It’s Black Friday and that means many stores are having significant discounts on camera gear – even here in Australia!<\/p>\n
That means you can get hundreds of dollars off the usual price of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II<\/a> and this is a very enticing prospect for many who have earlier models of OM-D cameras such as the E-M1 mark I<\/a>, E-M5 Mark II<\/a>, or even the one that started the amazing popularity of the OM-D’s – the E-M5 original version<\/a> or indeed the budget E-M10’s<\/a> – but what will you gain in upgrading?<\/p>\n That all depends upon how often you will use the new or improved features and whether these will change your photography and give you new avenues to explore.<\/p>\n As a general rule, one should not spend too much on a camera as it devalues rapidly over a 5yr period, but if you are using it frequently then even $AU2000 may be a great opportunity to lash out and change your options and abilities.<\/p>\n It is a very versatile camera, and it has major advantages over larger more expensive dSLRs, but at the end of the day – only you can decide if the upgrade is worth it to you.<\/p>\n Check out my blog post on how good the AF tracking is using the superb 300mm lens at a water ski event – post is here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n 0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s Black Friday and that means many stores are having significant discounts on camera gear – even here in Australia! That means you can get hundreds of dollars off the usual price of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and this is a very enticing prospect for many who have earlier models of OM-D cameras […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[408,241,14,519],"class_list":["post-8967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-photography","tag-e-m1-mkii","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-olympus","tag-upgrades"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tAdvantages over the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II:<\/h2>\n
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Advantages over the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark I:<\/h2>\n
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Advantages over the Olympus OM-D E-M5 original version:<\/h2>\n
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Is the upgrade worth it to you?<\/h2>\n