u/EntangledLabs

TLDR: i love this camera 😃

Hey all! For those who might remember briefly, I posted about receiving the OM-3 as a Christmas present.

Since then, I've had a wonderful time with the camera. It's quite a small package, and I find myself surprised often with how powerful it truly is. I don't shoot fast-moving subjects often, so I haven't really gotten into the pro-capture modes, but I find that the color and dynamic range are more than plenty for what I've used it for.

Most impressive are its low-light chops. Yes, I find that I have to often crank my settings to the extreme to get a shot in those conditions, but I find that I receive usable or fixable results 90% of the time, and faster glass does help with that anyways. DXO Photolab 9 works its wonders with noise reduction.

Battery life is incredible and I debated a long time before I bought the official OM System BLX-1 dual charger, and I'll explain why in a bit. But I sometimes went a week or so without needing a charge!

My goofy dog, Dr. Bartolo. OM-3 w/ M.Zuiko 20mm f1.4 Pro @ 1/800s, f6.3, ISO200

Probably not the best photo but impressive low-light demonstration! OM-3 w/ M.Zuiko 20mm f1.4 Pro @ 1/160s, f1.4, ISO10000

Anyone who says MFT can't do bokeh is proven wrong! OM-3 w/ M.Zuiko 20mm f1.4 Pro @ 1/8000s, f2.8, ISO320

Can you tell I really like the 20mm f1.4 Pro? 😅

Probably needs to be a touch cooler on the white balance but TASTY - OM-3 w/ 25mm f.18 II @ 1/100s, f4, ISO12800

I remember one of y'all commented wondering about my camera balance between my Nikon Z6III and my OM-3. I actually ended up selling my Z6III + Z mount lens collection in favor of funding more MFT lenses! For myself, I found Z series lenses to be just a bit too heavy and bulky for myself, and I didn't really need the raw power of the Z6III.

I only really have one gripe with the OM-3. What is going on with the horrible sealing on the port doors?? These flimsy and ill-fitting rubber pieces don't have any tactile feedback to tell me when I've sealed them correctly, and I have to usually press pretty darn hard to get them to stay in. In fact, it's become such an annoyance that I have resorted to never using the USB C port and instead pulling the battery out for a charge and the SD card out for file transfer.

Anyhow as the title says, that's only a slight gripe. Realistically, it doesn't really change my life too much other than making me spend money on a charger, because I preferred a fast UHS-II card reader to USB C before anyways.

I love this "little" camera a lot, and I anticipate bringing it everywhere I go. I even got this little handle from Amazon that makes the grip so much easier with some of the larger and heavier lenses.

Feel free to AMA about this camera and my experience with it.

Hello all.

I (M24) and my girlfriend (F21) have been together this time for a few months, but we previously dated for 1.5 years previously. We love each other plenty, have good chemistry, and are generally good at talking things out when something upsets one of us.

I do need some advice about PDA's or affection in public in general. In private, the two of us kiss lightly, passionately, plus the whole range of affection. In public however, we are very different. I like to have a lot of physical PDA's, such as kissing, holding closely, hugs, while she staunchly prefers maybe handholding or headpats at the most. It's been a point of contention to where it was one of the reasons of the break up in the first place.

As someone who's love language is very physical, it can sometimes feel like the limited physical affection she prefers is too little to express how much she means to me - but I also know that she views what I do to be too much and, in her words, "suffocating."

Is there anyone else who is in this situation or in a similar one, and how did you and your partner reconcile these differences?

edit: Jesus Christ y'all r making it sound like I'm raping her... I am trying to learn how to manage my tendency to want to hug her a bit more in public...