[Chewy734]

Any of you guys familiar with the micro four thirds camera systems (both bodies and lenses)? I'm curious what you think of them for an everyday kind of camera as opposed to a bulky dSLR?

Also, anyone specifically use the Olympus PEN or Sony NEX systems?

[MYV]

I'm using a NEX 3 and I love it. Great pictures so far.
But as for using it as an everyday camera...if you have the 16mm pancake lens on it could work but any other type of lens (18-55, 35, etc.) and its still gonna be pretty big for a everyday camera.

[leemik]

I have a NEX-5 with quite a few manual lenses now...I love the little camera .. It's always in my pocket or my glovebox.. quality with the nice glass is about equivalent to a mid level DSLR with decent glass.. it's really that good!

The advantage the Sony has over m4/3 is better high ISO performance.. smaller crop factor.. 1.5 vs 2.0.. and the LCD screen is 920,000 pixels and tiltable.. which helps a lot when manual focusing.. this is a lot more resolution than any m4/3 LCD.

i find myself addicted buying a lot of classic and Leica m glass for it..

--mike

[The1]

Originally Posted by leemik

I have a NEX-5 with quite a few manual lenses now...I love the little camera .. It's always in my pocket or my glovebox.. quality with the nice glass is about equivalent to a mid level DSLR with decent glass.. it's really that good!

The advantage the Sony has over m4/3 is better high ISO performance.. smaller crop factor.. 1.5 vs 2.0.. and the LCD screen is 920,000 pixels and tiltable.. which helps a lot when manual focusing.. this is a lot more resolution than any m4/3 LCD.

i find myself addicted buying a lot of classic and Leica m glass for it..

--mike

Mike has some pictures in the thread where everyone is telling everyone else what equipment they have in their collection, it's a nice looking piece.