Subjective camera preferences.....

FrankS009 wrote:

There are emotional, intellectual, and financial perspectives on this question. Starting with the intellectual ones first, the m4/3rds system uniquely offers different sized bodies that share the same lenses. So originally I bought a G1 and a GF1. Now there are really three sized bodies: for example the GM1, the GX7, and the GH4/EM1 and some "tweeners" such as the EM5 with grip. Some lenses balance better on different sized bodies, but some are more appropriate for different social situations. While maybe a wedding photographers could do the whole shoot with a GM1, the customer's expectations might be of a bigger camera. On the other hand, hauling a GH4 or EM1 around on a travel light holiday is not much fun. and so from that perspective I am a multi-camera user, at least in theory.

Emotionally, I do not change cameras much, and react to them personally. My G1 and GF1 became part of me, and I took my old GF1 on a recent trip rather than my GX7 because I was familiar with it and a bit afraid I would damage the newer camera. I could have used the EVF as it turned out, but the GF1 felt pretty indestructible and unobtrusive. I never felt comfortable with an EM5 and had no attachment to it. The EM1 doesn't do it for me either although I am sure it is a good camera.

So, GM1 for the best camera you have with you also being as good as any other and if your mood is for something cute, the GF1/GX7 in the middle, and the GH4 for big lenses and to carry the big camera image when social circumstances "demand" it. Now all I have to do is afford all three!

F.

In all of this back and forth, I was catching myself wondering if I should wait for the GH4.  However, I realized that one of the things that I am enjoying about the GX7 is the weight.  For me, it seems as if the sweet spot for camera body weight is about 400g.  Above 450g and I start noticing the body weight....the GH2 was right on the borderline, and the GH3 was just way too heavy.  The EM1 is also over  450g which I think might be why I notice it in hand, too.  So, to even think of trying the GH4 would be simply folly, and I find myself not tempted at all after realizing that.  

I make no apologies for being an unabashed gearhead

-J