Need Advice. OMD EM5 or X-E1 as FIRST SERIOUS CAMERA to learn Photography?

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For learning photography, you are arguably better off with an old manual/semi-manual 35mm film SLR. The basics are exactly the same as any modern camera - Composition and ISO-Aperture-Shutter.

The advantage of a film SLR is that it costs real money per shot and it takes time (days) before you see the result. As such, it really forces you to think about what you are shooting and what you want from the final image. And a $50 film SLR with one or more prime lens will give the same FF image quality and depth of field control as a $2000+ digital SLR - and arguably better on both counts than either camera than was originally noted.

Once you understand what and why you want to shoot and the basics of photography and composition it is much easier to choose what camera you need.

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