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As a very big fan of the E-M1 (bought it 3 different times! Once at launch, once at FW2, and most recently in April of this year), I like what I've seen so far. Still a lot of unknowns at this point though, like pricing, when it will ship, and some others. Right now I'm shooting the X-T2 which I feel is the most complete Fuji released so far. It really seems like the manufacturers are making some great strides with the 2nd generation of their flagship bodies.
As a father of two small girls, most of my shooting is done quick, run and gun style. My workflow is almost entirely mobile now, consisting of me taking my SD card, importing the files into my iPad mini, picking a few shareable files, doing some quick edits if needed, and throwing them up on social media for friends and family to view. Having a camera that I can shoot raw and JPEG to separate cards means the files will import much quicker and I can import more. With my a7rII because I had to import both, I was able to get bout 80 or so shots, with my X-T2 I'm able to import like 500+. Also imports much faster. I need some fast way to select AF points as well, so the joystick or touch screen are much appreciated. I like a joystick more but touch is nice since a AF trackpad is supported.
There are some things the E-M1 does better. You can't dispute that using a DSLR like dual control dials setup is faster to change exposure settings than the Fuji setup. I love both. But my wife who is not an enthusiast hates using my X-T2. She hates that it's not a touch screen, she hates that there's no auto setting, she hates that aperture is on the lens. She hates that there's no record button. I have to preset everything for her before I hand her the camera. And while I love the manual dials, there are times when a standard mode dial with C1,2,3 settings would make things a little quicker. Also having a movie record button for me who likes to take quick, 15-20 second clips of my kids is sorely missed.
Ergonomically as well, the E-M1 just fit my hand like a glove. The grip is one of the best I've held for my S-M hands, the 1/2 dials once you got used to them made things easy, and the directional buttons felt the right about of dampened. The E-M1 was also my first camera that I know of that used the click on and off lock system that the X-T2 now has and that the Sony a7rII desperately needed. And while IBIS for me is not as important as it is for some, you can dispute that being able to handhold down to 1/10 is great in some situations. I'm also finding myself at 1/80 or faster, more often 1/100 as a minimum with my X-T2 which pushes my ISO up. As good as the ISO performance is, anyone would rather shoot at ISO400-800 rather than 3200 or 6400. The only thing I didn't like about the E-M1 was the on/off switch on the left, I prefer one around the shutter and I see that it hasn't changed.
The fully articulated screen is good and bad. I'd rather have this rather than the M5 flip down screen, but for me who likes to shoot off the rear screen a lot, a fully articulate screen takes too many movements for me. Flipping it out, twisting it around, shooting, then twisting it around and flipping it back. No doubt for video shooters it's nice and I have to say for tripod shooting for family shots, it's much easier to flip the screen forward, compose, hit a remote shutter, than do the clumsy act of connecting to wifi for remote shooting.
There's still too many unknowns for me, E-M1 looks like it takes what the E-M1 did and makes it that much better. I'd be lying if I didn't think of an E-M1 II, the 12-40/40-150 combo and the 25 1.2 and calling it a day. For me I find zooms that much more convenient to shoot with and a single low light prime when needed. I bought the Fuji 14 recently and still have yet to shoot with it.
I'll wait to more hands on are out, more specs are finalized (including price) and then see where it goes from there. So far I'm loving my X-T2, but it's not perfect. Nothing is. If the E-M1 II starts to look appealing, I have no issues with jumping ship back to Olympus.
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