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6 reasons why I chose to keep the NX300 over Olympus OMD E-M5

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6 reasons why I chose to keep the NX300 over Olympus OMD E-M5
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Here are the reasons why I chose to keep the NX300 over Olympus OMD E-M5 after owning both and comparing side by side for a week.

1. The EM5 has way too many dials and buttons, it would've been useful if buttons were a tad bigger and spaced out bit better. It is way too cramped and I am not a huge person with humungous hands..

2. I use manual focus a LOT. Manual focus is useless without focus peaking (IMHO). There is a workaround on YouTube by Olympus gurus but workaround is rubbish (again, IMHO). The new EM5 Mark II has focus peaking, phew!

3. I shamelessly admit I prefer the LCD over EVF. Even though using EVF made me "feel" like a pro photographer but would rather use the LCD thank you.

4. Did not see what the big deal is with 5 axis image stabilization. I could hear the motor running/buzzing showing that it is working but in my opinion it didn't do a lot better than my NX. I tried a few shots with high ISO with slightly longer exposure hand held (both with kit lens).

5. Without the additional battery grip, EM5 is not very nice to hold.

6. NX300 has way better touch screen, 10 times easier to use in Manual mode, feels much lighter in hands, has WIFI and NFC.

**You may have noticed I didn't include the APS - C over Micro 4/3 because apparently bigger sensor doesn't really make much of a difference.**

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what I will miss about the EM5------

1. Weather sealing

2. Highly versatile 12-50mm lens especially the wide angle and Macro bit.

3. Way better RAW file buffer clearance for burst shots (NX sucks but I'm happy to live with it)

4. The feel of just "having" an EVF, the feel of owning a "non washing machine brand" camera.

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