For the past years I have not been very active here. I recently took more of an interest and upgraded from an E-10 to an OM-5. Mostly because I needed an upgrade in AF performance. The OM-5 is a much nicer camera in so many ways. Not really surprising since there are a few generation between the two.
What I noticed how much the photographic landscape changed. The Olympus/OM 5 series, while being a medium tier a decade ago, is suddenly addressed as entry level. A lens costing just shy of 1000 $/€/£ is classified as affordable. What used to be entry level seems to be disappearing. The iPhones seem to be eating their way into the lower levels of the system cameras.
Nobody seems to be discussing SLRs any more. As a mirrorless user of the first hour - I started with the E-P1 - I would say "They finally saw the light". A side effect is, that mFT is suddenly a very old and established mount and the legendary Nikon-F mount is suddenly history. Leica-M is the exception, the only surviving lens mount from the middle of the 20th century. It seems that Canon and Nikon are making good money by their users binning their SLR lenses and starting over. Pentax has missed the mirrorless boat and seems to be going into Nirvana.
In general fast FF lenses have become large and heavy. I commented this on the Nikon 35mm/1.8 already. In return performance, by means of resolution is outstanding, compared to a few years ago. This is a performance level which in the film days required medium or even large format. The Chinese lens manufacturers are having a huge impact.
The reviewing industry, in particular for cameras, seems to be struggling for contents. With fewer players, less frequent releases and the inexpensive system cameras disappearing, there is just not as much to write about. System cameras will become niche I feel.
So much of my ramblings. I am wondering what you think.
