Happy new year to everyone! Got so much fun exciting stuff coming in the new year!! What are your favourite “small and mighty” camera/lens options???

@willhouse

Жыл бұрын

How 'bout the Olympus PEN-F? ...with the Lumix 14mm, of course.

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

@@willhouse such a good camera! I thought for the “budget” angle it was a bit expensive as they still sell for so much. I loved mine tho ☺️

@lueniopue2488

Жыл бұрын

I was about to buy the Ep1 and the 17mm... I am finally going to buy a Panasonic G7x and the Voigtlander 42.5 MM f/0.95 just for some street portrait Not pocketable but I am pretty sure to have fun with it. Thanks for the video and best wishes

@ominchord

Жыл бұрын

Happy new year Emily thank you for all your great videos.☺My littel wonder as I like to call it Pergear 10mm F5.6 Pancake Fisheye works great on my Pen-F I love it for what it is it has become one of my favorite lenses this year I got it early this last summer I have used it a lot have gotten some really nice images that I am very pleased with, l love this little thing.

@GrenlandUnderVann

Жыл бұрын

We surely look forward to the Panasonic Japan press junket review of the S5M2. While we all wait for PDAF in our Lumix S series of cameras.

You are so good at this ! Your pacing, presentation, editing are great but your personality is so warm and inviting. I used to have the GX85 with the 20mm 1.7, I loved it and missed it since the day I sold it.

I restarted photography (in digital) in 2013 with an Ls100 Mk1. I still keep it and it is a pleasure to carry around… and they probably are not all that expensive. It has many limitations but it is great for casual daytime photography.

Thanks from a newcomer. As a dedicated daily walker (5km+) with dogs, I find a pocketable camera to be an indispensable part of the daily routine. Currently I use a Ricoh GRiii, and it's fun to find a discussion of pocketable m43 cameras. Cheers from the snowy mountains of the US.

First time I watched a KZread video about camera stuff to the end. You have a great presence and very fun and informative. Thanks!

What a fun paint job on your GX800! I have a GX850 which I think is just the North American variant, and I love the tiny size. I often take it around with a small 8mm f/4 lens from SLR Magic, but I’d love to add the 14mm for a more pancake-y option. Pocket cameras are such good fun!

I had a Lumix GX85 and the 20mm f1.7 in silver. Great street set up as are all of your choices. I sold it for an LX100 II which I absolutely love as a "take it anywhere/anytime" camera when I don't want to carry my Fuji X-T3 and lenses around. I love traditional dials and both of these cameras have them. Great Video!!

I'm 45 seconds in and love the concept of building a travel camera to suit my needs. I'm not yet a full out camera nerd so this is perfect! Thank you

Really appreciate you getting straight into the meat of the video! Thanks for all the diff. options and alternatives as sometimes camera recommendations inevitably hike the price of affordable bodies

I find this extremely informative and really enjoyable to watch after finding so many meh reviews, keep up the brilliant content!

Beautifully presented and informative. Thank you 👍

Great video. It’s like you knew I was looking at all of this. The thing that has been holding me back from the GX800 has been the lack of viewfinder but I think it will be a fun EDC even without it. Can always give that to the better half and get a GX80, that camera is also great.

Found you when I needed it. Love your take photography.

Great video! I've bought the Olympus OM-D EM10 MKI with the kit lens to be my vacation camera and got both the 17mm and the 45mm to have better low light capabilities. I've also order the TTartisans 25mm f2 lens for that 50mm field of view. The camera is almost 9 years old but it still performs well. Love the fact that it is almost pocketable and the old school look doesn't draw any attention to it! Thank you for your videos and keep up with the great work on your channel!

This was a fantastic video to come across. Super informative.

It was delightful to listen to you banter on about this topic. Cheers. (my grandmother was English - mum was Canadian and I'm born in the US... love the accent evolution ...)

Great review - glad I stumbled across it!

Love the GM1! Great video, it's fun to put together these combinations...

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

I just bought a blue one today. Ironically ported from Japan 😂

While I often use MFT cameras with lenses ranging from the 4mm Laowa to the 100-300 mm Panasionic, I rarely leave home without my Panasonic LF1. It is extremely pocketable and has a reasonable zoom that can focus at close distances. It does have a small sensor and can be rather hard to find now, but it gives me results that I am quite happy with.

This is exactly what I needed. Thanks

Great video!!! Love the paint!

Great video to start the new year ! For the pocketable on the cheap, I use Lumix GF6 and panasonic 20mm f1.7. They produce nice images without costing me a fortune.

Great video. Really enjoyed your suggestions. Well done ☺️

Excellent video! Love the ideas.

love love this kind of video! covers concept of low cost interchange-able perfectly! Now hunting on ebay to supplement my (bigger) Olympus options!

What an awesome video! Thank you so much. You're amazing!

Awesome video, super clear and comprehensive

yo this video is sick af. love your style and presentation. ✌️

I loved this video. Thank you!

Always enjoy your videos 🎉

Great video 👌 Thank you for such great information!

Great video, thank you for sharing these ideas.

Very lovely and informative video that’s fun to watch. Thanks.

What a great video put together here it's really awesome and that's a professional always looking for something new and challenging this is a great idea thank you thank you

Great fun video, and extra points for mentioning the Olympus E-PL8, my own carry-everywhere pocket camera. I usually pair it with that 20mm f1.7 or (gulp) the Olympus 75-300 f4.8-6.7 for telephoto architecture detail shots when I don't have my big camera with me.

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Very good choice. I really love the look of the pl8! And the price is so good now for them used!

@MrIheartShark

Жыл бұрын

I was going to toss in the TG series as well. At least, if you want rugged and a range of capabilities. It does great macro and we swear by them in underwater and scuba.

Lovely video, thanks for sharing ❤

Last year I picked up a Pentax Q-S1 with 3 lenses for around $500, it's been my main camera all year and I absolutely love it. I don't think it can be beat for size and is really fun to use. It's really sparked a love of photography for me. I got it with the 02 and 06 zoom lenses and then picked up the 01 prime for a small quality option.

@TheOffertonhatter

Жыл бұрын

I keep looking at getting a Pentax Q, but at the moment they are fetching good money. I love its small profile and Pentax menus that match my Pentax DSLR's. I currently have as well the Pentax MX-1 compact, which again are selling for good money, and actually quite rightly too. They are great cameras.

@michaelkammeyer

Жыл бұрын

@@TheOffertonhatter yeah if you aren't dead set on getting a fun color it's not bad, especially if you can find a bundle with the 06 or 01 lens. It really is a unique camera, nothing quite like it on the market.

@TheOffertonhatter

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelkammeyer Thanks. I did the Manchester Games a few years back, with the world class sprinters going down Deansgate, and one of the other pros, had a white Q body for shooting additional images. :-D

@majaisakszon1475

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@michaelkammeyer I got the q7 with the 01 02 03 and the 06. All in one buy. I was looking on ebay but those prices would be so high and shipping was so much. But got lucky on a selling site here in sweden. So no high shipping and no extra import costs. And exactly the camera I wanted silver black. No funny weird colors. Love it.

@haramlee83

Жыл бұрын

Guy, 7 pinhole lens is cheap but give you real fun result on your photo, ppl usually skip this but as a person who got all 8 lens, 1, 6, 7, 8 are the best lens for pentax q series.

that 20mmf1.7 (v1) is awesome. It does focus slowly but the photos from it are fantastic and it's tiny. I usually carry that and the 14-150 in my pocket. I had a 9mmf8 which was awesome. Might get another one of those one day.

A really lovely show & tell of how you mite build an inexpensive pocket camera kit. A really useful & inspiring video, with a lovely, friendly and very knowledgeable presenter.

Love the new background style!

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s still a bit of a work in progress but I’m liking it so far! ☺️

Really enjoyed this video! Several times you talked about ‘having fun’ with your cameras, so all about enjoying photography and not spending endless time (and money!) fussing about gear. You showed some great photos here on a true budget (pocketable) camera set up! Nicely done! Btw, what did you record this on? Looked great!

Great fun video, and very useful for small budgets, thaaaaanks 😉

great video, enjoyed every second

Recently got myself Olympus E-PM2. A "new" one waiting 10 years on the shelf. I mounted on it 14-42mm pancake zoom, yet it arrived with larger 14-42. The purpose was either carry everywhere camera, or an ultimate backup body when everything else fails. And it arrived with all the equipment such as battery and charger...

Happy New Year 2023 to you :) This is one of your coolest video presentations yet 👍🏾

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I’m trying to mix things up a bit. Got a fancy new backdrop 🤣 happy new year!!!

This posting is great - compared to most others that are "infomercials" at best. This lady has done her homework - yes - right on the nail in all those identified options. If you happen to be an event photographer or love shooting people/portraits - the tiltable viewfinder of the Lumix GX 8 comes in very handy. No kneeling is needed, just look down into the tilted viewfinder and you are in business.

Well done and super informative., You solved my 'bicycling pocket-camera' problem !!! 😎

Great video, I have all the lenses except the 12-32 and the pentax lenses: I use the om my GF1 cameras and my newly bought (new) Olympus E-P1. Have a great 2023 and keep up your good work!

Your kinda forgot the BEST value option, the LX100 mark i. It has the same lens and body as the mark ii, and shoots very crisp 4k. This camera from 2014 is so good that it's 95% as sharp as my Fuji, both in 1080p and 4k (yes I actually tried to compare them at 400%). All that for $300 used. I got mine for $250 in my country. Only gripe is 12mp. A lot of people might find that lacking, but honestly if you didn't tell me how much mp it can shoot I might guess 20mp because of the beautiful lens. It's like a fuji 18-55 2.8-4 but in a super compact body. Leaf shutter is one thing none of the other options here can't compete with. Super silent, and no rolling shutter in photos, and no shutter speed limit for flash sync.

I love the 20mm with my GX80. It's practically glued to my camera. The 35-100 3.5-5.6 is great too as it's cheap and tiny

Great video. Just bought a GX80 and 14mm Lens from MPB based on your recommendations. Looking forward to trying the 4/3 system. Thanks for the info.

Happy new year! that GX800 is awesome! Just that killer orange paint job alone would give you more street creds ! 😍😂. the Lumix 20mm f/1.7 was my first m43 lens, love how compact it is! Littlt fun fact, that GM1 photo on the right at 1:33 was shot by me haha :P

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

NO WAY!! haha I just took it from Google I hope you don’t mind!

@TheRealRichardWong

Жыл бұрын

@@MicroFourNerds hahah of course don't mind Emily ! It's my honour:D

What a fantastic channel I'm a totally beginner and love your channel, fantastic advice very much appreciated

GX85, the 20/1.7 on it most of the time, and the Oly 45/1.8 and the 12/2 in L and R pockets, and I'm set! Great video, thanks.

I have various micro four thirds gear but I always keep my GM1, 20mm and 14mm. Great picks.

Delightful as always! The Lumix 25mm f1.7 is usually on sale for $150 new, and it is a great nifty-fifty, walking around lens 😀

Thank you for this nice comparison! I bought the Leica D-LUX 7 in silver, which is much like the LX100 II. I bought it for casual events where I don't want to carry around my Lumix S1, and for (non-professional) concert photography. Here in The Netherlands, there is a weird rule in most concert venues stating that you can bring cameras only if they are "not professional", like phone cameras. They define "not professional" as "not having an interchangable lens". Well, little do they know about the LX100 then. I can take awesome pictures even at low light because of the lens, and every venue allows me to bring it in. The GX800 is a great little camera, with plenty lens options indeed. The sensor is the same as in the original LX100. In the LX100, the lens is not actually full MFT, it is a little smaller. That's why in the LX100, only 12 MP of the original 16 is used. In the LX100 II, the same 20 MP sensor as the GH5 is used, where only 17 MP is left over. Because of this lens setup, all aspect ratios have roughly the same amount of MP. That is the original MFT 4:3 ratio having 17 MP, but even 2:3 and 16:9 have 16 MP which is roughly the same. That is something the GX800 does not offer, if you prefer the 2:3 ratio, you get less megapixels. Nevertheless, it is the lens quality that counts more than the megapixels if you ask me. I do have to say that the Leica lens in the LX100 is better than all primes you mentioned, and it has great low light performance. So there is some great value in the 750 pounds you pay for the LX100, because it just combines every other cheaper prime into one package. And it offers image stabilization. Of course, having the freedom of interchangable lenses is worth just as much.

I don't even use micro 4/3 but have always been intrigued by the tech. Nice video I'll subscribe

This was fun! 🤩🎉 made me want to buy a pocket camera! 🎥 also… love MPB always get bargains from there

I generally just use my GX80. It's usually small enough to stick in the bag with the 17mm on. If I know I probably won't be taking pictures, or the bag's pretty much full already, I'll take the GM1 with the 14mm instead. As a second lens I'll usually pack the Olympus 45mm, but occasionally I'll take the Lumix 25mm or the Meike 3,5mm instead.

I was looking at alternative cameras on MPB as an alternative to my GX800 when I came across this video. Completely changed my mind now & got me thinking in a completely different way

This is cool. What a great vid. I actually have in my photography cupboard a nikon 1 J5 and V1. Although older now and perhaps slightly controversial it was one of the first cameras i ever bought and loved it. The j5 packs a fair little punch with the right lenses, especially with the Ft1 adapter so you can use all the f lenses etc. Great for a 2nd camera or for when you want a camera with you without the bulk 😀👍

Love the vid 😊 subbed

This is an awesome set up...great content..I really like the 14mm and 25mm setup tru for streets

So glad I found your channel. 🎉

Great video

Nice video, some good tips. I love MPB, I bought a bunch of gear from them last year and also traded some in. The experience was great. The prices are fair. I would put the E-PM2 high on the list for a small, pocket-able camera. It has IBIS. And a touch screen. 16MP. Live Bulb mode. Any of the small pancakes or small primes is a great option. I bought two E-PM2 bodies in the last two years, both from retailers. I paid about USD100 for each. A steal. Any of the E-PL cameras is also a good choice, any PEN with the 16MP sensor is great. The best bargain in my opinion is probably still the GX80/GX85 with the 12-32mm kit lens, sometimes it even comes with the tele zoom kit lens.

Thanks, Emily. Very interesting video, and it’s great to see continued interest in MFT.

I sold my Lumix gear years ago and have moved on to some very nice (and expensive) Sony and Blackmagic cameras but I still think about that 20mm f1.7 often. That lens was amazing.

What a great vid!

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

Given the parameters we are working with, the 12-32 pancake lens is a winner. Small because the lens contracts. Plastic built means light. Always a winner characteristic. OIS is a plus but as you say, for street or family pix, a bonus. Sharp enough. Inexpensive. Have to love that. 750 quid too expensive? Try the Panasonic LX100. The 1st iteration. Small. Light. Has the sharp and fast lens. The focal length is where I live. The LX100 II isn’t all that much better than the I. Tiny body is not a priority for me. I LOVE the Panasonic GX85. Bigger. Heavier. Has IBIS and L dynamic monochrome. A winner with the 12-32. The PL15 would blow the budget but is the lens that lives on the GX85. Both the Olympus and Panasonic primes are tiny, sharp, and fast. Can’t go wrong with any of them. Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

Well I did get the UFO body cap lens and it works very well on my GX85 making it quite pocketable. Still planning to make a body cap lens from a disposable film camera lens. I also have a refurbished ZS60 that is great as I can't afford an LX100. I even sometimes use a tiny Canon Digicam I got many years back before I went full bore into digital cameras.

I picked up an Oly EPL 5 for $154 US a couple of years ago. I pair it with the Lumix 14 mm. The EPL 5 has 3 axis ibis, a flip up screen, and touch to focus and shoot. It's my carry everywhere camera.

I love the concept I could have a range of lenses and multiple bodies to suite the needs of what i"m doing, putting the same lens on something the size of the GM1 that also can go on a GH5 is a truly unique thing in the camera world.

Excellent video, with lots to consider. Had the Lumix LX100, great camera, but............ there is a BIG dust issue..... Sold it and replaced it with an Olympus EPL7, with change. Also, I recently went even more minimalist, with an Olympus EPM1, acquired almost unused for less than £60; this goes with me everywhere now, fitted with a Lumix 12-32mm zoom, it's very pocketable and more than capable for most situations that I come across.

I have seen the LX100 mki and mkii out in the wild, but rarely see them for sale second hand. It seems people tend to hang on to them. I came to m43 when I wanted a bigger sensor than my Panasonic compact travelzoom. I loved everything about that compact. I moved on to M43 with a 14-140mm lens (and lots of other lenses by now of course) and while that combination is just as fun to shoot with, it's not pocketable and I am always a bit hesitant which lens to bring. I wouldn't want to loose my interchangeable lens system, but I can see value in the LX100 as an always-in-the-coat camera.

Great video! I can certainly agree with you about the GM1 now having a cult following. I had my eyes on one for quiet a few years but here in Australia they hardly came up on the used market and when they did the prices were just insane. I thought to myself that it would probably be 10 more years till I can own one until one day last year the camera gods blessed me and I saw an ad for a lightly used Black GM1 with 12-32mm kit lens for $40 AUD. Jumped on it so fast and couldn't be happier. I pair mine with the 14mm and love how compact and capable this combo is!

@tosvus

Жыл бұрын

That's an amazing deal, enjoy!

Love this video! I've come to pretty much the same conclusion (GX850 + 3 lumix pancakes as my travel/EDC setup). I also like to point out that the 14 and 20mm pancakes approximate the FoV and DoF of both the Ricoh GRIII and IIIx (at an even more miniscule fraction of the price of course!). Not quite as pocketable and you may miss out on IBIS depending on body, but you gain the ability to clean the sensor which is 100% worth the tradeoff imo. Quite sad that Lumix seems to have abandoned their once-impressive lineup of truly tiny camera bodies, especially since the aforementioned GR series seems popular (and fetches a real premium).

@maximebarber3780

Жыл бұрын

It seems that a lot of manufacturers are giving up on compact. Sony has stopped their popular rx100 series. Only Ricoh seem to still be truly in the game in terms of recent releases. I'm guessing it's down to the fact that smartphones are bridging the gap

Loved my olympus ep3 paired with the panasonic 20mm and the Olympus 17mm and 45 mm lenses here, the 14mm was just a little slow for me. This combo gives in camera stabilisation too. I had two 20mm when I had this set up. I kept the first through when i owned a Gf1 and GF 2 and an epl1 and 2.i did find both 20mm lenses noisy when focussing during video but that might be because they were old, i bought the ep3 with 17&45mm lenses new. All the rest was used gear off ebay. Micro 4/3 is such a great format for getting a really versatile system for less than the price of a Fuji or Canon lens.

Thank you. Your video made me buy the gx800 and I am glad I did :D

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! So glad you’re liking the camera!

I just took your advice and ordered the lumix gx800 with the 12-32 lense. Cant wait for it to arrive and start playing with photography again. :)

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

amazing! hope you love it :D

Greatest t video! I bought a first generation LX100 in silver for $300 from eBay. I don’t feel like you lose much with the first generation. A few megapixels and a touchscreen is all that I can think of offhand. I use mine a walking around and light travel camera with great results IMO. I use Topaz Photo AI to double the pixels and reduce noise. It’s great for what it is.

Love the video. I have been thinking of the 110 lenses for my M43 body. AS for bodies themselves, I would say go a little older and look at the GX1. Wonderful camera. Like you I chose it (£95 three years ago) and got some lenses to go with it. The 12-32mm you showed, the 45mm F1.8 (which is utterly wonderful as a portrait lens I may add), the 17mm F2.8 Olympus lens, a brand new Olympus 30mm Macro when it was cheap in one of those "black Friday" moments, and finally a Sigma 56mm F2.8 lens second hand. So probably spent around the same amount as yourself. Oh an I have got hold of a pair of M43 adapters, one for my Nikon Lenses, and one for my Pentax Lenses. You don't need to spend much to get excellent gear, and my GX1 more than holds its own when I don't want to take my FF Pentax K-1 out and about.

I use the Oly PEN E-PL9 and it's amazing. I love it. And it has stabilization.

Great video! I'm now looking at some GX80 options 👀😅

Fantastic vid 🎉

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

Fanks Josh! 😁

The gx80 and 17 1.8 (which i got for 225€ off mpb) is my edc combo. That on a strap is perfect. Took it to the leica museum today.

Yi M1 is a solid pick there, often overlooked. But I can only recommend it if you can reliably source replacement BXM-10 batteries. I recently IR converted mine.

A Panny gx1 is a good buy as well. I’m using an EP-2 with the 14mm 2.5 and in good light the images are terrific. The Olympus body cap lens is awesome fun with surprisingly good image quality.

Hi Emily I agree the GX800 is a great 2nd camera pocketable option. Just grabbed 1 from MPB myself, hope I will be able to enjoy a camera without a VF for the first time. My preferred lens for it is the Pana Leica 15mm. Comparing GX800 versus Olympus Pen EPL cameras : Panasonic advantages - USB charging, compatible with aperture ring on Leica lenses & cheaper. Olympus advantages - Styling, IBIS. Seasons greetings, Rich.

@kaptnwelpe5322

Жыл бұрын

I would like to know WHO is responsible for that Pana/Leica 15mm 1.7 aperture ring fiasco. There is LEICA on it. SHAME ON THEM - regardles of whats going on behind the scenes. BTW: I would recommend to use lenses on the same brand bodies - dont know why: the colours are just better this way. The only god thing in this situation: at the MFT prices its affordable to buy a Panasonic and Olympus body and carrying them around is a non issue too if someone needs a bag anybay (in my case for the dog walking stuff)

I love that orange camera so much !!!

@MicroFourNerds

11 ай бұрын

I’m quite proud of that one!! It’s just a black Lumix GX800 that I’ve spray painted the top of 😁 there’s a Short on the channel documenting the process

Thanks for another great video! The 14mm lens you have as your base lens is just a little bit long for my taste for a walking around lens. And since I prefer to have the option to use autofocus on most lenses, I would go with the Olympus 12mm f2 as the lens that is always on the camera at night. If you don't mind manual focus only, the Laowa 10mm f2 would be a bit thinner. During the day I would go with the 12-32mm. I would round out the list with the Olympus 45mm f1.8 and the Samyang 85mm f.14.

I use aps-c cameras (fuji) but enjoy your content a lot! Good stuff, great attitude :) Thanks a lot

Very useful , thks

The price just doubled in one year, it's so insane. Those pocketable cameras seem to have a huge revival since a few months 😮 great video though, would be nice if you could do more of these every few months, with affordable models to lookout for 😊

Great vid.

I just bought a used lumix gx85 with the 12-32mm kit lens. I cannot wait to try it out and do some street photography and maybe create short vids using it.

very good topic and video:-)

+1 for the 14mm. Great lens, especially on small bodies like a GF2 or G2.

@MicroFourNerds

Жыл бұрын

It really surprised me! Great lens

Very nice! 👍