This shot was taken with my E-M5 and my old Canon EF-400 f/5.6L lens. The photographer that bought my old lens let me borrow it for a short while to do some testing with it. My keeper rate was VERY low, unfortunately. It was very difficult to see if the birds were in focus or not. More often than not they were out of focus. You can click on the image to view a larger version of it.
Isn't that a mouthful! I have been reading tons of great things about the new Olympus camera lately and almost everything I have read about it is positive. I've discussed it at length with fellow Canon user Brent Pennington. In fact I either have Brent to blame or thanks for turning me on to the Olympus camera :). Several of the blog posts I've read about the camera have included numerous sample images and I've been blown away by the quality of them and these were taken with non L-quality glass. Given that waterfalls and nature are the things Donna and I primarily shoot and will continue to do so in the future I'm thinking the time is right for this move. From what I've seen from the Canon line up the everything is getting more and more expensive. I realize there aren't as many lenses available yet for the Olympus as there are for the Canon but in time I'm sure more will become available.
I've already begun selling off my Canon gear and after getting the EM-5 later this month (hopefully) I'll most likely sell off the remaining gear we have and buy a second one for Donna to shoot with. Listed below are links for the kit I've ordered along with the battery grip which I'm ordering tonight. Finally there's a link for the body only.
So how about you? Have you seen anything that looks interesting enough to make you want to switch camera systems?
Black body with 12-50 Lens
Battery Grip
Body only
