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Subjective camera preferences.....

Started May 19, 2014 | Discussions thread
TrapperJohn Forum Pro • Posts: 16,488
Does the body difference really affect the end photograph?

Is there really that much difference between them, or is it just handling differences that you notice because you have so many bodies that you can use?

For the most part, body upgrades never got me that much. The lone exception was the EM5 - it really was head and shoulders above its contemporaries in terms of sensor and IS performance. Otherwise, body upgrades are a bit better here, a bit better there, but they don't really didn't improve the photograph much over an existing body.

Lens additions, on the other hand, are where I've seen the greatest improvements in capability. A 7-14 will capture images that no other lens can get, regardless of which body it is used on. Same for the ZD 50-200 - no other lens quite matches its combination of sharpness, aperture, focal length range, and size. My old 4/3 PL25, used in the optimal conditions, produces lovely bokeh that no other 4/3 or M43 lens can quite match. Maybe the PL42.5, if you can handle the price.

There is one other advantage to putting your major money into glass: it doesn't really depreciate much, while bodies depreciate like crazy.

I wish I had the money to add a GH4, a GX7, and a GM1. But, at least in my opinion, I'd be better off sticking with the EM1 or EM5, and adding a PL42.5 1.2, or maybe a Panny 35-100, maybe the MZD 40-150 F2.8 when it comes out. I really think I'll get better capability.

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