Originally posted by UncleVanya I accidentally ended up with a GX7 and now my dad has it and I have a GX-1. If you want to play in M43 get an older body and a kit lens like the 12-32 and give it a whirl. I use mine as the light carry anywhere camera for situations where the K-3 is too much. I have no premium glass and just have small short pancake style lenses (14-42 Panasonic PZ f/3.5-5.6, 35-100 f/4-5.6, 20 f/1.7, 9mm f/8 Body Cap Fisheye. the whole thing is silly light and small. I have the GX-1 and the VF-2 viewfinder (also fits my LX7). If you don't need a viewfinder there are a ton of bodies out there. But beware... the little things are addictive.
I can already imagine the amount of trouble that I'd get into with the wife. Hahaha!
Originally posted by surfar Yes, stop looking....but start again and look@ the GH5 and GX850.....lots of choice and with the rapid release of bodies the costs come down pretty quick.
Haahaha! I've been looking at the GH5, but the wife.....
Originally posted by Sinister I started with an EPL3, kit and 45mm. Now I have a very extensive kit and my Pentax covers dust, so be careful
I see!
Originally posted by mano Yeah, me too. I mean, I was at that point last year. Got a second hand Oly M5 with the 12-50mm and started playing around with it. Then I saw the Olympus cashback offer (in Germany) and thought I might try the 25 F1.8. Then I bought myself the 75-300mm and the 60mm macro for Christmas and just a few hours ago I pulled the trigger on the Panaleica 15mm on 'bay.
In other words, leave while you still can!
Edit: Also considering getting a cheap Pen and have it converted to IR.
I love the whole M43 thing. My younger brother has the Olympus OMD E-M5II with a zoom & a couple of primes & they exude all kinds of quality. My dad has the OMD E-M1 & the 7-14mm f/2.8 Pro lens, 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens, & 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens. He's now seriously considering selling off all his Nikon gear & picking up the OMD E-M1II & the 12-100mm f/4 Pro lens along with the other Pro primes & he'd probably still have some change left over!
I'm still not 100% committed to Pentax yet. I have 2 K-50 bodies, DA-L 18-55mm kit lens, DA-L 50-200mm kit lens, DA 35mm f/2.4, & DA 50mm f/1.8. I really like the underdogness of Pentax & the only reason that I haven't left is that I have been quite pleased with the images from the K-50. My only gripe is the AF performance in low light & if movement is involved as well, the AF is almost absolutely useless. Even the contrast detect only OMD E-M5II does far better in this respect & that is a mirrorless camera!
Aren't DSLR's supposed to have better AF performance overall?
I'm ready for a Pentax APS-C flagship, but the current K-3/3II does nothing for me & after reading countless reviews, the AF performance seems to not be as good as the D7200, which I have access to. That thing trounces my K-50 as far as AF acquisition, speed, & tracking, but then again the D7200 is an orange & my K-50 is an apple. I'm waiting to see what Pentax does with their next flagship. I'm really hoping for improved AF that at least meets or exceeds the D7200, improved IBIS with 5-axis or something equivalent, & improved high ISO image quality. If AF is not to par with the current offerings from Canon or Nikon, I might unload my Pentax gear join you M43 guys.
I've been a fan of the Olympus M43 stuff due to their 5-axis IBIS implementation that allows me to shoot in low light at very low ISO hand held far better than what my K-50 can do, but now that I see Panasonic implementing 5-axis IBIS as well in their newer offerings, things have gotten rather interesting in the M43 world. I guess I'll see what happens later this year with Pentax. If they deliver, I'll be staying. If they don't.....
And I'm also away that I'll be losing DR, DOF, blah, blah, blah, blah when going to M43, but I've already shot enough ISO 6400 shots with the old OMD E-M1 & the newer OMD E-M5II to know that those images still look pretty damn good to me.
Now back to the images! I want to see more!