Of all the Mirroless the Olympus OMD -E-M1-MK II - has more features than any of the other brands of mirroless, by far. Get the PRO lenses if your budget can afford it. The Sony A6000 is a good walk around camera, but it is not weatherproof like the Olympus.
I have both the Olympus and Sony. Sold all my Canon gear.
I love the Olympus. Fugi is OK - but doesn't do what Olympus can do.
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Notorious T.O.D. wrote:
So this camera will be dominant at the 2020 Olympics... can we bet lunch on that...
It was the dominant one on the infield of Daytona during a rain. Most of the full frame photograhers headed inside because they didn't happen to have rain gear. Those that did have rain gear were then encumbered by the rain gear. The Olympus E-M1X users had been continuously shooting all this time. One of the Canon users with rain gear was puzzled and asked why the Olympus user wasn't prefocusing his camera for the shots. There is a chain link fence between the cars and the infield that required prefocusing the Canon. The Olympus user said he didn't need to since the camera would ignore the fence because it could see and track the car. And more specifically, if close enough, the helmet of the driver.
Maybe we will see more Olympus cameras at this Olympics than previously seen. Precapture prevents one from "missing" the peak action.
If you really want to go small and light and want to stay in the Nikon world I can suggest the Nikon D3500. Although it is an "entry level" camera in Nikon's lineup, I had a chance to review it for Amazon and its sensor produces very good results. Plus, it's very small and light, especially when paired with some of Nikon's light DX lenses. It's not going to have as many bells and whistles as the latest mirrorless or advanced DSLR, but if you know how to use a camera you can get very good results.
Great Buy on Olympus OMD EM 5's or go for OMD EM 1
You can youse OLY or Panasonic lens
I don't know how much I can add except this: Go to a camera store and handle all of the cameras you might be interested in! ALL of the camera companies make great cameras and it really comes down to what fits your style and your hands. I went thinking I was going to get a Nikon D7200 (I had a D5500 and wanted to move up) it just felt too bulky to me - not heavy just bulky. I then decided it was going to be a Sony and wound up falling in love with the Fuji X-T2 - it just fit me and the manual controls took me back to old school. It fits right in my purse, the pics right out of the camera are so good that I don't do as much pp, and to be honest, the lens costs per quality comparisons were impressive. But you have to love your camera enough to want to grab it with no hesitation so try them all out before making that investment. I did and am so happy!
I would like to suggest you do what I didn't do in my last purchase. The Olympus cameras are exceptionally well made, ergonomically perfect for me, and produce good results. However, the menus will drive you to an early grave. Rent one and familiarize yourself.
Panasonic on the other hand, has easier menus to digest. They produce good results, and are more economical. What surprises me is that most people are unaware of how experienced Panasonic has been in the professional video camera market, and how they fail to bring that up in their advertising.
And lenses from both fit both cameras,and are equally good.
suntouched wrote:
Consider a Fuji XT-3 with the new 16-80 mm lens which is considered lightweight. You can use your Nikon lenses via adapter on Fuji or you could pick up a couple of excellent Fuji primes which are very lightweight and weather resistant and sell the Nikon ones.
I have been shooting with Sony for years. I have been shooting with these Sony cameras a6500, a7iii, and a7riii and just pickup a Fuji X-T30. It is light and easy to handle.
Gene51 wrote:
D7500 weighs 1.1 lbs
Sony A6500 weighs 1 lb
Olympus OM-D-E M10 Mk III weighs .9 lbs
So you are willing to change a camera in order to lose 1-2 ounces in weight? Really?
Besides, all the weight is in the lens, as you will find out. The winner might be the Olympus system lenses because they are physically smaller than APS-C lenses for the Nikon or Sony.
BTW, I would hardly call a 1.1 lb camera a "brick"
Fuji X-T30 .073 lbs, pick it up because of my handicap and needing a lighter camera for the street.
alamomike47 wrote:
Fuji X-T30 .073 lbs, pick it up because of my handicap and needing a lighter camera for the street.
Probably a typo, but your decimal is in the wrong place. O.8 lbs with batteries.
rjaywallace wrote:
Great ideas! In that same vein, take a look at the Fuji X-T30. Lots of choices suggested for you.
Your "Winter image of a lone tree" that you shot with a Fujifilm X100f is gorgeous too.
Something else to consider are the features baked into the firmware of whatever camera you choose. This is a function of what is important to you. How easy is it to bracket/in camera HDR. How easy is it to stack focus in camera? How do the jpgs look ooc? How responsive is the touch screen to change different parameters such as focus points, eye/face focus, shooting mode, changing flash settings, etc. it is likely that all manufactures offer all of these features in their higher end models, but the ease of accessing them is vastly different from camera to camera.
scubadoc wrote:
Probably a typo, but your decimal is in the wrong place. O.8 lbs with batteries.
Copied it off the Fuji site and converted and it should have been .73. Thanks for catch. I just know it lighter my Sony and think it is mostly because of the glass.
Bill P wrote:
I would like to suggest you do what I didn't do in my last purchase. The Olympus cameras are exceptionally well made, ergonomically perfect for me, and produce good results. However, the menus will drive you to an early grave. Rent one and familiarize yourself.
Panasonic on the other hand, has easier menus to digest. They produce good results, and are more economical. What surprises me is that most people are unaware of how experienced Panasonic has been in the professional video camera market, and how they fail to bring that up in their advertising.
And lenses from both fit both cameras,and are equally good.
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I used to go to PMAI trade shows before they merged with CES. I learned that Panasonic is a pretty humble company. They listened and appreciated user feedback, while the Canon and Nikon folks were just cocky as hell and touted their superiority.
The Panasonic humility has served them well. They partnered with Leica, and that has paid off in better lens designs and their new shared full frame mount. They made Micro 4/3 an open format, and joined with Olympus to promote it.
The Lumix GH series cameras are amazing for the price. The user intelligence packed into their designs is very evident. My GH4 continues to amaze me.
I switched to Fuju x-T10 with 18-55mm recently, which weighs 1.7 lb for multiple days travelling.
My D610 with 24-85mm weighs 2.9 lbs will be used only for events or single day trip.
The picture quality of both are quite similar, but the Fuji feels so much lighter especially you have to carry it for a full day.
Try the Nikon D5600, it’s lighter than the 7500
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