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It's time to replace the carry around camera

Started Oct 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
Louis_Dobson
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Re: It's time to replace the carry around camera

I'm very happy indeed with both my E-M5 and my E-M1.  
I don't need, or want, a smaller camera for when I go out shooting.  They are the perfect size, as small as you can get before things get fiddly.
A really small body is going to involve some compromises.  I'd not buy one as my only camera. The GM5 should live in my pocket so that I can always get a shot, and without the really annoying interface of a phone camera.

Aaron801 wrote:

Louis_Dobson wrote:

Clearly you can't have everything. It's become clear to me now that the Oly tiny camera compromise is leaving out the viewfinder and the Panny one is a very simple shutter and no IBIS. Both give you a tiny battery.
With the benefit of hindsight I might have been better off going for the Oly compromise with a VF2. But I didn't, so let's see.

I've been really happy with my e_m10 with it's fairly high quality built in EVF. It isn't tiny, but is very small, has generous easy to handle physical controls and IBIS. Still part of me would love a really tine extra m4/3 body. I think that I could live with less in the way of physical controls, no IBIS (impossible in a body this small) and the lesser quality VF. The fact though that the e-shutter is a bit of an IQ limitation might bother me... if I could really tell any difference in IQ. if so, that might be too big of a sacrifice for having that extra small cam.

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