finally bit the bullet

[blackfox]

literally just finished buying a OM1 from WEX when daves adverts popped up sorry Dave . nothing wrong with my current M1X simply getting to heavy for me on walkabouts really started to notice it in the last few days .. so will be advertising it shortly .

[Miketoll]

Assuming the camera behaves itself (a worry I know you have) and that it does not demand a continental holiday I am sure you will love it! Enjoy!

[MJ224]

It's a logical upgrade Jeff. Well done. The OM-1 is so much faster in many ways., and high ISO's works well..

[blackfox]

purely a weight issue mark . older age and mobility issues for me have forced the decision

[wornish]

I am sure you won't regret it. New menu system to learn.

[blackfox]

back to u.tube school Dave ,don't think it will take to long with all my friends on here to confuse me

[BDennis]

Enjoy your new camera Jeff! The OM-1 has been my best camera so far I think.

Mike Lane has done some setup videos recently that might be worth a look

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXAW-oUs6ItHbeTbVNnrHO-zn7yRyGiPN&si=VNxcni1WrK3qr52N

Bill

[blackfox]

Already been watching bill

[Mazdaman]

Hi Jeff

You might find this article a help initially to setup the OM1 adding your own tweaks to suit your style of shooting Look forward to your feedback moving from the EM1X to the OM1

https://mirrorlesscomparison.com/guide/om1-settings-birds/#more-32031

[MK1]

That's a good choice Jeff I will mention about your EM1X for my son he wants a better camera than the EM1 Mkii do you think it's much better?

[blackfox]

It’s twice the or more the camera mark the only reason I’m selling is like yourself I can’t handle the weight on long walkabouts .. the bird / subject I.d on the m1x is a game changer

[Tram]

Did you buy new or used?
Read the other day out of warranty one off repair price is around 550 quid for an OM1
Makes the extended warranty cost when new seem like a good idea.

Sure you won't need it though, enjoy your new camera.

[blackfox]

Used from wex condition 10 + so I’ll take my chances,not seen many at that rating

[Phill D]

So countdown begins to your first BiFs . Definitely looking forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing what you shoot. Congrats from me.

[rustyarrow]

I am. sure you will get on well with it, I no longer use my 1X mainly because of forgetting were stuff is in the menu after having the OM1

[blu-by-u]

Uncle blackfox, It's a good camera. Lighter than the X but there are some quacks with the OM-1 that is still not fully solved. Don't sell that X as yet till you have fully tested that OM-1.

[blackfox]

Can’t cope with the weight henry it’s going ..the only other alternative is to go back to a mkiii

[blu-by-u]

OM-1 is the way forward. Yes I know that weight issue. I have been fiddling with the EM1mk1 for a few days, It's so small and light compared to that OM1 and EM1iii. I wonder why I didn't get a EM5iii or OM5

[blackfox]

getting a bit concerned it was supposed to be here by 11.50 and I have just seen the DPD van fly past twice in different directions without stopping . according to there website he's running late ????

just Arrived

[blackfox]

well camera set up fairly quickly not hard if you know Olympus menu systems took a few test shots and now on charge .. will now sit down and run through mike lanes settings and hopefully it will fall into place better

[BDennis]

Good to hear it arrived ok. Have fun with the setup and early trials.

My experience was that all the garden birds disappeared as soon as the OM-1 arrived, how do they know?!

Bill

[blackfox]

first oops bill missed the most important bit in the set up and never changed to RAW done now and test shots deleted but they looked o.k to be fair . camera now on charge.

[BDennis]

You're not alone, I've done that out of the box with nearly every Olympus camera I've had. When all photos from the first session out are in super low resolution JPEG it is really frustrating!

[blackfox]

first thing I don't like is this stiff usb charging lead might order a JJC battery charger off amazon and a extended eyepiece for shooting into the sun ..and possibly a new strap in the future

[blackfox]

I won’t be adding a battery grip mark the whole idea was to reduce the weight carried .might even end up taking the tripod mount off the lens

[MJ224]

Yes I understand. I went thru a brief period of needing to lighten up after a bad covid jab. But my shoulder is now 90% recovered, so going back to my original setup. I must say the main weight is the lens.....

[Bikie John]

It may be that the OM lead is heavyweight to enable firmware updates. There have apparently been failures using non-"official" leads due to data corruption, and David Smith always says to make sure you use the original lead for update.