Upgraded to NX500 Finally

Fear of having spent so much on lenses, and end with no body to use them, because as we know, you can use canon lenses,Sony and nikon lenses, on loads of bodies, with adapters, but you can't use NX lenses on other than NX cameras, right? Fear of being stuck with a dead system...

Depends on how you look at it - I`ve never used NX as a "System" , for me,  it`s been a high resolution , high quality jacket personal camera alternative to a high end compact like the canon G series or panasonic LX series with a far better compact zoom lens than anything Sony have ever made or likely ever will ..

I tried the A6000 twice in the time it`s been out but the awful zooms drove me away both times , they drove me away from the NEX5 6 years ago and the NEX7 4.5 years ago previously .. Sony love to make more and more bodies but they STILL haven`t a single standard APS-C zoom capable of making anywhere near the most of their very first Mirrorless, the NEX5 !

Micro 4/3 has fantastic kit lenses (even better Pro lenses) and THE best superzoom for any ILC system period (DSLR or otherwise regardless of sensor size) and I make good use of a GM5 at events for silent shooting & video - the primes are superb too at all price ranges and even the oldest Panasonics have superb AF  but the sensors are still way behind  in DR as well as noise performance (compared to my small event camera , the D7200) and all bar one camera are more than 10Mp behind the NX500 in resolution too ..

Compromises always play a big part in camera choice whether as a single unit  with maybe a prime or two (how I see the NX200-500 range and where IMO they score best) or as a complete system .

Sony lose out full stop in my book because for me, the zooms fall well below the acceptable level of quality across the frame and sample variation is even worse than Samsung even with the most expensive glass  .... Fuji despite the superb glass and well designed bodies fell at the first hurdle for me with X-Trans (which I`ve never managed to get an acceptable RAW conversion from) and they`ve only very recently got their AF performance to a decent level , they also hung onto 16Mp sensors for far too long for an APS-C system (Sony had 24Mp nearly 5 years ago) , and they still are 16Mp bar the flagship X-Pro cam

Nothing`s perfect - pick the set of compromises which suit your shooting situation and needs best . I like the compact NX cams (well , the 200-500 and 1000/1100 anyway) despite no EVF, I can`t see me ever owning an NX1 though let alone the expensive bulky fast lenses  .