Why is the EM5 so much more popular than the GH3?

jalywol wrote:

Oh, piffle. The GH3 is not a behemoth, you know, and there are other advantages of M43...very fast and accurate CDAF, a world of vintage lens adaptability, very good lens selection (and yes they are smaller, no matter what the M43 body...), great live-view, no mirror to deal with, excellent dust control on sensors, better video capabilities than most DSLRs, etc. etc. etc.....and now we have top notch sensors, to boot.

You can lug your front-or-back focusing beast of a DSLR around if you want....(and to get weather sealing and pro grade construction you do have to lug a beast of a DSLR around in most cases)...but even the GH3, big as it is, is not going to break your back to carry around with a whole bag full of lenses all day.

Seriously; the OMD with battery is 427g, the GH3 is 550. If 120g is enough to make you think the camera is a boat anchor, well, ok. However, if that level of difference makes you upset, then I would think the system weight differences would really need to be taken into account....and lenses for M43 are half or less the weight of their comparable DSLR equivalents....

In any case, it's a great system, and this is just one more camera in a very competent lineup at this point.

-J