I don't shoot m4/3 because of size

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NumberOne
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Re: I don't shoot m4/3 because of size
In reply to PerL, 6 months ago

PerL wrote:

Promit wrote:

Who else out there is shooting m4/3 not because it's small, but because it's technically better than its competitors?

Fast, accurate autofocus with no front/back focus issues. Large and bright electronic viewfinders. A better selection of lenses than APS-C cameras and better build quality on those lenses. Better video features. Bodies with more complete feature sets.

I appreciate the size difference. It's definitely nice to have, especially after using a full frame 70-200/2.8 for a day. But it's not the reason I'm using m4/3 cameras. With the new sensors we're seeing in recent cameras, the image gap with APS-C has closed. Simple fact is, I'd pick an OMD or GH3 over D7000 or 7D because the Oly and Pana mirrorless options are just better cameras at the end of the day*. That's me, anyway.

The image gap may be closed until the next generation of APS-C sensors. But the high end APS-C cameras are still much better for shooting sports, action and moving subjects.

And for that kind of shooting an EVF is a disadvantage.

Undoubtedly true, if you are an "action shooter". For the rest of us who don't need it, it's a moot advantage...

As for the lenses, you have a definitive size advantage with m43, but a sweeping statement of better build quality? The 70-200 2.8 lenses from Nikon and Canon are some of the best built lenses you can find. The 17-55 2.8 Nikkor is built like a tank. Is the Pana/Leica 45 2.8 macro better built than the 105 2.8 VR Nikkor Micro? It does not feel like it.

Lens selection? Cant see how it is better if you take out size in the equation.

Sorry to disagree, but every manufacturer (of photographic equipment) never offered a great range of lenses, both zooms and single focal, dedicated to the APS-C system - you can also include third party here - Instead always suggested some choices among the respective FF offering...

Many of us had/have both systems - FF & APS-C - but it is rather cumbersome, inadequate (in terms of weight, size - and IQ, I dare say), and why not say it, specially out of "photographic context" to put FF lenses on a APS-C camera!

...And yes, for the mFT system, you already have much more bodies and lens choices:

Bodies: Lots of choices, and compatible with all the available range of mFT lenses!

Zooms: Everything from 14mm to 600mm (35mm equivalent) at f2.8 to 5.6...

Single Focals: From 16mm to 75 (35mm equivalent) at f1.4 to 3.5, and growing...

Thus, with an IQ reaching (or in some minor cases, surpassing) the APS-C siblings, with obviously size and weight advantages when you think - holydays, weekends, hobby, etc. - who, actually, will opt for the more cumbersome system?

Not the majority, I guess, unless you are, mainly, an action shooter!

Having said that, please have in consideration that every new mFT camera generation is showing real improvement on focus capabilities, while the other systems (APS-C & FF) are - more or less - at the same stage they were (some years / models) before...

At least for me, and thinking about prints to A3 (sometimes A2) size, the mFT system is more than adequate for my photo work flow and needs - For better results, FF is the only way I see; APS-C, is for the "IQ Time Being", out of the equation... YMMV

Best regards,
Pedro

Edited 6 months ago by NumberOne
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