Any recommendations on whether I should get a M 4/3 or Compact with budget of $600?

[silvermoon1407]

If u can still find Oly XZ-1 camera, get it. It serves your usage v well and its very dirt cheap now.

It's not a 4/3 cam but has v good performance

Yup a gd camera... If u can live with its aggresive noise reduction algorithm haha!

 

[donut88]

Yup a gd camera... If u can live with its aggresive noise reduction algorithm haha!

I'm using it now. And pretty happy with it. I mean where to get this performance for $200-300 camera

Imagine that I'm using it to take baby pics, and 9 out of 10 shots are good with sharpness