Pretty successful day although our arms were tired from holding the rather hefty 70-200mm lens
What? No carbon fiber tripod/monopod? At least for resting the camera.
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As always, amazing photos on another great trip. But guys, there is a better way to do high end photography with an interchangeable mirrorless lens system and get pro quality photos. Get rid of those FF monster lenses, and in your case sdifox, monster body, and get a MFT kit. Does not just pack into a much smaller kit, which meansyou need smaller and lighter and easier to handle bags, the lens is easier to handle, and the lens weighs far less. Less shit to carry in a smaller footprint!
Keep the weight savings or carry more cool shit. I went to China, Morocco and Turkey with a Canon 30D and multiple lenses, and by the time I hit the Turkey vacation, I was like, carrying all this shit around all day is starting to make the actual enjoying the trip part harder and harder. I feel like more of a pack mule worrying about taking great shots than a guy enjoying a trip and just happening to have a sick camera kit to take great photos. Is there a camera kit out there that can help me do both? The only answer was Oly's MFT solution. I have yet to see a system come close. Everything is better, from the weight, and ease of changing lenses on the fly if you walk around with more than one during a part of your day. It's much easier to change lenses on the fly if it's smaller lenses.
Here is a comparison shot of the Oly 40-150 f2.8 lens vs a Canon 70-200 f2.8. The Oly does not have IS built in because the Oly OM-D bodies have a class leading ridiculous IBIS built in. The Oly FF equiv is 80-300mm on that lens. You are actually 'gaining' reach. You can read various comparisons of the lenses performance.
With non telezoom lenses, the size differences will not be as drastic, but still, an Oly 12-40 f2.8 will be noticeably smaller and lighter than a Canon 24-70 f2.8. At basically the same focal range.
Do that with an ultrawide range lens as well if you want dramatic landscapes. Same result. Smaller and lighter equivalent lens. This will hold true with superfast primes.
A coup d'etat of the Olympus setup - the 12-100 constant f4 Pro lens or in a lesser way, the 8-25mm f4 Pro Lens. So an FF equiv 24-200mm range at a constant f4 aperture or a 16-50mm constant f4. That really covers a lot of range for a hiking style or citywalk journey - the 12-100 for hiking, the 8-25 for urban tourism. You can take a pro quality 24mm wide angle landscape shot and then zoom in and get a 200mm shot without changing lenses at a constant aperture. The Canon 16-35mm is already pretty close to the 8-25mm, but you do get that extra 15mm of zoom which brings you into the early level of portrait range zoom vs just 35mm which is a noticeable advantage if you snap any of those shots. a little bit of extra reach never hurt either.
Having a smaller MFT sensor to have to project onto, Oly is able to create lenses with essentially the same IQ and speed at far smaller sizes and weights.
You'd have to be a pixel peeper to really notice differences, and then only very small ones.
The body to use, the Oly Om-D Em-1 Mark III. Can always add a grip if you want to use it portrait mode more easily.
Switching to MFT changed my life. The problem is I started running out of money and time to travel like I was ever since. But, one day again I will, and I'll be ready with the gear.
also of course, Pana makes M43 stuff. But Oly makes the best glass between the two. Oly has just sold it's camera division though, while Pana is still trucking along. So there is some unsteadiness there on oly. But an EM-1 Mark III and good glass will get you through many years until the new owner release a Mark IV, or just grab the latest Pana M43 body.