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NX500 still worth it in 2020?

Started Jul 15, 2020 | Discussions thread
OP krloz Contributing Member • Posts: 546
Re: It is not a step up over 20 Mp m43s
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Jorginho wrote:

I thought you already had a m43 system, in which case buying a completely new system with some glass might have been more expensive.

I should have looked through the whole thread and realise you already bought it. Have fun with it!

I do have a m43 system. I've been shooting with 4/3 since the Panasonica L1/Leica Digilux 3. Loved those cameras! Than I migrated to m43 with the Panasonic G1, than the GF1, than the G3 and finally the EM5 mk1. Over the course of those years, I got some good glass that I still have for the system. All in all, as you can tell, I love the system. I gave a shot a month ago and bought a second hand G9, however, I found it not to be a step up in IQ I was hoping as compared to EM5. But more importantly, it had some incompatibility with my PanaLeica 12-60mm , the lens I use the most. So I returned it and started looking for something else. That is how I ended up with the NX500.

I will do some extensive testing during the weekend, but so far I can confidently say the IQ is a step up from my EM5 and the G9, at least at low ISO (800 and below). And I got a very good deal on the NX500 and 5 good lenses for less than $1000. The used G9 body alone, for comparison, was $1500 locally. Unfortunately things here in Brazil are quite expensive, so the NX500 deal was quite attractive even for US price standards.

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