HnRM rants on Canon and Nikon: 2 uninspired Giants

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I USED to dream about owning a Canon or a Nikon.

It's a great time to be a photographer.
From beginners to seasoned professionals, we have consecutive exciting cameras that come out on a regular basis. DSLR or Mirrorless. It's pretty amazing. Come on, in less than 2 years, we had the Olympus OMD EM1, the EM10, sony blessed us with the A7s series, RX series,Fuji with the XT1, Pentax K3... just to name a few.
Yeah, I did not cite canon or Nikon among those, you know why?
They have been sleeping. 

Don't get me wrong, If you're a sport photographer, the canon 1Dx is the way to go,and whatever the nikon equivalent of it.
But beside those, What else? What else? It's dry out there.
Canon 700D? shit, If you own a 600d why upgrade? same design, slightly improved specs...
Canon 1200D? same ol samy.
The 6D, beside the autofocus in low light, what else?
the list goes on and on. What camera did they release, that "wowed" us. Nothing, not a f*cking thing.
Nikon tanked with their Df.
Do I really need to cite Nikon cameras? D5300? D7100? shit, Ain't nobody got time fot that...

Once again don't get me wrong, they released average to good cameras. But nothing exciting.

4-5 years ago, I wasn't even paying attention to Olympus, today, I'm excited about every announcement they make.
I've always like sony cameras; many of those who were bullying Sony, have hopped on the Sony wagon. They relased consecutive hot cameras, with new design, innovative softwares. Come on, think about focus peaking, face detection, all of these things. INNOVATION THAT HELP YOU TAKE BETTER IMAGES.
I'll probably get some heat from the die hard Canon and Nikon fans, but I do not even care at this point; I just speak my mind.
I hope we'll get some pretty amazing cameras from Canon and Nikon soon. In fact I want them to push the envelope. That will only be beneficial to us photographers, beginners or Pros.

I WANT to dream about owning a Canon or a Nikon.

HnRM thoughts on the Olympus OMD EM1

First of all, This is NOT a hands on review...
What you're about to read is just my thoughts. Kinda like my impressions.
How many times have we seen  new phones get presented, and thoughts or opinions come to our mind about the products that we haven't even touched yet???
This is basically what I'm about to do with the Olympus OMD EM1...
Ive seen videos of it, read reviews, I'll try to forget all that though...
This is me brainstorming about the camera, looking at pictures, specs, charateristics...
No paragraphs here just bulletpoints.

• The design is gorgeous. It's sexy. I mean, the camera has that retro look but looks futuristique at the same time.
• This is that camera that your friends will be scared to hold. And it looks solid
• The EM1 looks like The Terminator and Cinderella sat down together to design this toy. I know that sounds silly, but that's how I see it. 
• The lines are thin, the camera as a whole has that robotic looks.
• The grip screams 'Hold Me' and looks comfortable.
• It's weather sealed man...it is!!!!
• I like the abundace of customizable buttons

The viewfinder is 2.36million dot LCD EVF with 0.74x magnification (as read on the specs) It should be sharp, and beautiful...

It's 16 MP, which are enough.

It is a Micro four third camera (Im not a big fan of small sensors) with a 16 MP sensor.

No low pass filter, which promise sharper images, but moire in video.

Images that Ive seen so far looks great in day light. It's a relatively small sensor, so the EM1 won't be as good in low light as apsc cameras. But as technology evolves, with their new processor, it should be fairly good for that size of sensors.

Touch screen!!! yes! That's the way to go. (Hey SONY, are you listening????). Think about it, even the amazing Full Frame mirrorless A7 and A7R don't have that. What a shame SONY!!! Shout out to olympus for this. At this point, every digital camera should have a touch screen IMO.

This baby got WIFI, which is a standard nowadays.

It has Focus peaking, GREAT, I have it on my SONY NEX, it's a real pleasure to shoot in manual focus when the camera has that feature.

The video only gives you 30 frames per second. 

I feel like this is the EM5 on steroids...

This is a camera for people who actually know about cameras.

It could be a fantastic backup for a pro.

If you are an APSC or Full Frame user who shoot stills, and you want to get into the micro four thirds field, with a consistent budget THIS IS THE CAMERA for you.

Yhis is one of the best mirrorless cameras.

I think it's expensive, but you get what you pay for, it's worth it.

$ 1,250 body only, $ 1,980 as a kit with a 12-40 2.8 lens

If you shoot videos primarily, forget this camera, there are better options out there (Panasonic GH3 hey hey)

The micro four thirds lenses are relatively cheap, so it'll be easy for build your collection.

With this money I'd go with the A7 or the D7100

My major gripe about it is the sensor size.

I love the OMD EM1, but with a tight budget i wouldn't buy it.

All Images on this post are from amazon.com