Back on topic, not that we're off anyway......
I remember when I got my 5D. I bought "L" glass and thought that this was as good as it gets. It was, considering the lower cost to the Mark series. Then after many images with it, I started to notice that something wasn't right. I mean I couldn't put my finger on it but I was seeing something I couldn't describe. Then I had a moment and realized that what was troubling me was... the images looked sterile. I don't mean boring, Lord knows I never ever made a boring image in my life...well maybe sometimes but we need not discuss that.
The images just looked too clean. I started to investigate how to get some grit in the files but that was counter productive to the camera and the FF format.
Just as I was getting ready to shoot the camera with my 1911, m43 came on the scene. After a long spell with m43, I realized I had the same problem but in reverse. I couldn't get what I wanted under control.
The Nex 5 showed what that sensor could do. That camera with good glass is very hard to beat.
Now with the GXR, I, we have many options. Luckily, I have the 2 A12 units and that gives me AF when I want it. The APS-C sensor is a happy region for me to work. It has all the good stuff from the smaller m43 and the larger FF cameras.
retow, the X100 is one heck of a camera. It's really magic if one surrenders to it. There is no Gold Standard in any modern day camera. One has to find an area that one is comfortable in and work it. The camera of choice will either help or hinder your progress. The sensor size is relevant only to output.
For me, it's the APS-C because I love the way it can produce a clean grit that I can control.
I sold a lot of work from the Pen 1 and the GF1. It's all good, we just have to decide what we can or can not live with......personally, I can't deal with too much other than where I'm at because that's where I am and I belong. Click!