Went to get a G80 and ended up with an A7..tips from M4/3 and FF users?

Treadurownpath wrote:

Honestly, I think I was getting to the point where the only lens I really thought that the IQ was special was the 20mm. The others don't quite have that pop. The 14 is unimpressive etc etc. So I was looking at getting something like the 15mm but its fairly costly so I thought hey, lets try an A7 with a 28mm which is only working out a couple of hundred quid more expensive including the camera body.

Well, the only lens you have that IS special is the 20mm. If you want pop, you need to look at some of the PL lenses, or the higher end non-PL zooms (12-35mm f2.8, 35-100mm f2.8, for example), or some of the better Oly lenses. There is a big difference in output between any of those level lenses and the ones you have.

So an A7 system (upgraded infrequently) with a 28 and 50 for landscapes and travel (the vast majority of my shooting) and a GX8 with a 100-300 (I dont think I can afford the 100-400) and maybe even a 12-35 for video etc somewhere down the line in the future might be my future setup.

Be forewarned; the 28mm e-mount Sony is very sharp, but has really murky color rendition. I did not buy one because of that. Instead, I used a 28mm adapted Minolta AF (A-mount), which was just lovely. Remember; lenses each have their own unique qualities, and a basic lens in M43 that does not give you the punch you want is going to be paralleled by the basic lenses in pretty much any other system. To get better output costs more $ in the lens department, no matter what the brand system you use.....Sensors cannot compensate for mediocre glass, no matter how good they are.

-J

These two were from the A7 and the 28mm Minolta AF lens: