Originally posted by UncleVanya First I much prefer Panasonic m43 over Oly and I only shoot stills. I like the rangefinder style bodies (gx-1, gx-7, gx-85, gx-9) I hated the early Oly menus and I really don't like the trend towards super wide aperture lenses that defeat the benefits of m43. f/1.2 - no thank you. However they make great stuff and I'm glad both of them are competing along with a few others. m43 ecosystem is great because of the open nature. Also the slow lenses are very often just slow but still stunning in terms of sharpness. I really like mine as an adjunct to my APSC k-3 kit.
But the beauty of mft system is that you can buy any mft body, and use any lens from the system. I had the olympus body yet mainly used the panaleica 25 1.4, with 45 1.8 oly and samyang 12 2 in the bag, I had a full street and travel kit that was very light and fit into one tiny sling style bag. I preferred the Em1 body style, but Panasonic offerings were equally nice, it's just when I was buying the Em1 Panasonic wasn't offering ibis yet.
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Originally posted by mecrox Yes it’s about the whole user experience and not just one feature on its own. Oly offer a very good overall system, not just a body and a lens. They are also very good at repairs/support and workshops and tutorial days where I live. I like things from folks who make the effort to be a bit more than just another camera outfit. The M43 sensor is limiting, imho, but only very rarely for what I shoot. The advantages of size and system outweigh it. And Oly are very good lensmakers, which is key.
Olympus lenses are very good. I had the 17 1.8 and it was a beautiful fully metal lens, tiny and sharp. Although I did eventually swapped it out to Pana 25, back then I was craving shallow dof)
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Also, mft system has very nice telephoto offerings now (200 2.8, 100-400mm), the Panasonic ones mostly, but the olympus 40-150 2.8 is also quite awesome from what I've seen on it.