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Fat camera for fat guys who just love their fat
Making all those little Pen models presumably are for small,weak, effete men who cannot carry a real camera , after all the GH3 weighs a huge 500g. Time to man up girlie boy if you ever want to use a real camera lol
Lardmix is right; this is called Micro 4/3, not DSLR-size 4/3. Get out of here.
@Tom
No he is not right and you are talking from the wrong hole.
The ‘micro’ just denotes the removal of flange back distance on the old 4/3 standard, there is not some written law that says you can’t make a camera that is larger (probably for ergonomic reasons) for those who want to buy them.
If you want pen size cameras, go buy one and stroke it as you fall asleep at night, we’ll all be happy for you, but don’t begrudge others a choice because their choice does not fit within you constrained and incorrect view of the world.
As for the OP, it truly is sad that he feels the need to make such destructive and immature comments, he must have some personal inadequacies he needs to service by making such comments. What a sad human being.
Well, the thing is I AM right. “Waaaah my fingers can’t reach a particular button perfectly, I can’t take a photo anymore waaaahhhh!!” Get out of here before I beat you.
with your little girl sized hands and fingers the only thing you will be beating is your Italy bitty teensy weensy ….. lol
@Tom do you realise how much of a punk posting threats of violence on an anonymous Internet forum makes you look lol
Science has a good explanation of your mind set it even has doodles to make it easy for you
http://malgayne.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/215499488_8pszr-l-21.jpg
seeing as how it riled you enough to post, care to be next in line?
lol @Tom seriously your mommy will catch you being naughty and you will be sent to bed without your supper. Real men don’t make idiotic threats on the internet , whiny little cowards however do.Making threats to complete strangers on an anonymous forum using anonymous names just makes you look like a total jerk
Here is an idea for you…
There are like over half a dozen current m4/3 cameras that are smaller, and that confirm to your idea of ‘micro’.
You have choice
Now make use of that choice.
And btw, 人谁骑在一匹马 is totally right about the ‘micro’ part in micro FourThirds.
Well said Bart ,and Jenny { though good luck with your request}
Well, if it isn’t another Panasonic stormtrooper. Panasonic stormtroopers always take things so personally. Every statement that does not praise Panasonic must inevitably come from Olympus fanboys since they are the enemy indeed. Need I remind you that Micro Four Thirds is a cooperation between Olympus Imaging and Panasonic Lumix. MFT’s success relies on both companies. If one falls, they both fall. Neither one can fight on their own in today’s market.
admin made a typo in his opening sentence, “Fats guys!”. I thought that was quite brilliant. So I just ran with that. Panasonic stormtroopers would do well to be a little self-deprecating once in a while. Unclench your fists, take a deep breath, smile and look out the window. The world doesn’t hate you. Olympus is not the enemy. Your camera is not your friend. It’s just a camera. But the GH3 is fats!
Fats guys;) Good one!
@ lardmix , goodness me you little girls don’t have bitch , go tell it to your mommy lol
Though I use Olympus gear as much as Panasonic I do tend to agree with the overwhelming consensus that as with every other mFT forum it is a small band of Olympus users who make it a very unpleasant place with constant harping.
As a case in point you instantly play the Panasonic card , when the person responding to your obviously intended to stir trouble post, then when you get called on it , it was all a joke , right ! . And the guy never made any pro PANASONIC points now did he. Who knows he could be a portly fellow who took offence at the fat part rather than the camera. The only person playing the fanboy card is you
Time to call in the reinforcements! Emotions under attack from enemy camp!
Guys , and I mean all of you which ever camera brand you favour.It would be sweet if you would all stop exchanging insults and make the forum a little nicer.
Jenny x
Guys , and I mean all of you which ever camera brand you favour.It would be sweet if you would all stop exchanging insults and make the forum a little nicer.
Jenny x
There is a lot of complaining from people like true homer for example about how Panasonic is beig neglected and about Olympus fanboys. When posting a simple to verify fact that doesn’t advocate Panasonic, you instantly get called an ‘oly fanboy’ and so on. You conveniently ignore that, and just parrot ‘oly fanboy’.
Yes, there are a bunch of olympus fanboys around, but its ignorant if not plain stupid to hold that against everyone, just like its ignorant and stupid to refuse to realize that there exist panasonic fanboys that are just as annoying as the olympus ones, or the nikon ones or canon ones for that matter. Just look at how someone like esa t just has to post his opinion on how crappy the e-m5 ergonomics are in many e-m5 and gh3 related threads to see a nice example of a pana fanboy (sure he is entitled to his opinion, but so are oly/nikon/canon/pentax/fuji ‘fanboys’. Doesn’t mean it has to be reitterated over and over in the most negative and offensive way possible).
Don’t like the situation? Start with not acting as one yourself.
Do you need more proof than the comments here?
Head on over to an oly post and compare it to this. Then they wanna convince people theyre not oly fan boys. *that doesnt mean were oly users” Please.
I have 2 pens and a omd and still comment tbe way I do because this place is oly fanboy land and nobody wants to admit it.
No sir, it is the percecution syndrone of a small group of panasonic users, their constant whining about being neglected, and their rudeness that is the problem, not the few obvious oly fanbois.
My Panasonic only system is as follows GH3,GH2, GX1 ,7-14mm,12-35mm,35-100mm. 100-300mm, 14mm,20mm,25mm and 45mm macro this time next year I will hopefully have added a 42.5 f1.2 along with the 150mm F2.8. Other than the admittedly lovely 75mm… [I am ignoring the distinctly average 12mm{ especially the black one } & 17mm { both} nor am I interested in the plastic fantastic 45mm and the 60mm though very good is no better than the 45 OIS other than longer focal length] …and in built IS for all those static shots just where am I missing out. I have the best selection of mFT zooms from 7mm-300mm, the best fast fifty equiv, the two smallest pancakes , the joint best image quality and the best video heck even the old gh2 has better video.
Contrary to the BS that Olympus fanny boys believe it is Panasonic that has really moved mFT forward. Olympus have exactly “one” very good camera, and two very good lenses the 75mm and the 60mm macro, the 45 is good for the money, the 12mm and both 17mm are overhyped mediocre bits of glass that would make Olympus FT owners laugh, the zooms { all of them } are dog slow and mediocre at best
Rudeness? youre kidding right? You cant say anything slightly bad about oly without getting thoroughly insulted here!
How bout this?
Lardmix GH3
6 hours ago | Reply
Fat camera for fat guys who just love their fat
Is that polite somehow? Isn’t that meant to insult gh3 owners? Isnt there like ten different ways he could say tuat without being condescending? But no, instead the guy’s “opinion” is defended to the death.
But if I say the ep5’s 1000$ price tag is a joke, a perfectly valid (and true) statement, I get pummeled to death and called a panasonic troll.
Sure, the problem here is the rude pana fantards…
And, do you have any proof that this indeed rude person is an olympus fanboy?
Not to mention, there are 2 people that are obviously trolling, and a whole bunch of people pointing out they are wrong and stupid. That is your ‘proof’ ?
Persecution syndrome
No Homer, people like you are over-sensitive and hence easily trolled, and always end up calling those trolling you ‘oly fanboys’, irrespective of reason.
yup, that must be it. nobody is in denial here
Lardmix and tom are stupid trolls, no argument there, but the first person to bring olympus into the thread is gfh. Are you just ignorant on purpose, or too stupid to understand what you are reading?
The assumption that anyone who makes a statement about the gh3 being big is an ‘oly fan’ is just ridiculous. If you go read the thread below about the g6, you’ll see exactly how stupid it is. Someone says he’ll consider that g6 next to his gh3 for leisure use because of prefering a smaller camera for that. Guess what, he gets called an oly fanboy by implication. Because of considering a second lumix body? Totally stupid, and it demonstrates that it isn’t people like me who are in denial.
Just it’s Fanboys.. Trust me, Olympus is just planning new ways to Screw their fan base, they have no time for such drivel..
I am afraid that you are right between the two companies I have a wonderful kit GH3 { video star} E-M5 { awesome IBIS} 12mm, 17mmF1.8,25mm,60mm,75mm ,7-14 { my baby lol} 12-35,35-100 and the 100-300mm . For “ME” this makes up a superb system that covers all the bases { though an EVF built in PEN/GF model would be nice }.
I am a mFT fan not a Panny fanboy ,not an Oly fanboy all the cross company fighting really does get irksome. Why dot you guys { it could only be men}just accept that both systems offer some excellent goodies and we are lucky to have the choices we do.
“Fat camera for fat guys who just love their fat.” That’s me! It’s on my list, but I want to check out the new $999 Blackmagic first. No hurry – have GH2s and OM-Ds, which together meet my video and stills needs, and are cool cameras.
Lol, yessssss I’m so fat with my GH3. I store it under my stomach and a lens under each moob.
Stop with the sexy talk big boy lol
Why hurry?
The price will only go down from now on…
if you aren’t in a hurry every single digital camera ever made will go down in price
Already dumping for clearance sale? That’s…. that’s sad Panny. Yet, unexpected.
An 8% price reduction months after initial release is “dumping”? What planet do you live on?
the E-M5 dropped from a body only price of £999 to £839 almost over night that is an instant 16% drop in direct response to competition
e-m5 plus graph showing price history.
http://www.camerapricebuster.com/Olympus/Olympus-PEN-System-Cameras/Olympus-OM-D-E-M5-Body
Must be discounting ahead of the arrival of the svelte G6.
That’s really cool that we get a heads up on discounts like this. Thank you Panasonic and thank you Mr. Administrator.
You are an idiot if you paid MSRP for a Panasonic camera.
10% drop in 3 months, 25% drop in 6 months, 50% drop in 12 months.
Just look at LX7, GF3, GX1, etc.
it is the same with every mFT camera out there in fact the only big sellers are the cheap end of line stuff. with the exception of the E-m5 which has dropped only 10% the rest of their models have dropped like bricks. The E-p3 lost 60% of its list price within 18months. mFT cameras are all but disposable which ever make you buy . If you want to really cry take a look at the second hand price of all those Olympus FT lenses that cost a fortune lol
DPR’s tepid review of the GH3 as a stills camera, released two days ago, certainly didn’t help Panasonic’s efforts at marketing the GH3 as its flagship camera that’s worth the ultra-premium price they’ve been asking for it. Unless you’re interested in video, is there any reason related to IQ and performance that you’d be willing to pay more than double the price for this camera instead of buying the much less expensive G5 (or maybe the soon to be released G6)? At half the cost, the G5 does quite well when stacked up against the GH3 in both the DxO tests and in the DPR studio shots.
The same can be said about the E-M5 body compared to the G5 it costs less than half the price also has a built in EVF , fully articulated LCD, very fast AF ,built in flash. image performance is well under half a stop different from that of the E-M5/GH3 . The G5 is a far better buy than the same priced E-PL5 Which as with all PENS/GF models has poor ergonomics and a limited feature set. The G5 is probably the best bang for the money in mFT cameras right now
It’s not like Panasonic made the camera bigger to piss of MFT purists. They increased the size of the batter for longer battery life, which is a big deal for all video users. They made it larger to be a better heat sink for high output video. No other camera less that $8k offers bit rates this high. It’s real simple, if you don’t do video and don’t like the size, this camera isn’t meant for you.
Not to mention, there is a lot of choice with regards to smaller bodies, I simply fail to see the problem of those people.
Yes, I also think the GH3 is too big FOR MY USE, but that doesn’t make it ‘evil’ in any way, neither am I forced to buy it. Rather, it extends the choice of m4/3 bodies, which is good for the system, and consequently good for other m4/3 users as well.
So much hot air comming from the comments on this article. I can’t tell what end it’s comming from!
Price is back to normal at Amazon, although out of stock. And, the price never dropped anywhere else. (Not even at J&R, who was also selling for 1199 on Amazon.)
So, all this knee-jerk (and just plain “jerk”) shouting of “dumping” is just plain wrong.