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Help: Another EM5 or EM1 Quandry

Started Dec 7, 2014 | Questions thread
PSCL1 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,770
Re: Help: Another EM5 or EM1 Quandry

The EM-5 is being remaindered now for $599 at the common US sources.  Rumor is that it will be replaced.  If you compare features with the EM-1, which you can do right here on this website, the EM-5 does more except for weather sealing.  However, I do not consider moving from an EP/L/M-x to an EM-x as an upgrade.   It amounts to a different philosophy of shooting.  I value small size, as if m43 was an upgraded, interchangeable-lens P&S replacement, and use an EPL-1.  When I need an EVF, I also own a Panasonic G3 body where it is built in but the body is still quite tiny.  I consider the EM-x line as a downsized DX or even FX system, encouraging and requiring a different style of shooting.  So I've stayed small with the small m43 bodies and go large with Nikon DX and FX when I want something larger and, perhaps, with additional capabilities beyond my EPL-1 and G3.  If I were going with an EM body, I'd get the cheaper EM-10.

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