TOP 5 Mistakes People Make When Using Micro Four Thirds Cameras or Lenses

I agree to a point. There are different tools for different jobs. For maintaining a low profile like street photography or times when lugging around heavy gear is not practical, I'll shoot with my GX85 or M1 mkii. But when it really matters, I'm shooting high resolution full frame. Sorry mft lovers, there is a major difference between systems if you plan on making money.

I'm using Lumix gx85 + Panasonic 25mm f1.7 and i can't tell how i am happy with this kit. Light,fast,usefull.

In South Africa 🇿🇦, with its natural beauty and diverse wildlife, nobody even sells Panasonic now, only OM Systems. M43 is almost dead here due to dealers that don't sell what we want.

This is a great message coming from someone who shoots mainly full frame cameras (Pentax, Sony and Canon). The MFT system is very underrated.

Good one Gary, thank you. Your enthusiasm is infectious!!! I am taking my M43 out now

Bener mas 👍🏽.

What is the camera you use in this video? Thanks

Good job Gary, I watched so many camera video, yours is one of best. I like it very much.😊

Thank you for all of your enthusiasm and well done videos! It’s refreshing to see someone who is truly passionate about photography and their gear..that’s not the latest and greatest! We forget that some of the best images taken in photography from individuals like Ansel Adam’s did not have anywhere near the technology and megapixels that we have now, and his photos still amaze people to this day!

why are the photos taken with micro four thirds are unusually darker? I am not a pro, I am still trying to figure out but somehow struggle a lot.

Great tip Gary.
I'm trying to use my kit more often and try various setting to learn from. What is your favourite setting to use on your photography? P, A, S,M etc? I usually set to P or iA 😂

The first mistake is using 4/3 the begin with!

I mean the most fatal mistake when shooting m43 is when shooting lowlight like indoor at night with just under a dim room lamp. Like in cafe, restaurant or something. I like m43 cuz i shoot random street pics when there's always enough light and its small

Love the enthusiasm you show in your video. Recently bought a Lumix GX85, based in part on your videos. Much easier to travel with than my Lumix FZ1000

I agree . subscribed . cheers .

I use old GX1 and GF2, whicih I bought used, along with Oly 17mm pancake, Lumix 25mm, and 12-35mm. Tried some adapters for Minolta, Nikon and Oly SLR lenses and 4/3 to M4/3 adapter and that is huge mistake...the quality not there in the sharpness and difficult to use.

Mistake number six, filming a talking head video at 60fps while waving your hands around like air traffic control.

I always have a MFT with me. Never leave Home without it!

Why blame the users instead of the manufacturers?

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This is great, thanks. You’re a little close to the camera

Hi Gary, I absolutly agree. I was testing a lot and after 3 years without M43 I am back and I love it

I started off with Panasonic m43, moved to Fuji APS-C, with a cheap Fuji, moved up to more expensive Fujis, tried Canon in between, was never happy and came back to a cheap m43 Panasonic (G100) and am happy again.

The biggest mistake is to buy into M43.

One of the biggest knocks on 4/3 is the limited resolution and inability to make large prints. With AI software now available, has anyone compared upscale 4/3 images to full frame images? Do we still need 60 mp sensors in the new AI world?

Great observations. Enjoyed this episode, Gary. Yes, I'm sticking with M43. Outstanding value for money.

Great video with some excellent advice! I especially liked your example of someone with a FF system which is so large and heavy that they leave it at home sometime. I have so many great photos because I can always take one of my MFT bodies and a lens or two. Any photo you get is infinitely better than the one you didn't get.

Eyeing on Sony A7C with their 40 2.8. The weight is the same as PenF + 20 1.4. Only the sensor size, weather sealing and price are different. But for the telephoto range m43 is still cheap, good and way lighter and smaller. 45 1.8 is my favorite lens. So I decide to stay and got 20 1.4 for my PenF.

So enthusiastic, really this love and passion is so contaminating. M43 really has a great community of passionated shooters

Lumix lenses are just so horrible

Hi Gary can you show us how to focus using Laowa lens?

Very sensible points. Totally agree as a newcomer to MFT. I still like FF but MFT is fun and practical. May I add two points:
1. I don't like changing lenses in the field as it takes time and junk will always find its way onto the sensor. With the size of MFT systems, I can carry say an OM-5 with a 12-40 f2.8 as my main camera and another camera with a complimentary lens, say a PEN-PL8 with 9mm f1.7. This way I grab and shoot, no slowing down, no barrier of changing lenses and no risk of dirt on sensor. This is largely possible because MFT is so small, especially the lenses.
2. It's all about perspective. I've been into photography since 1980, when I carried around a Pentax K1000 with a 50mm f2 lens, eventually I added other lenses but Pentax always made small, sensible offerings. My MFT camera system in 2023, say the OM-5 with 12-40, is lighter, smaller, yet still more robust than anything film camera could have ever been. Moreover, the image quality at base or high ISO is far better than anything I could have achieved with film or slides - this is true whether you're talking about resolution, colour accuracy, dynamic range or aberrations. Film will plenty good enough for many generations, and MFT surpasses that. Do many need more than what MFTs is capable of? I doubt it.
Carry on and click, click, click.

Im strongly considering switching from FF to MFT. Besides image quality there seems to be so many benefits to it. And the image quality can be rectified in different ways, so im wondering if it really does make sense to stay with FF.

Thanking U So Much GARY!
Im Even More Convinced after seeing This Today for the First-Time ..I couldnt Agree More ..with ALL said about Micro's I have Favored Panasonic for All reasons mentioned ..LV the this Fully Loaded DC-GX850K ..with enterchangeable Lenses ..
Portability a Plus!
Iam a MixMedia Artist n Photography apart of my work
I enjoyed ur Wonderful Presentation ..
Agn Thnx
Alberta Walker
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What about the Samsung S23 Ultra and the latest iPhones? How would you as an MFT user rate such phones for photography, compared with MFT systems?
(I am torn between the two, about to buy one or the other soon, and any feedback would be great.)

Great video, I moved to MFT from Canon 4 years ago, and don't miss anything from the move.

What camera and lens did you use to record yourself in this video? it looks great!

Asli mana mas?

Gary, loved your video. You really make a great case for the MFT system. Keep up your good work.

I've shot with e-m10 with the 25 and 45 primes for almost 10 years.
But lately, I felt the itch to go bigger. So, I got the OM-1 with 12-40 and 40-150 pro :)

Now I can still do pocketable - with one of the primes, or a little bit bigger with the pro stuff. Still way lighter than my friends with FF.

The best proof is that I have my camera with me at all times, while my friends keep theirs at home.

Sold my Pana 20mm f/1.7 and Oly 45mm f/1.8. Missing the image quality, and planning to buy them again 🥲

What are your thoughts about using a mft camera and a speed booster? Or is that only something that filmmakers do?

I switched from full frame to M43 years ago and no regrets. I love the lenses and small size of the gear. Great video, thanks for sharing.

MFT camera systems are so tough you do not need a camera-specific padded bag. I know Panasonic do a standard drop test on them in their boxes - 30-ft onto concrete. The box may break but camera intact. I've been using MFT since E-PL1 (not quite the first but close) and never had a problem with just a small courier bag, or indeed a coat pocket.

Lens correction - if you keep your mft camera and lens firmware updated, the lens corrections will be in place. If the camera is older than the lens it may need updating. Whenever I have attached a newer lens to an older camera that has no further update available, it has recognised the lens without any problem. This leads me to believe the lens corrections are held in the lens firmware. This is logical, to store everything for the lens in that lens, but can find no confirmation from the manufacturers,

I agree with your points. But I always have two bodies of the same model. I find that having different models of my camera slows me down. Different menu systems different button layout. When information in the EVF is not in the same place. so even though I agree with you on not just chase new gear, when ever a new model is releasing. But when I buy I buy two and pass the old model on.

Yes. All of this. It’s like you were reading my mind. I’ve “downsized” to m4/3. In much the same way that I went, in the 1970s, from Canon F1 system to Olympus OM-1. I’d started on 1950’s Leicas, in the 1970s. And now, I feel like M4/3 system is much like Barnack’s original vision.

Thanks

Luckily i went to Sony APSC for years, now i’m all in with MFT. Really grateful for hobbyist like me.