Re: Is the EM-1 still a good choice? Or better waiting for an update?
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fratzi --
You are right about these optics: they are stunning. But acquiring these two lenses -- without internal stabe -- is more-or-less a commitment to Oly. I have the 12-40 (and resisted the 40-150 so far . . .) and it is certainly the finest mid-zoom that i've ever used, going back four+ decades. i absolutely love that lens. So i'm hooked on Oly as my small form factor kit for the foreseeable future.
The Fuji and Sony systems are something of a different choice. Actually the system choice decision is the big one. Of the two Fuji would attract me more: their lenses are (almost) uniformly excellent but you are locked into one vendor. The bodies are quirky (well, they are across the mirror-less world), but seem to be quite photographer-centric. Fuji also gets bonus points for a coherent lens map . . . that they follow! What a concept.
Oh Sony, Sony, Sony. Stunning bodies for sure. Gawd knows that they know their way around sensor design; their latest BSI 42meg FF chip is a stunner (with no less than 399 on-chip PDAF sensors!) But, really, what is their camera and lens strategy? APSC? semi-mirrored SLRs? Full Frame? E mount? A mount? As a consumer i just don't see that they are dedicated to any single path. i've lost count of their zig-zags since acquiring Minolta.
Forgive me Sony fans.
i chose first Panny m4/3 (due to cost on close-out bodies) and now Oly. I am thrilled with the richness of the m4/3 lens and body choices and reasobably confident going forward that they will continue. Fuji would make me happy too (though at somewhat higher prices). Good luck.
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gary ray
Semi-professional in early 1970s; just a putzer since then. interests: historical sites, virginia, motorcycle racing. A nikon user more by habit than choice; still, nikon seems to work well for me.