Cameras are getting interetsing

[Papa_Complex]

Hello. My name is Rob and I'm a cameraholic.

Yes, I bought another one. This time it's an Olympus (little surprise there) OM-D E-M5. It's one of their Micro Four-Thirds format, interchangeable lens mirrorless cameras. The latest one, in fact. I picked it up with the 12-50mm F4.0-6.3 kit lens, that's also optimized for HD video use.

BLOODY HELL, but this thing is fast! It focuses significantly faster than my first couple of DSLRs, despite the fact that it has to focus like a compact (imager focusing). It also shoots 9 frames a second in S-AF and 4.5 frames a second in C-AF modes. I could probably get away with using it to shoot bikes, on a tight track. I'll give it a try, the next weekend of racing.

The kit lens even has the option of motor driven zooming, for when you want smooth zooms in video. Just snap the zoom collar back and it engages the motor control. All of this in a camera that looks remarkably like my 15 year old OM2000 35mm film camera.

Any more photo gear and I'm going to need an intervention.