As soon as you think about longer telephoto lenses (primes and zooms) the advantage of m43 will always stay. And there are also many people who do no longer want to carry heavy FF equipment around - at least when they travel for leisure - me belonging meanwhile to that group. So when I go on vacation with my family I definitely will prefer a m43 camera with 1 or 2 lenses (for me preferably Olympus PRO zooms) and call it a day. Also for the price of the Z7 alone you could get an EM1.2 with 12-40 AND 40-150 PRO lenses .... so there are obviously many advantages to m43.
For the price of a Z7 yes, but not for the price of a Z6. The Z6 has pretty much everything the Z7 has, but a notch better ISO and still have more resolution than the Olympus model.
I acknowledge the telephoto lens case, but as I said, that's hardly the totality of the market. m43rds has its advantages but the way to play them, is not by making big lenses and big bodies. That's what killed 4/3rds.
Which is what I meant by saying "if Panasonic and Olympus play this right." One may point out "but there's PenF, GX9, etc." Sure, but those cameras do not carry the flagship tier best of m43rds. The ones that do are all big bodies now. They need to stop doing that asap.
We need "the next EM1" to be more like an OMD EM5 MKIII. Panasonic needs a GX9 that is weather sealed, better build for those dials. etc.
But again - I am pretty confident that m43 is not dead, there will be some shifts in m43 land and I guess overall cameras will become cheaper again as more FF mirrorless completion is around - which is finally great for us customers!
No, it's not dead but could die if they don't play this well. There's a minimum price bar and m43rds will be pushed hard. It will become harder and harder to justify a body bigger or as big as a Fuji XT3, and not buying one vs paying more for an EM1 MKII type body.
This is a link to a video where Panasonic clearly states that m43 is here to stay ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlKGhYvpDc0
That's nice but that's also a marketing statement. It could be true- or not. Nikon re-iterated the Nikon 1 was here to stay- where's that? We heard some re-assurances in 4/3rds days.. Where is 4/3rds now?
- Ricardo