With that amount of gears on your shoulder you will feel it in a very short time, in my last 2 overseas trip I had a single strap much like the lowepro messenger but a little bigger and I had only a few things weighted probably less than 3 kgs and I had quite an uncomfortable time. Yes I thing the backpack is the best.

Agreed

What backpack your using now?

It seems everybody wants a piece of the big fat cake mirrorless sector by looking at their ridiculous pricings, this i gotta admit please look at canon m50, there is so much going for it and look at its price, peanuts compared to sony or nikon but of course, canon's rumoured FF mirrorless rollout is expected soon and i really wonder how much pricing they gonna put it

Comparatively the olympus PRO series lenses seem to be a better option

Yay

A speed booster is an interesting proposition. I have been thinking about the speed booster for quite sometime edy. Metabones is definitely not my choice simply becoz of its ridiculous pricing however, some china-made alternatives might be.

As far as the 12-60 kit lens, that is a no-brainer, you will get dual IS with it too.

I reckon it's a matter of time for Panasonic to enter into the realm of the FF. With the G9, I think they are already testing the waters to see how people react with the size, btw the G9 I believe is the largest size m4/3 from Panasonic to date if i am not mistaken. The G9 somewhat has all the bells and whistles of an FF already. FF Mirrorless King SONY saw this much much earlier than anybody else!

LoL :

While the FF is getting smaller in the form of FF mirrorless, including their lenses, the mirrorless is journeying into the FF territory Lol

Now we see clearly where Panasonic is going, I am fearful for the micro 4/3, now probably Olympus will follow up soon

Yup, since I find less and less time with the GX8, might as well I let it go to somebody else's hands. However, I am still keeping my trusty pancake gem the 20/1.7 with the '"Adam" of Micro 4/3 the GF1!

With the introduction of G9 it's quite clear where Panasonic is going, the G9 is sort of the "starter" to what is coming, FF is the ultimate goal.

Why I chose M50 is becoz its newer, it just ticks so many boxes for me. I was using my gx8 in my China trip in November 2017 but in the April 2018's Greece/Turkey trip I switched to M50 and I am not disappointed at all, the photos output is as spectacular as the videos. The videos in particular, though only 1080p is awesome. The IS is simply so damn good.

With all the awesome lenses and gears from Panasonic, I will sure one day be picking-up one of these monsters!

Calling out all friends, I am letting go my GX8 at RM1,800, SPECIAL only to any micro 4/3 members here.

Here's the link: GX8

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For Forums/FB's purposes and smaller prints even up to large prints for personal use at home MFT or APS-C is more than capable of handling.

That's true

Hi guys! Long time no drop by already. Seems everybody still healthy with m4/3 Lol

After selling off my gx8 I a grabbed the G7 (I have passed on my G6 to my son) and to my amazement the G7 is soooo nice to grip. Although its a 16mp body but i will be using it as a 2nd body. At the moment I am pairing this body with Canon Ef-S 10-18mm via Viltrox active (electronic) adapter and so far I am liking it.

The 15/1.7 is quite sharp and for street-shooting its so ngam the fov, nice sets

I am getting exactly the same setup, expecting to receive them sometime next week! I have pondered for quite sometime whether to get the 12-40 pro and finally made the jump. I might upgrade my EM5 mk 2 to EM1 mk 2 if EM5 mk2 doesn't work out for me. Yes I am going back to Olympus camp, scared of Panasonic's ever-increasing size

I have been wanting to visit Phnom Penh for a while. How's accommodation and food prices there?

What attractions did you visited? Any recommendation on food/eateries?

EM5 Mk 2 mounted with the 12-40 f2.8 pro very first photos:

SOOC








Pretty SHARP LENS INDEED!!

EM5 mk 2 grip is still as small as before so I got an extended grip for it.

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First time with EM5 I had to add the extended grip and Olympus didn't improve on this with mk 2

Even with the extended grip added I still feel inadequate. Even the G7 has a better grip I must find a way to increase the size of the extended grip to that of the G7/EM1


Olympus IBIS even on the EM5 mk 2 is so good, better than the Canon M50 I have. I bet it's even better on the newer EM1 Mk 2.


Thanks!

Yup I guess I did.

I agree that one should invest in a good lens. A good lens can withstand the test of time while a camera body will come and go. A good example is the Panasonic 20mm f1.7. I still have a copy with me. Keeping it for use once in a while and it never fails and always surprises me, no matter what camera body I used.