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The thing is, I'd rather have competition in a booming profitable industry (smartphones - Apple, Samsung, Huawei, etc), rather than be the only one in a dying segment of a dying industry, like...

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Essentially flagship bodies with flagship 85mm-ish portrait lenses attached. Almost identical total weight, size, volume, whatever you...

Unfortunately I'm getting that vibe from the comment right above yours.

Well I'm behind the trend because I waded carefully back into M43 recently because I do love the system, but kept my overall investment low and was debating whether to go "all-in" with the purchase...

Is this possibly a thing? I have 3 Panny lenses - 15mm 1.7, 25mm 1.7, and 42.5mm 1.7.  I noticed face detect will sometimes just flat out miss focus, I notice it a bit more with the 15mm and 25mm ...

I owned a Q for about 2 years, and it was easily my favorite digital camera yet. However, when COVID19 first hit the stock market dived and my company was talking about layoffs and I got scared. ...

Agreed about the fun factor. I mean maybe I'm just lazy, but I noticed even when I've visited the same place, I end up bringing back more photos from a smaller camera that I enjoy using. If I have ...

Definitely given consideration to something like the 17mm 1.2. And the Nocticron is on my short list of most desired lenses. I do have an issue spending that kind of money on a lens in that focal ...

Zoom is fine too.  Incidentally a lot of people really seem to like that PL 12-60

I mostly agree with OP's thoughts on the fast improving IQ coming from smartphones. I do increasingly question the need to carry around a dedicated camera. Strangely though, these thoughts recently ...

Got into M43 recently and really enjoying the Panny 15mm 1.7.  The rendering is the type I really like.  Good color and contrast and good transitions from in focus to OOF areas. Nice sharpness. The ...

I've quickly built up a bit of a M43 kit. OMD EM10 II, 14-42 ii, 15mm 1.7, 25mm 1.7, and 42.5mm 1.7. VERY happy with the primes and the body.  Not too happy with the 14-42 so I'm looking for a kit ...

Anyone own both or have used both lenses? Beyond the obvious focal length difference, how much of an IQ difference exists between these two lenses? Build quality?

Olympus seems to be getting squeezed in all aspects of their camera business. The low-end consumer market by smartphones and cheap APS-C mirrorless cameras (such as Canon's EF-M system).

The...

Olympus is such a legendary photographic company and it appears the rest of their business (esp medical imaging) is doing fine that I wonder if the company would be willing to keep the imaging...

Oh, didn't know that about the Oly lens. That's actually a plus for me as probably 95% of usage of such a lens would be portraits.

Jumped back into M43 recently and realized how compact the whole system can be, so I want to round out a kit of primes. I already have the 25mm 1.7 Panny. I need a prime that's wider, and one ...

So these were (still may be) $299 at several retailers a while ago, including Amazon. I've been ordering a lot of stuff online these days, so I accidentally ordered two and forgot about the second. ...

I've tried both lenses on the RP. As others have said, nothing "special" about the RF, but it is quite good at most everything and the IS really comes in handy especially when traveling.  Coupled ...

So I've briefly used all the equipment I'm going to mention.  I'm planning on picking up an A7rii.  I'm thinking of a 2-prime lens setup and emphasizing solid IQ along with compactness.  I don't ...