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I'm currently a pentax user

I have a K30 with the 18-55 WR kit lens, a bigma 50-500, sigma 10-20 and a few primes.

my main interests are landscape, architecture and airshows. so I go from really wide at 10mm right out to 500mm with a crop factor of 1.5, so 15mm to 750mm depending on what lenses I have.

but more than once I am tempted by 4/3rds. smaller body, smaller lenses.

however, I need reach. and I need width. I know absolutely nothing when it comes to micro 4/3rds. I don't know if there are lenses that make this possible.

I note the release of the GX7 from panasonic and the new EM1 from olympus and steve huff rates both highly and has said more than once that top line 4/3rds can rival DSLR for image quality.

so.

can it be done? is there the lenses out there to make this possible.

does the crop factor of 4/3rds make it possible to go really wide.
 
thanks for that, it certainly looks promising. I'll be intrested in seeing reviews with test shots etc to come
 
I have canon and a lumix gx1
you get about 2x crop with a M4/3 I think.
so the 300mm lenses will have some reach
the GX7 has OIS in the body I think
but for airshows I think focusing speed of a DSLR would be best nd longer reach lenses will be no or little compromise.
Landscapes, you can get wide but they won't have full frame goodness.

Having said that I love my gx1, with a 20mm prime. It's great.
I'll even buy some longer zooms maybe but I can't imagine ditching the DSLR if I'm out to take some "serious" photos
it just doesn't quite compare imho. for photos though when you need something lighter, then they are excellent.

have you tried them yet?
for very serious landscapes, friends use 17mm primes and FF cameras or similar, and then gradient filters which cost as much as a camera body (for me anyway)
I can't afford all of that. but it's all relative I suppose.
 
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