have fun! take advantage of the availability of m43 stuff while you're there, it's basically non-existent here in the states...

absolutely, i am currently just cautiously optimistic for now. i own the first gen om-5 and i still feel burned at how they released a camera in 2022 with micro usb and the old version of their interface. om system has definitely made some anti-consumer decisions before and im sure we'll see some more of that surface with the pen. 4k30 8 bit video is a glaring example, i just hope that's the worst of it.

I heard a lot of good things about the X-M5. I wouldn't mind grabbing a Fujifilm for a secondary body.

I don't do a lot video, but I do attend airshows when I can, and a dual camera setup with say a Z7III for the areal shots and a G97 for ground photos would be brilliant.

EDIT: now that I am looking further, the Fuji X-M5 is also an interesting alternative to the G97 in my scenario

The Nikon ZR is a perfect travel camera for me.

I have a tamron 28-75mm f2.8 and it fits within a small sling bag. Add a variable ND filter and you got a run a gun vlog camera.

It's even smaller with a 40mm f2 and a 28mm f2.8 combo.

The lack of 4k60 is probably the biggest disappointment. I'm in the market for a new EDC camera that can shoot decent video and I was hoping this would fit.

Also, be careful of the current reviews. Apparently they were flown out to Japan for a 5 day all expenses paid trip, so they may be slightly bias.

Yesyesyes! I'm going to Japan in 2 months and have been waiting for this to get out in time for my travel. Going to be my first m43 and I hope it'll be my way back into photography

When I got into photography for the second time, I started with m43, a Lumix GX80 was my camera, and I had a brilliant lens, a 14-140mm super tele zoom lens.

It was the camera I learned the most with.

A few years back I upgraded to a Lumix S5, I mostly run it with a 24-105mm f/4 lens, it is a perfect lens for most of what I do. I also have a 100-400mm Sigma lens for it.

I am looking closely at the Nikon Z series as it seems to have faster and more accurate AF then my S5....

However, I am still thinking fondly of the m43 format, and would love a G97 just for the ergonomics.

A Pen camera like this is gorgeous, and I would love one in my collection, the PEN-F m43 camera feels like a camera that got away from me, just beautiful, great performance and tiny, the only fault I could see is the lack of ergonomics, but without a heavy lens that is less if a problem

I guess I will do that. I like the specs of the OM-3 but not the lack of a minimum grip.

When I first got in to photography (just when digital was gaining ground over film), I pretty much fell in love with the Olympus approach, because they were doing things no one else was doing. I moved to Canon because it was just too hard to find Olympus lenses in Australia. I never loved Canon stuff though. So I was glad to return to Olympus (or OM Systems) and find that they still scratched the itch they had back when I first started. And the lenses are easier to find now (though still harder to find that Canon, Nikon etc)

I'm glad to hear you're enjoying it. I used to shoot Fuji and sold up and bought the OM-1 II. Just having a camera with good autofocus is so refreshing. I loved and hated my X-T1, much as I loved and hated my favourite lens for the system, the 35mm 1.4.

I'd stick with the OM-5 and wait to see what the rest of 2026/early 2027 brings, I imagine we might see a new small camera from OM or Panasonic. If not, have you considered the OM-3?

It wasn’t the sensor size that made me get it, I was happy with the IQ of the QX9. The hands-on controls of the X-T5 are amazing, the extra megapixels can come in handy (and the IQ is a step up, it’s pretty insane), but in a large way it was the film sims. I hate editing, so having the ability to change between film sims at ease is fantastic, and I really rarely take an image and think “damn, that needs editing to get it to look like what I was after”. It’s a phenomenal camera for what I want, the EVF is good, the screen is versatile and bright, and I love the feel and layout.

GX9 follow-up would be great to have! How do you feel about the X-T5? Is it worth it when the sensor is just a little bigger?

I have an OM-5 and I love it. I have been considering to move to Lumix because of the live LUTs, which would be really useful. The g9ii is too big, though. I hope they release a smaller body for MFT. I don't consider the L10 as an option - I want to use my lenses.

It'a a great camera but it felt too bulky to me, especially for M43 and I didn't need the advanced video features, so I went with the OM-1 II instead. I also liked the OM-5 II and almost went with that. What do you shoot, if you don't need anymore than what the OM-5 II provides, that is a great size.

It’s not a gx9ii, which annoys me an unreasonable amount. I have, and love, a gx9, but having played with a g9ii, I decided to get a Fuji X-T5 instead. The g9 is a brilliant camera, but I really don’t get why it’s so big! If they’d made a gx9 follow-up in the same body style, but with a better senator and phase detect, and possibly some easy-access JPEG recipes, I reckon it would have taken some of the x100v’s pocket money when they were unavailable. Small camera with small lenses, that would have been a better bet to me

Damn. At least it's pretty. Winter here just rained every day from the start of January though to march.

Can I get some of that spring here? This is a pic from the snowfall last night (Apr 7) in Saskatchewan 😣