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The Panasonic Lumix GH1 was a very powerful camera at the time; in fact, it was top of the range across both Panasonic and Olympus. So why then did I pick up the bottom-of-the-line, hamstrung Olympus E-PL1 ? Because, despite the GH1 being smaller than any DSLR out there and lightweight in comparison, I didn't want to take it out to social events. Olympus E-PL1 May 2012 to July 2014 ~3000 shots And that's where the E-PL1 came in. It was a backup to the GH1, definitely not a replacement in any way, shape or form. 12 megapixel sensor, instead of the ~16 megapixel multi-aspect sensor in the Lumix. RAW files with little headroom. Poor low-light performance. Rangefinder form-factor, rather than faux-DSLR. No viewfinder. No control dials. Cheap construction. I'd never even considered an Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera up that point. I had tried a friend's Olympus PEN E-P1, and didn't get on with the interface. Sure, it had produced some nice out-of-camera JPE...

On an unknown forum on the vast expanse of the internet, I read a post about someone switching to a Micro Four Thirds camera body from an existing Nikon system. They posted some images from their old camera as examples of the best they'd achieved with that kit - and that got me thinking about a post I could write for this very blog. Over the years, I've purchased a number of camera bodies as upgrades to replace my main camera, or as backups to use alongside with or for different scenarios. I initially decided to put all of it into one post, but after I went through the process to do so, it ended up absolutely massive. So instead, I'll do a post a day covering each of the cameras, which will also allow me to add a bit more commentary around them - I'll post ten images from each which I consider memorable photos, not necessarily brilliant photos. I hope you find them interesting! Panasonic Lumix GH1 Olympus E-PL1 Panasonic Lumix GH2 Panasonic Lumix GH3 Panasonic...