Not a flame war. A legitimate lens comparison

MatLD wrote:

As many have stated, this comparison is only useful for those which have the exact same needs, at that exact moment and with the availability of the gear and money.

I was just looking for the full understanding of a subject

Everyone has different needs and the compromise will be different each time. People come here and try to defend their gear choices, why they spent what money on what gear with rational reasons and thus flame wars start.

yes but if you look at everything I typed I am one of the few in this discussion that never mentioned what I own or think of others purchasing decisions. In fact when I do mention others decisions I always encourage them to buy what is best for them. They have to live with it not me.

Waste of time mostly: the comparison points will switch from user to user, with available discounts etc. Choice of gear is a lot more than just specifications.

I pointed that out from the very beginning that just because a lens has and another one has x that does not make them equal. Obviously different users will want different lenses and features. However when dof are similar that is where sizes and weights start to become very similar.

If you don't know what you want, m43 has lots of choices but if people spent as much time discussing photography instead of discussing gear, the flame wars on artistic points of views would be a lot more interesting for me to read.

Just wanted to make sure I understood everything I could. /my apologies for trying to increase my knowledge. I should have used slightly different terminology from the beginning. I also did actually learn something in the end. I learned something about the actual technology and that you should not ask anyone in the MFT to compare their equipment to other formats