Help: I love M43 but on the edge

eBrain wrote:

First post; hopefully someone can help without getting into MFT vs FF war

I am long time MFT user and heavily invested in MFT gear. To put things in perspective I started with Panasonic Lumix G5 couple years back, and bought GH4 couple months back to check the latest and greatest of MFT ecosystem before taking a decision. I currently own both bodies and following lenses to put things in perspective: Rokinon 7.5mm, Panasonic 25mm/F1.4, Panasonic 14-42mm Kit, Panasonic 35-100mm/F2.8, Panasonic 45-200mm, and over a dozen legacy primes (Canon FD, Minolta, SMC Takumar, etc)

After shooting for couple years I have realized I like shooting events (indoors), birds, and bokeh. It might me my skills but in my experience my MFT gear is severely laking quality pictures when it comes to above three categories.

Dont get me wrong; please! If there is something within MFT ecosystem costing an additional $2k brining quality pcitures within above 3 categories I am willing to go for it (please suggest lenses and body) but a question naturally comes to mind: why should I continue to invest in MFT? Just because it is light weight?

So here I am .. on the borderline .. thinking what if I sell all MFT gear. Should sell for $4k easily and buying a nice FF body with 3 or 4 lenses lenses for a tiotal of $6-8K should give me the ability to shoot in low light, birds, and bokeh. No?

MFT lovers please help me I seem to be losing interest in my equipment because it is not getting me what I would like to ... Maybe it is my skills or maybe it is my equipment? If it is equipment should I wait for better lenses/technology or move on to FF?

Thanks!

EB

No need to go FF; Nikon APS-C is a better balance given that birding is one of your three interests. As far as DOF and high ISO, it won't reach FF level, but it's better than M4/3. If you're interested in birds you can pair it with the new FF Nikon 300mm f/4 PF which is an astounding lens. Even sharper than it's predecessor (which was very highly regarded for sharpness), but half the weight and 2/3 the length. Even if/when m4/3 finally comes out with their own 300mm f/4, there's no chance it will be anywhere close to the size and weight of the new FF Nikon 300mm f/4. The D7100/300mm f/4 PF combination is 3.5 lbs. And if you really want the 2x crop factor reach, you can shoot the D7100 or just released D7200 in 2x crop mode. And then there's always teleconverters. I'm currently using the D7100/300mm f/4 PF combo with the 1.4tc which give a field of view of 840mm f/5.6 if you shoot in 2x crop mode (which I rarely do), and still under 4 lbs. total.