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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luckypenguin" data-source="post: 76000" data-attributes="member: 560">Following my purchase of a Canon G1X last month I've decided that I don't want/need my Canon DSLR gear any more, which will free up some money from selling some quite expensive lenses and leaves me to decide what on I want as an interchangeable lens system going forwards. I went into a camera store the weekend before last and was faced with the same three cameras mentioned here. The NEX-7 looked like a serious piece of kit but the lens selection still kills me. Ultra-wide? Fast standard prime? Maybe some day.Next, the X-Pro1. I looked at this one for a while. Everything suggests that the IQ is superb and the camera's operation okay, but...I don't know. It just seemed to offer some features that I didn't care for and lack some features that I did. Price too, was an issue as well as the current limited lens selection. I think it is a great camera and could learn to love it, but based on my brief experience I wasn't drawn to it.Lastly, the E-M5. Being an existing Micro 4/3 user I was automatically drawn to it. It's tiny, BTW. No bigger than a Pen excepting the hump, and smaller than a Pen fitted with an EVF. It was fast, responsive, had lots of great features like the new IBIS and the touchy, feely, flippy screen. More than that, it was an improved version of what was a known quantity for me and one I have used quite successfully for almost two years now. Being able to team it up with the existing Micro 4/3 lenses like the wonderful Leica 25/1.4, the tiny 20/1.7 and 9-18mm, and the versatile 14-140mm was another big point in it's favour. I'll admit that the E-M5 was my favourite going into the store and it still remained my favourite on the way out. If the price had been right I'd have bought the one E-M5 they had in stock (the display model), but for only $60 more I was able to order one from another store with the new 12-50mm instead of the 14-42mm. It's ETA is tomorrow...</blockquote>

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