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Arthur Macmillan · 07-25-2016, 09:08 AM

Thanks Boris! Another happy MFT customer. I know this might be the wrong forum to discus them, but the question of why hasn't Canon or Nikon jumped into the mirrorless fray, and I wonder if it is because I'm not sure how much sense larger format mirrorless camera make. Why simply complicate a system that works, and make it three times as expensive in the process? MFT on the other hand does what I would have expected. They have made a smaller, less expensive, portable system with very good IQ.

I believe the E-M10 is the camera that my friend working for the state parks has. He really loves it...and then some! I think the camera I was thinking of was the E-M10 II. But it's hard for me to keep non-Canon camera models straight! The three people I know who have MFT have one thing in common. Enthusiasm! Two are very experienced photographers. And one is new to photography but is loving his Panasonic Lumix MFT.

I do get the Camera models confused. I have to look them up to see what features they each have. I find if I stray far from Canon, following the features of different camera models in a companies line up becomes complicated. For example reading the following:



"The OM-D E-M10 II is the follow-up to the E-M10, which was introduced in January 2014. To keep the E-M10's price down, Olympus had to cut out several of the most notable OM-D features, including 5-axis image stabilization and weather-sealing. That said, it also had some features not yet found on the more expensive OM-Ds, like a new image processor, higher resolution LCD, and Wi-Fi."

I have noticed Pentax has done the same in the past. Introduced a cheaper economy version DSLR that actually has a more advanced image processor, and so on, but lacked the weather sealing and the high quality pentaprism viewer.



Gah! This is barbaric! You don't put better features in economy models than your flagship has!



But alas! Canon has gone the route too! It used to be you just looked at the ###D to save some dollars, the ##D if you wanted a few more features, and #D if you wanted the best.

But again, it is the photos and size that make MFT important. A neighbor recently to a 3 month safari starting in South Africa and moving northward for 3 months. He has a Lumix variant of the MFT theme. I would have wanted the very best camera money could buy, but he bought a Lumix kit with two lenses, and bought a third long telephoto to round it out. He brought back 8,000 beautiful shots! Doesn't sound like a lot for three months, but all the photos are good, so I guess he tossed the bad ones. I can emphasize enough that this is a totally beginner to photography. When he showed me the camera he didn't even know it was Micro Four Thirds! I pointed out the

I I I I

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He said he began his search with certain requirements. Small size, few lenses, good telephoto, and good image quality. All I can say is I can argue with the results. "Hi spec nerds" can talk about their superior cameras, but the proof in in the photos.



I only wish I could go to Africa for a mere moth! But I have to give him credit. He put together a good, small, inexpensive kit and worked it like a pro! (Like I would have, he never let his camera out of his sight).