OM System Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/cameras/om-system/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Fri, 14 Feb 2025 08:36:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.macfilos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/macfilos-removebg-preview-1-150x146.png OM System Archives - Macfilos https://www.macfilos.com/category/cameras/om-system/ 32 32 183858286 OM System Old and New: Through Italy with an Olympus OM-4 and an OM-5 https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/ https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82186 OM System is today the maker of the OM-5 DSLM camera. But the OM System was also the platform of the Olympus analogue SLR cameras. We tried the recent OM-5 and the vintage OM-4 Ti side by side during a trip to Italy.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/03/om-system-old-and-new-through-italy-with-an-olympus-om-4-and-an-om-5/feed/ 8 82186 Making sense of sensor size https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/10/jasons-newsround-making-sense-of-sensor-size/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/10/jasons-newsround-making-sense-of-sensor-size/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=73077 Sensor size has always been an active topic of discussion within the photography community. But, it seems a number of 'crop-sensor' formats are thriving, right alongside their bigger full-frame sibling. In this week's news round, we look at a 'crop' of recent stories on this very topic.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/07/10/jasons-newsround-making-sense-of-sensor-size/feed/ 30 73077 Jason’s Newsround: Sigma happiness, the nifty fifty and proving the doom-mongers wrong https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/18/sigma-happiness-the-nifty-fifty-and-proving-the-doom-mongers-wrong/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/18/sigma-happiness-the-nifty-fifty-and-proving-the-doom-mongers-wrong/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:00:03 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=70744 News review from Macfilos.com

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/18/sigma-happiness-the-nifty-fifty-and-proving-the-doom-mongers-wrong/feed/ 17 70744 Jason’s Newsround: Forget heavenly happenings, what’s the best camera here on planet Earth? https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/12/jasons-newsround-what-is-the-best-camera-here-on-planet-earth/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/12/jasons-newsround-what-is-the-best-camera-here-on-planet-earth/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:00:34 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=69356 News review from Macfilos.com

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/04/12/jasons-newsround-what-is-the-best-camera-here-on-planet-earth/feed/ 11 69356 Leica SL3 Review: Six months with the new L-Mount flagship https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/08/the-definitive-sl3-review/ https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/08/the-definitive-sl3-review/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:00:13 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=68932 The Leica SL3 is here. Jonathan Slack provides the definitive, hand-on review of the latest version of Leica's top-of-the-range mirrorless camera.

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2024/03/08/the-definitive-sl3-review/feed/ 19 68932 All GAS and Gaiters: A reflection on a distressing condition affecting some photographers https://www.macfilos.com/2023/12/15/all-gas-and-gaiters-a-reflection-on-a-distressing-condition-affecting-some-photographers/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/12/15/all-gas-and-gaiters-a-reflection-on-a-distressing-condition-affecting-some-photographers/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:00:25 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=65971 It's an affliction that most of us suffer from, one time or another, and it's difficult to treat effectively. Jon takes us through the tale of his own lifelong GAS, Gear Acquisition Syndrome, and discusses the remedies (if any)…

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/12/15/all-gas-and-gaiters-a-reflection-on-a-distressing-condition-affecting-some-photographers/feed/ 24 65971 Micro four-thirds: Sigma halts development of lenses as demand falls https://www.macfilos.com/2023/02/28/sigma-halts-development-of-micro-four-thirds-lenses-as-demand-falls/ https://www.macfilos.com/2023/02/28/sigma-halts-development-of-micro-four-thirds-lenses-as-demand-falls/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:04:20 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=58198 Sigma will no longer develop lenses for the micro four-thirds system and detects a decline in demand for APS-C optics. The company is moving forward with its range of full-frame lenses...

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]]> https://www.macfilos.com/2023/02/28/sigma-halts-development-of-micro-four-thirds-lenses-as-demand-falls/feed/ 30 58198 OM System announces the OM-5, the first camera without the Olympus brand https://www.macfilos.com/2022/10/27/om-system-announces-the-om-5-the-first-camera-without-the-olympus-brand/ https://www.macfilos.com/2022/10/27/om-system-announces-the-om-5-the-first-camera-without-the-olympus-brand/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:14:44 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=55189 Olympus Has Fallen — at least, the Olympus name has disappeared from the range of cameras. They are now OM System cameras and the new OM-5 is the first of the bunch...

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