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Well I've done it....many of you will think I'm mad, but I've ordered the EM1X and it should be arriving tomorrow.
The rational was that I was never totally happy running two different Micro four thirds camera systems (The EM1.2 and the Panasonic G9). The G9 has some lovely features and feels great, but most of the things it has (that affects me), that the EM1.2 doesn't, the EM1 X has (AF Joystick, USB Charging, configurable AF arrays) etc. Also, my Olympus long glass always fitted better on the EM1.2, and had a bit of slack in the lens mount on the G9. Don't get me wrong the G9 is a cracking camera and if I didn't own so much Olympus glass I'd have probably kept it.
The deal sealer for me though was the part ex price that I got for my gripped G9 along with the additional £200 trade in allowance Olympus i running was only a few hundred below what I paid for the G9 last year. Couple with the fact that I'm also part exchanging the remainder of my Nikon gear (don't have a Nikon body anymore), then the EM1X will only cost me a few hundred pounds to change. Yes the EM1X is overpriced and will no doubt fall in price in a year or so, but I always knew it was a body I wanted when it was announced.
I'll await the berating from my dear friends on this forum who will no doubt think I need medical treatment for buying such a ridiculously expensive micro four thirds camera
Not mad at all, I'm half considering one myself (but would probably wait for the price to drop).
My EM1ii is my full guns blazing no compromise camera for occasions where that's required and on such occasions I am happy to carry something bigger if it means better performance. For most things I still use my EM5ii, which is still a fantastic camera; I guess what might scupper an EM1x is an announcement of an EM5iii.
On the other hand, an A7iii + prime looks mighty tempting...