Trying to Choose New Camera and Lenses: Sony NEX vs Olympus OM-D

jubilatu wrote:

as a ex-NEX5n user, with no experience in olympus, i might say that:

- you want portraiture - even if you could do that with the 16mm pancake, portaiture means at least a medium telephoto - and a fast one. NEX offers you only the 50 1.8 (75mm EQ). Olympus has many choices, including the 75mm (DXOmark quoted it as the best micro43 lens)

- travel photo - the OM-D is weather proof - i never mind having this feature, even if i used my NEX in light snow/rain. also OM-D has the in-body-stabilisation, meaning that you could use it with every single lens you want to buy, including fast primes.

-for street photography the touch screen is irreplaceable. shooting at waist level, just tap the screen and nowbody knows if you are making adjustments or taking their picture. I tried street photo with the d800 - when people are seeing you rising your camera to your eye - their attitude already changed.

-ergonomy - the solid grip of the NEX serie made me preffer one instead of the hard-to-handle Olympus EP3

- regarding color depth, dynamic range, etc - with the OM-d Olympus is near the NEX serie, despite the smaller sensor.

-lens selection - i lived almost an year with just a manual - everything voigtlander 40mm 1.4 and it was the most interesting and rewarding period of my amateur-photographer-life.

- for pocketability - NEX + the 16-50 zoom is unbeatable.

to summarize, if i'll have to buy another mirrorless (but only as a second camera), it will be the... RX100 or the NEX5r + 16-50. As the only camera (meaning more money also) - it will be the OM-D.

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