Best camera system purchase for $399 is still m43???

Chi Pham wrote:

I read that the LiveView feature is not as good as mirrorless which means very unpleasant shooting experiences and the non-tilting LCD is a huge negative.

Also, there will be no more lens purchases. I know my family member very well.

Spend once and be done with it so the argument of having alot of lens doesn't hold.

At the same time, there's a lot of lens available if he ever needs to upgrade in the m43 format.

PS: Portability for vacation is a huge huge bonus!

Best

I bought the E-PL6 and dont regret it at all, it's a wonderful camera. The other camera I was considering alongside was a Pentax K-50, with one lens it's $355 with two lenses its $450

The key feature that it has is weatherproofing and also the ability to take AA batteries with a cheap batter holder (costs $30). It is also compatible with o-GPS which allows you to track stars for up to 20 min but that may not be a feature which matters to you. In the end I xchoose against it because of the following reasons:

- slow in Live View I already have an E-520 that is slow in Live View and didn't need another camera like that

- weight. It also weighs more than my E-520 by 50% and my E-520 is already on the borderline of heavy for me.

- even though it's weatherproof the sensor really attracts dust, I assume this is true of most DSLR but both the K-30 and K-50 have cheaper dust shake systems than Pentax's top of the line system and there is liable to be dust on the sensor every time you change lenses. This is a consideration for a lot of DSLR though. Look up E-PL dust and you get few or no hits, dust is not a problem with this series.