The Conditions laid down is because the the advantages of Full Frame has been repeated more than once in more than 1 thread.
The purpose of this thread is to encourage current M43 systems to keep their systems.
If there is a need to go for Higher Resolution, Wider Dynamic Range etc, by all means go for a Full Frame System.
I myself have Full Frame and APS systems.
Full Frame Systems is definitely better in some aspects compared to M43,
just like Medium & Large Format DSLRs are better than Full Frame in some ways.
To think that M43 should cease to exist and users should move to Full frame is just like saying that Full Frame should cease to exist because Medium Format DSLRs are better. Why did Full Frame Users not move up to Medium Format in their quest for perfection? Could be portability, availability of lenses, no need for even higher resolution or dynamic range etc.
This is what I felt when using a M43 system. I don't see a need to use Full Frame for the kinds of photos I am taking (mainly leisure and sharing on
social media).But I like to have a wide variety of lenses (Fisheye, Macro, Super Teles) for my interests and i assemble my whole system at 1/3 the price of a Sony or Canon system! And I can even bring all my 5 lenses and hike up a mountain. I didn;t survive with my 5Dmk ii kit for 8 hours on a Palace Tour in Japan!
There is definitely a need for a smaller format camera, and being a M43 user who appreciate the benefits, I definitely would like this format to remain.
In fact, when travelling can resume and if my Safari trip to Africa materialize, I will be getting another Olympus Camera and the 300mm F4
(equal to 600mm on Full Frame). Yes, A Sony Full Frame with a 600mm F4 is definitely better (maybe 25% to 30%) but the lenses itself costs
US$12,998 on BH Website, Canon 600mm F4 costs about the same). Can pay for my whole trip plus my whole Olympus kit!
So don't tell me consumer photo enthusiast should not be given a choice to bring along a more portable camera kit eg. M43 that costs 1/3 the price.
This is what's going to happen if M43 is gone. Users will be forced to pay exorbitant prices for some of the full frame lenses. Pray that it will not happen
that M43 is gone and we are all left with no choice.
I will be keeping my M43 system and buy up some of these lenses while I still can
The conditions laid down at beginning of the thread - is simply don't say what one does not want to hear.
Something like : We just want to hear praise down here. AKA online echo chamber.
I will keep my very small set of MFT - 99% of the reason is simply because it has ZERO or near ZERO resale value.
And NOT because it is ....{ wonderful, wonderful+2, wonderful+3 }.
The PAID ex-ambassadors of Olympus used to help in this collective-bluff-ourselves delusion.
In my opinion MFT is OBSOLETE in 2020. Of course you are entitled to your opinion.
Not because it was no good in 2008.
Progress over the years is such that by 2020 MFT has been overtaken by rival sensor formats.
MFT has no reason for existence in 2020 or after.
Panasonic should cease MFT cameras + lenses production soon.
Time to move on.
Just like Sony, Panasonic, Aiwa, Sanyo, Toshiba, JVC, Sharp, eventually stopped making tape cassette Walkman players.
By analogy home computer users are not using cathode ray tube monitors.
They used to, once upon a time.
The cathode ray tube monitors were good once upon a time.
But progress over the years changed that to most people using LED monitors.