GX7 with 12-32 kitty lens.

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Hi Newbie here, never learn Photography planning to buy EM10 ii with lens kit. the lens is 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 EZ Lens,

my friend said this kind of lens is not suitable for indoor? because it has f/3.5>

should i just go buy body only and buy another prime lens? or go with the kit?

just keep the kit lens for backup. The kit lens is slim and convenient.

Quite agree with BOTAK_WAI.

I would further suggest that you learn the basic with the kit lens first, test all the FOV (Field Of View) between 14-42mm, from here you will see what FOV you like best (which depends on what you shoot of course), start from 14mm (wide-angle) to 25mm (very close to our eyes' field of view) and to short tele at the 42mm.

From there you will see which FOV (mm) you shoot most and this should form the basis (among other things) of your decision for your prime lens in later stage when you are ready to try one.

Happy shooting!

Wow thanks for the help. really helpful advice.

Just go ahead and try...

EM10 ii shall be able cope with kit lens, shooting in raw, acceptable result at iso 5000, and 5 axis image stabilization, and apply noise reduction in post process most likely able to give you fair result.

New comer in photography might suffer at the start. Tell you what, my first year shooting with e-pl3 sucks, even shooting using smartphone gives me better result. It takes time to learn.
Getting exposure right, getting focus right is the basic skill you need to master, then getting composition right and getting idea in perspective is another level you will go thru.

Hi! Has anybody use any stabilizer gimbal either for your smartphones or cameras? I have recently backed a smartphone gimbal called the Steadicam VOLT. It will be shipped beginning June. I hope to modify it for use on a small m4/3 body like the GM1 or GM5 or any similarly small-sized body.

Here's the link to the product: Steadicam VOLT

Never use that before but i think it stabilize video shooting a lot, effective for still image?

They are meant for video stabilizing that's the main key, don't know if it works for stills but I think it should work too, so long the cam's IBIS is turned off, probably this will work, untested though.

Hey sniper on the roof, if I remember correctly, you use a GM body yes? Which one is it?

Coz the smallish body weighs so little, even lighter than some smartphones! It will be perfect for handheld gimbal.

I am pondering on GoPro Hero4 silver/GM bodies. Either of this two will work great.

I have a GF7 body but have not tried any gimbals before. It's pretty light with the 12-32

by the way i'm selling my 42.5 f1.7 OIS if anyone with a panny body is interested for some Dual IS action

I am selling my 17mm f1.8
Anyone interested do pm me.

Smartphone camera unable to satisfy you?

Btw...my fb got few girls share abiut the GF9 advertisement video...seems they are impressed with the 4k photo mode and post focus features.

I think the GF7 also very light and should balance ok on the gimbal.


Ha ha Now considering those small-sized action camera, not sure which one yet but if I can get my hands on a small m4/3 body I will sure try it on the gimbal when it arrives in July/August. Still a long way from now and I have lots of time to decide

If not mistaken only gopro 5 got raw photo? Though it is not an important feature if mainly use it for video.

Too kucimiao sensor for photos

But pretty syok bringing it go hiking and beach what

I absolutely hate editing and storing videos.