Dancebert
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My old entry level APS-C DSLR died 10 days before starting on a planned 3 months of travel in a 4 month period. (Yes, I'm retired.) Bringing only my Canon S-95 was unacceptable. Between features I wanted and the price drop, the obvious choice was an EOS M.
At first I thought the M was adequate for travel, but not as a primary camera. Kit zoom lens quality exceeded my expectation, so much that I bought the 22mm while in Japan. AF performance was acceptable for travel use. The LCD was much better than my S-95 in bright light.
At the time of my DSLR accident, I'd already decided to replace it with a m43 and some tasty primes, but was waiting until the Panny GX-7 reviews were out. Now, after almost 2000 shots with the M, I'm in no hurry to get rid of it or buy a m43. Why? Three reasons.
The first came about because I started using the M in challenging AF situations with static subjects. That slowed me down, manual focus slowed me more. Often needed a tripod for acceptable manual focus. Tripods are inherently slow, which made me think more about which of the possibilities for a subject was the best. Bingo. It was like returning to the days of film when I tried to make each shot count on a 36 exposure roll. The aesthetics and composition of my images improved. They're still improving.
Second reason is I've rediscovered the joy of walking at the end of the day with a zone focused fast 35mm equivalent prime. Finally, I'm enjoying rebuilding the skill of anticipating a subject's motion and combining it with panning as needed.
When the rumors of the Oly EM-10 surfaced, I got excited again about a m43 system. I stopped fantasizing about it after a memory from my days as a pilot surfaced. To be the best pilot you can be, master the craft you have before moving to one with better or different performance.
At first I thought the M was adequate for travel, but not as a primary camera. Kit zoom lens quality exceeded my expectation, so much that I bought the 22mm while in Japan. AF performance was acceptable for travel use. The LCD was much better than my S-95 in bright light.
At the time of my DSLR accident, I'd already decided to replace it with a m43 and some tasty primes, but was waiting until the Panny GX-7 reviews were out. Now, after almost 2000 shots with the M, I'm in no hurry to get rid of it or buy a m43. Why? Three reasons.
The first came about because I started using the M in challenging AF situations with static subjects. That slowed me down, manual focus slowed me more. Often needed a tripod for acceptable manual focus. Tripods are inherently slow, which made me think more about which of the possibilities for a subject was the best. Bingo. It was like returning to the days of film when I tried to make each shot count on a 36 exposure roll. The aesthetics and composition of my images improved. They're still improving.
Second reason is I've rediscovered the joy of walking at the end of the day with a zone focused fast 35mm equivalent prime. Finally, I'm enjoying rebuilding the skill of anticipating a subject's motion and combining it with panning as needed.
When the rumors of the Oly EM-10 surfaced, I got excited again about a m43 system. I stopped fantasizing about it after a memory from my days as a pilot surfaced. To be the best pilot you can be, master the craft you have before moving to one with better or different performance.
