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rethinking Micro Four Thirds in 2016

Started Feb 25, 2016 | Discussions thread
Art_P
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Sounds like budget isn't a factor?
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M43 does most of what you want fairly well, and perhaps you have a good deal invested in it already.

You could look at some of the Panasonic offerings (GM series for really compact body, GX8 for higher MP sensor) Look into adapting lenses when native offerings fall short (Metabones and other adapters allow AF and/or focal reducer for brighter aperture)

Some faster primes coming from Olympus, and the E-M1/II may boost sensor performance.

You'd be hard pressed to find a pocketable camera sharing a battery w the top of the line model... generally the pro model will have a beefier battery, the compact will sacrifice capacity for the sake of compactness... Olympus does a pretty good job keeping it to two battery sizes.

But if budget isn't really a factor, why not buy into a second brand for specific needs that m43 does not cover, rather than trying to find another format that covers all your needs.

If size wasn't a factor, you could go w Canikon for the full line of lenses and bodies... but neither will give you as portable a system, or as pocketable a camera as an E-PM or GM plus pancake prime.

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