Recommendations for handheld documentary/social/street/photojournalism? + OM-D E-M5 or GH3

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amtberg
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Re: Neither........
In reply to Visualartivist, 6 months ago

Visualartivist wrote:

tedolf wrote:

Olympus E-pl2 body only;

17mm f/2.8 lens with optical VF-1 view finder for street shooting;

Hmm. I haven't really considered the smaller Olympus bodies mainly due to thinking a more rugged camera would be better.

Does this camera have other advantages besides it's smaller size? How good is it for video? I need catching up.

Would size be more important for this type of shooting than the other advantages an OM-D E-M5 would have?

Don't listen to Tedolf.  The small Oly cameras are no good for video and can't even use IBIS in video mode.

I think the bottom line is that the GH cameras are by far the best choice if your are equally interested in stills and video.  I would suggest that you check out the videocentric reviews at EOSHD.com  If you can't wait for a GH3, or want to save money, you might go with a GH2 instead.

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