moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

Assuming you bought the mark II, how do you like it? I like mine well enough that I'm putting my mark I up for sale soon, too.

rawlins

;) Will do some research... Thanks

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Have you ever bought a car without at least sitting in it ? You owe it to yourself to at least hand hold each of the major brands. Each will feel a little diff. in your hands, but all will give great shots. YOU will make the diff. in the images recorded.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Panasonic LUMIX G85 is a beast for $1000 with 12-60mm kit zoom. It's probably their value and feature sweet spot.

https://m.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g85-g80

Over 85 Micro 4/3 lenses are available from Panasonic, Leica, Olympus, Samyang, Voigtlander, Tamron... in a wide range of sizes and prices and quality levels.

You didn't indicate a budget, or much about what you intend to photograph, so I would encourage you to look at Olympus and Panasonic first, if quality results with significant weight savings are important considerations. Fujifilm and Sony make great mirrorless gear, too, but neither has a lot of native lenses, and the ones they do have tend to be big, heavy, and expensive (and excellent!).

I'd look at Canon and Nikon last. They are the least innovative mirrorless providers.

Also, do a search on UHH. There are many previous threads on this topic.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

Love it...which is why my beloved em1 is on the market.

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Hey don't leave out Panasonic they are a huge player in m4/3! They and Olympic share lens. Check out the Panasonic g85& the gx8 super performers!!

rawlins

You're right. Great advice.

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

I figured. Still working on setting mine up, and waiting for mediocre to nasty weather to clear up to do any serious shooting, but so far just the improvements in ergonomics are great. I have a thread to that effect over on mu43.com.

RKL349 Loc: Connecticut

I purchased an Olympus E-M5II from Olympus directly as a refurbished item. Very happy with the body, so far. I also have two prime lenses that are very sharp, as well as a 14-150 Olympus zoom. I previously owned the Sony A6000 which many UHH'ers love but I just could not get comfortable with so I sold it. Do handle the various cameras and look at their features, then decide how you want to go. Good luck with the new mirrorless, and regardless of what you choose, be happy about your choice and have fun with it.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

In low light conditions the back lit sensor of the Sony A7Rm2 is good.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

The Fuji line is great, but I've chosen the Sony a6300 and a6000. For lots of hiking, the a6300 is more weather-resistant. Otherwise they are both excellent. They have more features than any other MILC (Mirrorless Interchangeable Len Camera), a fair number of lenses below 240mm, but not longer. However, with an adapter, you can use Nikon, or Canon lenses (And some others as well)

I like to print large for the wall. The aps-c sensor is the sweetspot. Smaller sensors like the "1 inch" (1/3 really) and the 4/3 produce good images for the internet, but not good to print above 8x10 (Or MAYBE 11x14 with some loss) If you will ever want good quality 16x24 or bigger, the aps-c is the way to go. If you want the ultimate, the Sony A7 is a full-frame series.

I put down the Sonys until a couple years ago, partly because their sound equipment is so poor, but the camera engineers have really done it. Enough that I abandoned my long marriage to Nikon/Canon.

farsidefan1

I have the Olympus OM-D EM1. I looked long and hard at Sony. They have some great cameras. I also wanted light and easy to carry around. I like to take wildlife photos. I chose Olympus because they already have a well developed choice of lenses. I have the following lenses. Basic 50, 9-18 zoom, 14-150 zoom (It's my "walkaround lens), 75-300 and a macro lens. Since they are crop sensors my 300 has a 600 mm reach.

Most my photography has been underwater, I've been a diver but a year ago a medical condition locked me above water :(. That's when I went Olympus.

moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

Some pros print very large using m43, and people couldn't see the difference. Of course, if the image isn't sharp to begin with.....

bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

I own a Sony A6000. I love it. I have never fooled with the Olymous cameras but I am familiar with the Fuji's and the Panasonic. The Fuji's takes really nice pictures in JPEG and is easy to use. It's probably my second favorite mirrorless camera. I say probalby becasue I think Panasonice is the most undervalued camera line out there. They are generally very high quality and usually very innovative. I don't shoot video enough to have an opinion but I ahve been told by people who do that Panasonic leads the pack in that area as well.

One of the biggest reasons I stay with Sony is that they seemd to be doing most of the innovation in newer mirrorless cameras and are by far the most popular. I read where the A6000 is the largest selling interchangeable camera in history. I don't know if thati is true but it sounds right. As a result of their popularity they have huge support. From fan forums to high quality, competively priced aftermaket lenses and the list goes on and on and on. That will only get better as so many manufacturers are now focusing on the A series Sony cameras.

If I have any recommendation it might be the A6000 in the bargain category. Nowadays it seems like a real bargain for a camera with that kind of power.

I suppose the best news is that you probably can't go wrong with any of those cameras.

rawlins

This forum rocks! A topical education. I have begun a spreadsheet of cameras and lenses mentioned here - with pros and cons. Thanks, Uglyhedgehog "experts".