MuBear
Mu-43 Regular
Hello fellow Olympus and OMD camera owners, here is my story. I have been thinking on purchasing an Olympus m43 camera. And I have been checking out the EM10, EM5 and EM1 and in the end I decided to go for the EM5 because it suits my needs and I like the design of it but just when I was about to click on the "buy" button, I hesitated. And the reason for that was the price, or should I say, the price/value. A used EM5 with a decent lens can cost up to $1700 and that for me is quite expensive if you compare it to a mid-entry level DSLR. I have been scourging the Internet looking at pictures taken with this camera, and I just don't find the IQ good enough to justify the cost. A Nikon D5100 + 50mm f1.8 is roughly about the same size, costs around $800 and it offers better IQ, slower AF (but not that bad), longer battery life, and has an OVF. Sure, it doesn't have weather sealing but the price difference is nearly $1000! There must be something I'm missing here! Please enlighten me!