I have been shooting with Olympus M4/3 since 2012 and have a full kit of mostly primes with a few zoom lenses. Added a FF Sony in 2018 and now have a full range of primes and 3 zooms. Really, way more lenses than I need for either system, but hey so what….it’s what I enjoy!
Olympus has always had better built cameras with great weather sealing, the best in class IBIS, so many unique computational features and overall a solid design (EM1’s and now OM-1’s). Sony’s weather sealing was pretty bad in comparison and until recently with the A7RV the Sony IBIS was not as good, a least 3 stops worse. I like to shoot at base ISO (or even ISO 100) with M4/3 to keep the largest DR for as long as possible. So I mostly use fast f1.2 or f1.4 primes or the 12-40 and 40-150 f2.8 Pro zooms.
Since 2012 I have used my Olympus gear for overseas travel but last summer I took a 2 month trip overseas with the A7RIV, a couple of GM’s and 2 Batis lenses. Coming off that trip I was very happy with the Sony gear, except I knew I needed a smaller and lighter weight kit for travel. I purchased a Sony A6700 and so far I am extremely happy with the smaller compact body. Got the APS-C Sony 15mm f1.4, Sigma 18-50 f2.8 and 56 f1.4 lenses to make a diminutive kit with 2 fast primes. Much smaller kit with higher DR and faster lenses that I can put together with OMD. The new Subject Detection is a real game changer, the Eye detect AF has always been better with Sony, but now it is at the next level, and is substantially better than my OM-1, let alone the OM-5, which does not have Subject Detection.
All of the above is leading up to this; Looking forward, I now feel that Sony is the best option for a smaller compact kit, either APS-C or FF. Liking the A6700 as much as I do, I ordered this week a A7CR and plan to use it with my G/GM/Batis lenses, and for a lighter weight prime option, the Sigma I series of f2 and f2.8 primes. The C-AF and Subject Detection is much better than my OM-1, the IBIS is now up to 7 stops and there are a whole range of excellent smaller and fast primes/zooms by Sony, Sigma and others.
OMD on the other hand still has only 1 weather sealed f1.4 prime and all their f1.8 (7 year old+) primes are not WS. Their WS telephoto zooms are quite a bit bigger than what Panasonic has, and the mid range Pro f2.8 zooms don’t have OIS. Even the super small Panasonic 12-35 and 35-100 f2.8 WS zooms have OIS, but of course they and Olympus/OMD have never gotten together to allow their IBIS/OIS to work interchangeably so buying OIS on a Pany lens, with a OMD body, is a waste of money. And the OM5 is frankly 7 year old tech, it’s sensor is from 2017 (same as Pen F sensor), it doesn't have the updated processor and they did not even upgrade the menus…..really sad to see the company/brand stagnate like this.
I have been shooting with Olympus M4/3 since 2012 and have a full kit of lenses (except for the 300 f4 and 150-400 f4.5). Added a FF Sony in 2018 and now have a full range of primes and 3 zooms. Really, way more lenses than I need for either system, but hey so what….it’s what I enjoy!
Olympus has always had better built cameras with great weather sealing, the best in class IBIS, so many unique computational features and overall a solid design (EM1’s and now OM-1’s). Sony’s weather sealing was pretty bad in comparison and until recently with the A7RV the Sony IBIS was not as good, a least 3 stops worse. I like to shoot at base ISO (or even ISO 100) with M4/3 to keep the largest DR for as long as possible. So I mostly use fast f1.2 or f1.4 primes or the 12-40 and 40-150 f2.8 Pro zooms.
Since 2012 I have used my Olympus gear for overseas travel but last summer I took a 2 month trip overseas with the A7RIV, a couple of GM’s and 2 Batis lenses. Coming off that trip I was very happy with the Sony gear, except I knew I needed a smaller and lighter weight kit for travel. I purchased a Sony A6700 and so far I am extremely happy with the smaller compact body. Got the APS-C Sony 15mm f1.4, Sigma 18-50 f2.8 and 56 f1.4 lenses to make a diminutive kit with 2 fast primes. Much smaller kit with higher DR and faster lenses that I can put together with OMD. The new Subject Detection is a real game changer, the Eye detect AF has always been better with Sony, but now it is at the next level, and is substantially better than my OM-1, let alone the OM-5, which does not have Subject Detection.
All of the above is leading up to this; Looking forward, I now feel that Sony is the best option for a smaller compact kit, either APS-C or FF. Liking the A6700 as much as I do, I ordered this week a A7CR and plan to use it with my G/GM/Batis lenses, and for a lighter weight prime option, the Sigma I series of f2 and f2.8 primes. The C-AF and Subject Detection is much better than my OM-1, the IBIS is now up to 7 stops and there are a whole range of excellent smaller and fast primes/zooms by Sony, Sigma and others.
OMD on the other hand still has only 1 weather sealed f1.4 prime and all their f1.8 (7 year old+) primes are not WS. Their WS telephoto zooms are quite a bit bigger than what Panasonic has, and the mid range Pro f2.8 zooms don’t have OIS. Even the super small Panasonic 12-35 and 35-100 f2.8 WS zooms have OIS, but of course they and Olympus/OMD have never gotten together to allow their IBIS/OIS to work interchangeably so buying OIS on a Pany lens, with a OMD body, is a waste of money. And the OM5 is frankly 7 year old tech, it’s sensor is from 2017 (same as Pen F sensor), it doesn't have the updated processor and they did not even upgrade the menus…..really sad to see the company/brand stagnate like this.
Apr 04, 2024 at 07:56 AM
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