"OK" but much cheaper camera body and invest in a good lens or good body with kit?

mrxak wrote:

Generally speaking, it's better to invest your money in better glass whenever you can. A good lens will last forever, and you'll be able to use it on many different camera bodies over the years, even decades, of photography. You'll replace your camera bodies a lot more often, but every time you do you'll get more out of the lenses you already own.

Thanks for this, it makes sense. Although I posted earlier about a similar topic (i think it was the a6000 vs. lumix gx85) and someone mentioned that a6000 series lenses can be adapted to more bodies in the future (bigger sensors, even) while the m43 will be limited to... m43? is this true?

The fact is, any fairly recent camera in any format is going to be miles ahead in image quality compared to what the greatest professional photographers were using last century, just on the technical merits. Yet, we still admire those photographs today. The quality of your photographs depends a lot more on other factors, like how much thinking you're doing behind the camera, your timing, and even a bit of luck. With any camera or lens combination, you can capture a masterpiece.

Quick question about that, since it's been bothering me. If considering just the functions of the camera, OMD EM-10 and the EP-5 aren't all that different. sensor size, stabilization (5-axis) same lens systems and all. (although focus points may be a consideration... 85 vs 35 or so). What other "reasonable" considerations are there to upgrade?

Also the latter statement is exactly why I reconsidered getting the cheaper ep-5 haha along with this blog post http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2017/05/01/6-lessons-ive-learned-after-shooting-all-the-expensive-cameras/ basically explaining that when it comes right down to it what matters is you have opportunities to shoot and that you generally like your photos (instead of getting caught up n thinking about gear and functions). The EP-5 meets my minimum requirements although (as mentioned by the other respondent) maybe it's a matter of seeing whether it works well enough to capture the photos i want (expression mostly) which may be the OMD and a6000's advantage... and yet I don't know if i'll "need" to take "all possible photos at all times i want them" because it'd be nice to miss some and get some too.