urge and purge merge

 Well, the 'great' purge lasted nearly three months. I then worked myself into a corner with a few curious decisions:

1. My tech sense becomes overwhelmed  between the eM1 mk.1 and mk.2, strange but true. Newer isn't better, for me. I have no explanation for it.
2. My Minolta-af zooms didn't depart soon enough.
3. Unstabilized camera bodies are an issue for me and my collection of primes.

I decided that too much money is still locked up in camera gear. I've tried twice to embrace the em1.ii but just can't deal with it, so I looked for a camera to take its place.

 

I wandered over to the big-sensor area to check on early Z and L-mount types.  Body prices aren't bad net of what I was selling .. but oh those lens prices. No savings in those deals. 

Oh wait, my Maxxum lenses are still here! Bummer that no one but Sony adapts them to modern mirrorless bodies.. except Sony. And how are prices on an a7xx and ea4 adapter? Tempting - but my last attempt (a7ii+ea4) was a decisive failure.

Hmm.. so what about a body that needs no adapter?

And so an a99 Sony is on its way. The penultimate 36x24 A-mount body with SLT hybrid features, bonuses like the multi-tilt screen, no-crop video scaled to HD, an in-body AF range limit (like the eM1.ii) and decent battery life. The 24Mpx sensor specs don't match today's stacked/BSI models but DR and color depth scores are great at DxÖ.

Yes, it will do nicely!

But..

I realized my native μ43 and Pentax primes now had no IS-within body to perch upon!! The G100 has many nice features but stabilization is not among them. Not ideal.

Welcome back my friend, to a kit that never ends!

 

Yes, an eM1.1 (a silver one!) has returned to the fold! I'll return the G100, whose price matches the eM1 ±$5. Too bad, but the eM1 will be fine as the Little Camera. Money back, another possible 36×24 companion and my favorite μ43 body. Done, and DONE.

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So the kit is changed.
Again.

What point in claiming any justification for these changes? 

None that I see. All explanations are weak. 

OK 🤔 here I go anyway: the larger sensor will be nice, occasionally; it will be interesting to compare a99 +24-105 to my old D600 +28-105 shots. The eM1 is a proven commodity in my hands and it doesn't bring me the same feature overdose as its 2nd edition. That's all the excuses, and it's enough.

Here's the latest list. 

Why a DT lens? Well, it's half the weight of either the 100-300 or the 70-210, and owner ratings are excellent. On days that 105mm should be enough, a 10Mpx raw will suffice in an unexpected situation. Definitely beats no shot if the 105mm image is too small. 

Oops I'm justifying again!!