My experiences with micro four thirds

DrPJ wrote:

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to share my experiences with the micro four thirds system.

I sold all my Nikon gear a couple of years ago - based around the excellent camera the D300. It was getting old, no replacement had come out, it was too heavy to carry, many times I didn´t bring it on vacations because of the weight. But what a great camera it was, in many ways I still miss it - the autofocus system was just excellent, it somehow knew what I wanted in focus.

So I decided to switch to micro four thirds and went for the OMD EM10 with a Panasonic 14-140 and Olympus 25 mm F1.8. I´ve now used the camera for well over a year, but I´ve never liked it. It´s too small, and I find the controls counterintuitive. Autofocus is really terrible, and it takes too long to adjust the point of focus, I´ve missed so many shots. And it can´t be used for moving subjects at all. So finally this last week I sold it. Instead I got a Panasonic GX8 - and my passion for photography is back. What a camera! Love the size of it, well thought out controls, just so easy to use!

I'm almost on the same boat.

i still can carry my D810 and all its heavy lenses...but many many times I need and like smaller and lighter devices.

I included aerial photography (phantom) and I need something smaller and lighter to get fall in love with. I hope GX8 plus some good glasses could do the trick.

Im not saying I gonna sell my Nikon team but who knows...