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EOS M3 or Olympus E-M10 Mark I?

Started Feb 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
MyM6II Senior Member • Posts: 2,424
Re: EOS M3 or Olympus E-M10 Mark I?

DJSanjay wrote:

MyM3 wrote:

DJSanjay wrote:

MyM3 wrote:

Can you stretch to a M100?

I did find a used deal on ebay, but that includes about 100 USD(!!!) for the global shipping program, bringing the total cost to about 330 USD. Not sure if this is a good deal. The lack of a viewfinder kinda bothers me..harder to keep stable holding the camera at body level.

Hard to say. Sounds much for a used one, I think. Where in the world are you located?

Sri Lanka. If I buy locally, they are very expensive. Local dealers don't even sell MFT cameras because people don't know much about them.

Ok. I don’t know anything about the market in Sri Lanka, so I can’t help you with that. (Hopefully someone else in here can help you with that.) What I can say is, if it was me I would have tried to get an M100. Since you already have the 22mm, you can try to get a body only, if you want.

I have four M-series cameras, including the M100 and M3. The M100 I use almost daily, while the M3 is collecting dust in a drawer. The M3 is a good camera, but it has some faults as you also have noted. I think the 3 most important faults (in my opinion) are: slower/worse AF (than the newer M cameras), sometimes (not always) some incorrect colors or white balance and finally a focus box (frame) as big as Africa. But I have taken many nice photos with it, so it’s not a bad camera. It’s just that the M100, M6, M5 and the M50 are better and faster and more fun to shoot with. That’s all I can think of right now. That Olympus I have no experience with, but it seems like a nice camera, too.

Good luck with your decision and purchase!

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