Camera Choice - Spec me a high end system please

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Right, Olympus has ****** me off with the pricing of the new EM1.

I had hoped for £1300, would have spent £1500 at a push but £1850? no way!

I am pretty heavily invested in the M43 system lens wise but time for a change perhaps rather than pumping £1850 into the new body.

Current have

Olympus OMD EM5 mark II
12-40 f2.8 Pro
40-150 f2.8 Pro
1.4 Teleconverter
75mm F1.8
45mm f1.8
25mm f1.8
7.5 Samyang f3.5 fisheye
set of Macro extension tubes

I love the smallness and weatherproofing (has come in very handy when it rains unexpectedly and I dont have to worry about the camera and lens) and build of the Olympus and as a all round package its a great camera system.

Just wishing for better resolution,DR, DOF, CAF. SOme of these I hoped would be fixed by the new model which some are but some certainly arent.

So I am thinking I should look at a APS sized sensor or even a FF (but doubt it because of size and weight). Ideally I don't really want a body much bigger or heavier than what I have. I used to have a SLR system but it ended up hardly getting used as got fed up lugging around tens of kilos of lenses and bodies so got left at home more than taken out.

Selling all my gear I think I will have around £3k to spend. I am happy to put in another £1000.

So which bodies and lens should I be considering please? I love my primes and take a lot of landscapes but also wildlife. Was just about to buy a 7-14mm pro lens as well but have put that on hold until I decide where I am going body wise.

Can i get myself a better camera system than what I have which will give me better pictures? Max I get prints done is A0/A1 which shows up the olympus sometimes.

So suggestions please as before I put another £2k into my existing system, now is the time to jump ship if I am going to.
 
Really? A few people on here have said there are APS and FF bodies out there now which arent any bigger or heavier than the new EM1, just wondered what they were?

Also I am worried that if I wait, the price may come down but the dollar/pound may reach level and it might end up costing more than now.
 
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As i said its mainly landscapes/architectural with some wildlife/sports. Very little portrait (Probably should sell the 75mm as hardly use it)

But yeah weight is the issue. I suspect that although I could get bodies with bigger sensors which dont weigh anymore like the A7 but once I have 5 or 6 lenses which all weigh twice as much, thats when i wont like it.

My bag with everything in is at max weight now. More often than not I just take the body and one lens when treking etc.
 
Thanks DP, food for thought.

Dont really want two systems but like the look of the 300 f4. Which APS-c nikon body would you get to go with it which could also double up for my main landscape photos? d500?
 
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Columbo said:
Its also priced ridiculously in dollars so not all to do with the exchange rate.
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Olympus quoted the 23% drop in the value of the yen to the dollar as to most of the price increase but yeah I did notice that in the uk we got something like 10% off the list price compared to the us :D
 
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