Finally, an Update
OM-D E-M5, m.Zuiko 12-50mm f3.5-6.3
It's been a while since I've posted here. A busy summer for me, with a transition from a position with inconsistent but long hours back to an office job, and a major change for me, I've not worked in an internal IT role since 1998.
Despite that I've done a moderate amount of shooting, mostly courtesy of the Toronto Photo Walks group and their biweekly photowalks. I'm just shy of 5k on the E-M5. The verdict overall is that I like but don't love the E-M5, but I don't see anything better currently on the market. The upcoming E-M1 seems to fix most of my issues with the E-M5 and I expect I'll be upgrading to the E-M1 around years end, maybe a bit after. In terms of lenses I now have the m.Zuiko 40-150 f4-5.6 R, a surprising little telezoom, optically quite good and tiny, but plasticky. I've also swapped the m.Zuiko 12-50 for a Zuiko Digital 14-54 f2.8-3.5 II, a lens I'd owned previously with the E-30 and G1 and missed. It's a major upgrade from the 12-50 optically in most respects, although the 12-50 was remarkable in Macro mode and the 14-54 is merely quite good at close focus (it doesn't focus as close nor is it quite as sharp as the 12-50 in macro mode), but in any other regime the 12-50 was merely good while the 14-54 is excellent. I also retain the Summilux-DG 25/1.4 and my rarely used Nikkor-S.C 5cm f1.4 and Nikkor 300/4.5. At this time I do find myself in need of a wide solution, a 35 equivalent fast prime, a macro/portrait prime and something fast & long. Evenually I also need to replace the Nikkor 300, it's simply outmatched by the modern high-density sensors, I'd love an m43 300/4 prime for this. That said, I'm concentrating primarily on shooting with what I actually have, rather than going through kit. I'd actually like to stick to all m43 and 4/3rds lenses for once, rather than a grab bag of oddities, no matter how much fun oddities can be.