nads said:
Hector1970 said:
Just before this announcement I unfortunately (or maybe fortunately we'll see) went for an Olympus mirror less camera. I wanted something compact for travel and to have with me in the car at all times.
I wasn't convinced of Canons commitment to mirror less. The didn't show ambition in this area.
I considered cancelling my order when this news broke but Ice stuck with my decision.
Why - Funny reasoning maybe but Olympus and Panasonic gave a number of very good small and fast prime lens for the 4/3 system.
Maybe Canon will some day achieve the same but it will take some time (if they are really committed). Yes you can buy an adapter but I'm looking for a smallish and lightish kit.
Time will tell if I've made a mistake but I don't think I have.
I'm not expecting brilliant quality. Good quality will do me. It's more about the flexibility to take good photographs and not be so concerned about ultimate image quality/ pixel peeping. I think some of the functions being added to cameras are bordering on superfluous.
I tried that twice. First with an early PEN and 2nd with the E-M10. Hated them both. Image quality didn't blow me away and AF Accuracy SUCKED! Say what you will about the original EOS-M's slow AF... sure it was slow as heck. But when that thing locked in focus in face detect mode it nailed it reliably. The E-M10 was lightning quick and responsive as heck... super efficient at catching images that weren't quite in focus. Took a bath twice selling those things!
The smallish, lightweight kit is another gripe for me. The 11-22 is a favorite for me, especially when traveling. With micro four thirds I had to go bigger to get the 7-14 and spend a lot more.
I might update when I get the camera and lens and see what the Olympus system is like. 24mm equivalent is generally wide enough for when travelling. I do like the 16-35mm F4 IS myself. It's one of the issues with micro 4/3 which I am prepared to live with for the compact size (ie the lack of extreme wide angle lens).
It will be interesting how big the M5 system will be. It looks big in the pictures but that may be just it's styling. If there were rumors of some great fast primes lens in the pipeline I might have reversed my Olympus decision. They may come in time.
Not sure if micro 4/3 will stand the test of time. I guess it depends on what they can compact into a small sensor.
