My photograph entry into "real"

I was clippers. I do not know if there are one or the other also goes the way, but eventually you look at his collection of photographs, remembering: "no more talking about?". The now seven years old Lumix DMC FX30 is a great and little camera that makes good photos, but you just snaps. They had then been acquired as a replacement for the Canon IXUS II, where the sensor was hops, and which in turn legally mandatory as the first digital camera had to go to the house when the first child was born ....

Principles of aperture, focal length and ISO were known, finally was formerly indeed rumexperiementiert times with father's age Voigtlander and in the direction it should go back.

contrarian goal: It had to be what little remains. "The best camera is the one you have here" no more likely to strengthen, with a kilo backpack my core muscles as my Fotografierfähigkeiten. The Pen with the Pancake fits together with the telephoto zoom 40-150mm and the Cullmann Copter magnesite, in a bag (not mini) is for an iPad already too small and really does not look like camera bag, and the whole is ever so slightly that it really does not bother.

Technically, the device should be pretty much play the top course already. When one takes everything in hand almost 1kEuro together, you do not want to invest from scratch after a short time because it is then not true. First, the Olympus Air A01 had piqued my interest. The iPhone is already there, but unfortunately a mobile service, which is deprived of secrecy reasons by my employer the photo function. What could be more than it is to mate with an external high-quality camera. After I had however become smarter on the net that for the time being are the only part in Japan and it also lasts minimum half a minute, until the whole thing started up and is ready to fire, I have checked that. In addition, it has no IS, only a fixed built-in battery, and, and, and ...

So there is a full-fledged camera. But what? DSLR eliminated from the above size and weight reasons. The family is not the next few weeks eating only water and dry bread. The sensor of the above-mentioned air is in itself not bad, and comes from the MFT superclass OM-D and compares favorably with APS-C not to shy away from. So? Viewfinder I do not really, so I came to the PEN series. And since the latest Also Brian and (almost) flagship. Still small, but solid.

Now for my first two weeks on this camera before I nerve you with my life story. I only say: "Creativity, full thrust!" Gosh offers the thing options. From foolproof (iAUTO) about Scene Programs ART filters to fully manual control. And then also with WiFi OI.Share. All Hammer.

Of particular note: Crystal clear display, up and down swivel (up to IMHO quite nice but superfluous Selfie position). Turbo-AF (but only with enough light in low light you manually faster and safer thanks to Focus Peaking and zoom button focussed). Madness Image Stabilizer (had shot at 150mm telephoto already with 1/15 shutter speed images without apparent shake, and so what really succeeds often). The ART-filter are also amazing and also configurable. The jpegs come in a super quality ("Super Fine" and "Large") directly from the camera and are presentable to 99% without finishing.

The rest of the features I do not nervous. Google is your friend, there are now countless reviews. Tip: daily also times on YouTube, the hands-on videos and tests the Americans are sometimes quite revealing.

Where much light as well (not so) a lot of shade. The countless options has partially transposed into menus Olympus - shall we say - have significant potential for improvement. Fortunately is the Pen-family and also to the OM-D's large Relatives, so that one has the best tips and settings together quickly with a little Forums Read. Who has time and leisure (and you should take with the camera) allows himself time the OM-D video tutorials of pcpanik (google!), After many question marks have been removed. Unfortunately, the BDA is (despite 164 pages in German, only on the enclosed CD as a pdf) also kept very scarce and limited because of the translation part to satire, so they often will not help much. The gebunde booklets in a box is reduced to unpack, insert battery and card and turned on, but felt in more than 50 languages ​​... ;-)

Who is nevertheless become even warm with the part, his fun has truly so. I discover almost every day new things and want to try more and more and dreaming already of Lichstarken prime lenses, macro lenses and filters, which are also sure to find sooner or later the way in my (photo) bag to the full potential of the camera always explore further. For telephoto zoom I still write a review soon.

Now finally CONCLUSION: If the size and weight in the sense of "always with you" play a role, the right gateway drug for upgrading from compact snapping who want to be creative. For semi- to full professionals and Pixel Peeper probably best as a second or third camera, probably grab but rather from NEN Hunni more to OM-D. For me right, so full marks.

At the end of two still images. The phone in the Art Filter "monochrome film", the sunrise Aperture priority for Max Focus added.