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

When I had the OMD I had the Oly 45/1.8 and Panny 25/1.4 prime lenses. They were great lenses to use on the camera and the camera itself is great. IQ from the OMD is excellent and very close to what I'm getting with the NEX. AF speed is super fast, a lot faster than the NEX and is pretty accurate most of the times. The in body image stabilizer is AWESOME! I used it on my long legacy lenses and it worked great, no camera shake at all. Pretty amazing system I must say. Being weather sealed is a nice plus too =]

The IBIS of the OMD is great but I still find it a bit difficult to manual focus quickly without having to zoom in. Since I use quite a bit of legacy lenses, focus peaking seem to work better for me so I went back to the NEX, now have the NEX6. I had the NEX7 before I went to the OMD. I only have the 18-55 and 55-210 lens for now, might add the 50 or 35 prime later on. Overall I think I still prefer the NEX better. The 6/7 fits the hand perfectly and is way more comfortable to hold one handed. Also, there's something about having a bigger sensor, the image seems to pop more. The OMD's IQ is great but doesn't pop as much as the NEX.

Over the years I've used a few m43 cameras and the OMD was by far the best I've used. There are things I didn't like about it and same goes for the NEX, no camera's perfect. If I could, I would own both Good luck on your search.

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I only shoot JPEG =]