have for this little guy.

I put old vintage lenses on my m43 gear all the time. I prefer them. Right now I have a Pentax a110 lens on my EM10iii. (google it) Yes, as compared to the standard size of a 35mm still film exposure. That's pretty much the formula. If you buy a 12mm lens and put it on m43, it'll look like the focal length of a 24mm lens on a full frame camera. Nope. It exists on all cameras that literally move the sensor (or lens elements) to give you stabilization. Not all cameras do IBIS (in body image stabilization). For example, the lens stabilization used in FUJI lenses is actually decent...but they do stabilization in the lens, not the body.

That's the thing about this. And who's to say a nimble camera company more attuned to the market doesn't arise in the aftermath? I guess it's not the most likely of scenarios, but there's a chance.

IBIS setting "M-IS 2" That's the setting for mechanical IBIS. Mechanical means there's no digital processing on the stabilization. Because digital stabilization requires a little bit of zoom-in-crop on the image, when it's not on you don't have said crop. Yes. "On" and activate with the IBIS setting "M-IS 1" Yes. Also known as, by default, the "Fn2" button. It does produce a good image for footage that'll be 1080. It's not as clean and sharp as 4K, but it gives you a very quick way to punch in for close ups. I've used this when filming people working on a computer, for example. Want a nice close up of them typing on the keyboard? Hit that button, bop in tight. It's also useful for a quick focus check.

It's a dumb joke. The point I'm making is that it's not the format, it's the market. Somehow I don't see MFT going away too fast, actually. Just a hunch. It'll carry on as a legacy thing. Lots of good lenses out there. Same.

I wonder what we'd all be saying if it was Nikon that decided the market has shrunk too much to keep going. Is it just about MFT? Nah. Personally I don't think size matters as much. It's how you use it.

They don't call them halflings for no reason.