Went to the LCE PRO Camera show over the water at Southampton today (held twice yearly) where they always have great offers on which are better than elsewhere
Came away with a G9 as they had £120 off of the UK retail price, a free BGG3 grip (by redemption) and a £100 trade in bonus which enabled me to come away with the camera for £1000
I was tempted to get one at launch but went with an EM1/2
Just felt I had to try the G9 whilst it was on such a great offer as it seems to be better ergonomically for me for use with the long lenses I use for Motorsports
I now have more gear than I can afford to keep so something will have to give
Don't want to get into the realms of doing comparison testing as such between the G9 and EM1/2 but will just make a point of getting stuck in with the G9 commencing tonight at my local Speedway event and see what results I get
Will lose the Sync IS with the 300 f4.0 so am thinking of changing over to the upcoming Pana Leica 50-200 f2.8-4 with 1.4 TC from the 300 and 40-150 PRO which will reduce the overall outlay and give me Dual IS 2 (and incidentally better compatibility with weathersealing between lenses and body)
Tried the PL 50-200 at the show which seemed well made and comfortable to use
Have to say that the Panasonic stand was more interesting today with a few recent launches compared to Olympus which seemed to have little in the way of new products
@ijm5012 @damianmkv
Came away with a G9 as they had £120 off of the UK retail price, a free BGG3 grip (by redemption) and a £100 trade in bonus which enabled me to come away with the camera for £1000
I was tempted to get one at launch but went with an EM1/2
Just felt I had to try the G9 whilst it was on such a great offer as it seems to be better ergonomically for me for use with the long lenses I use for Motorsports
I now have more gear than I can afford to keep so something will have to give
Don't want to get into the realms of doing comparison testing as such between the G9 and EM1/2 but will just make a point of getting stuck in with the G9 commencing tonight at my local Speedway event and see what results I get
Will lose the Sync IS with the 300 f4.0 so am thinking of changing over to the upcoming Pana Leica 50-200 f2.8-4 with 1.4 TC from the 300 and 40-150 PRO which will reduce the overall outlay and give me Dual IS 2 (and incidentally better compatibility with weathersealing between lenses and body)
Tried the PL 50-200 at the show which seemed well made and comfortable to use
Have to say that the Panasonic stand was more interesting today with a few recent launches compared to Olympus which seemed to have little in the way of new products
@ijm5012 @damianmkv
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