which is better as the 2nd camera?

jor23 wrote:

My main camera is an E-M1, with the 12-40 pro and a few fast 1.8 primes.

I have been looking for a 2nd camera to complement it, especially to use when it's too much to haul the m43 kit around.

I've gone through gx7, epm2, gx1, none of them was really much easier to carry than the e-m1, even with the 17mm f1.8 prime attached.

I have since purchased Fuji x100, Ricoh GR and Sony RX100. The RX100 will arrive today. So I have no experience with it yet.

The X100 is a lovely camera. I especially liked the portrait shots that it produced. Most of my favorites came from it in the past few months. However, it's not much smaller or lighter than the m43 cameras.

I took the GR to Vegas last week. It was a nice camera. Much more pocketable. Images are sharp. Handling is nice. 28mm worked fine. Focus was not great, but usable. Portraits were not as good as the x100. Hardly any blurring in the background from the 2.8 lens (and the shorter focal length).

I saw Best Buy has open-box RX100 for $269 and I had a gift card to use. So I ordered it to try out.

My feeling is that I should just keep one of these to use as the 2nd camera with my E-M1. But I am having a hard time to let either the X100 or the GR go. The RX100 is smaller and have a zoom lens that is much more versatile.

I like taking pictures when I walk around my neighborhood. When I have my daughter with me, I like taking picture of her. I found most of my shots are close-ups. I haven't been doing much street photography. Living in a small town, there's not much to shoot on the street.

Some help?

I am thinking about selling the GR and keep the x100 and RX100.

I used to always keep a premium compact on hand when I had a DSLR system but with micro four thirds, it's a tougher decision.  I have an RX100 II but am going to sell it because I really, really dislike its ergonomics.  It's nice and small but unpleasant to use (IMO only).

I had an LX100 which is kind of compact but it had dust on the sensor and suffered from micro jitter when recording video with its OIS on.  Lens was soft at the edges at the widest FoV, too.

I've decided to keep my GX7 + 20/1.7 or 15/1.7 as my compact camera.  I don't carry any of my pocket cameras in my pocket, anyway.  They are either in a waist pack or in some other, larger bag.

I should also mention that an EVF is a requirement for me and I'm not a fan of pop-up EVFs, either.