10 Best Every Day Carry Cameras you can buy now!

Here is a definitive ranking of all my tiny cameras, to help you decide which every day carry camera might be right for you!

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[MicroFourNerds]

Which do do think deserves the number one spot?? Check out the description for all the linked videos to learn more about any of the cameras mentioned 😍📸

[MicroFourNerds]

Also, I would like to apologise to all of humankind for the absolute state of my hair in this video 😂 I was standing in front of a fan in between takes because it was so warm and well… it all got progressively worse as the filming went on 😬🙈

[lumixographer]

FUNtography: Emily's guide to releasing your inner child through tiny cameras! Remember when photography was fun? Before megapixels. Before raw, AI, "grown-up " cameras with big lenses, etc. Remember your first camera. No bells or whistles. Small and fit your hands. Simple to use. Point and pray. The delight of getting close and surprise when it turned out right. Technical perfection wasn't the goal. Tiny cameras that you carried everywhere. That was FUNtography! And, Emily's "tiny cameras" remind us that small things have joy!

I've owned or now own several of Emily's top 10. The Oly PL6 fit in my pocket with 14mm lens as a street/landscape/interior camera through Holland and Belgium. The Lumix G100 has earned a place in my bag with my G9 for an upcoming Africa safari. The G100 with 35-100mm f2.8 is a killer low light 4k video beast! My GX850 with 14-42mm Power Zoom was a faithful companion through the Amazon, Andes and Machu Picchu. It now brings delight in the hands of my grand daughter as her first "real" camera.

Try one of Emily's tiny cameras or others like these. Get over their technical limitations and rediscover the simple joys of FUNtography. And then, give a tiny camera to a child you love. Pass it on!

[jocko_]

The Panasonic GM1 with the 12-32 zoom, 45-150 zoom and 20 1.7 is still my travel kit after all these years. Wish Panasonic would bring back the GM series.

[sherwinclarencego]

Not Micro 4/3rds but I find the Sony RX100 series (get the VA if you don't need telephoto and get the VII if you need telephoto) is great for travel. Versatile all arounder and very pocketable... But I love the GM1 the most.

[ericmenu]

For me the number one is the Lumix GM5 ! I love mine, I had a GM1 before, but the GM5 is better as it brings a much more usable clickable wheel (great to change aperture or ISOs, compared to the one on the GM1 which leads to error by pressing it when we want to just turn it) and a tiny viewfinder which is very useful when the sun is very bright. It also add eye-focus AF for portraits, so usefull ! You can also move the focus point via the touch focus screen, great ! So for me this is the best tiny camera ! :)

[jayforcinema]

I really love the GM1 and GM5. However, my most preferred everyday travel camera at the moment is the Fuji X-T20. The sensor is lovely, the details are crisp, and the film sims are sooo goood (I'm too lazy to process images, so the presets make life way easier, plus makes you mindful of what you capture). While it lacks IBIS and weather sealing, the overall experience is fantastic and it's pretty light and pocketable too :)

[delarocquejean-jacques]

I appreciate your videos and pictures. I've owned some of the cameras you've presented and used olympus E-M5 during 4 years. At the same time I used the small Pentax, Nikon V1 and I must say Olympus menus were the most complicated and weird compared to all other brands I tried. Now I use small Lx15 Lumix, Fuji X70 and Lumix G80.
What is funny is that film reflex I used only two for 30 years and since 2005 when I sold my film reflex I probably owned and tried about 30 different cameras!
Now I cool down.

[DavidBouchardeau]

Thank You ! I recently bought a second hand GX800, using an Olympus 17mm I had mounted on a Pen PL2. It is such a pleasure to have back a pocketable camera ( Rollei S35, miu 2, Sony V1, Ricoh GR1, etc…). I have now a 9mm toy lens and will probably step by step complete a lens set.
Your enthousiasme and the fun factor of your photography approach is refreshing.
Merci Madame !

[SparkyD]

@MicroFourNerds I just bought the E-M5 Mk ii
Can't wait to test it on the Tour of Britain cycle race this Thursday.

[corykphotography]

I absolutely love the EM5 series. Absolutely love love love it!

[ordinosaurs]

My all time favourite micro four thirds camera is the Olympus E-M10 mk II. It does everything the original E-M5 does, plus it has WiFi connection, and a tiny flash. But no weather sealing, sadly, otherwise it would have cannibalised the e-m5 mk II market. They are this close (another point of difference : unlike the E-M5 mk II, the E-M10 mk II doesn't have hi-res).

[martingreenberg]

Congratulations to the EM5.

I’ve owned and gifted this body to a co-worker. In retrospect not a great move on my part. Love the colors out of this body. Good IBIS. Nice feature set. Surprised this body was rated #1 as it is am relatively large body for an EDC.

My nomination for season two is the Panasonic GX85(or 80 in your part of the world). It has the same feature set as the EM5 but I think it is a little smaller. Same 16MP sensor? Notice I didn’t give this gem away. The GX9 may be better but in an incremental way. It is also cheaper than the GX9. That is what happens with older cameras. The same is true for the LX100 vs. the 100ii. With older models good enough is sometimes good enough.

PS: The GRiiiX is an interesting pick. Not M43. Fixed focal length. The 40mm FOV is a good compromise between 35 & 50mm. Of course it is a street cam but also good for EDC as that focal length is close to the FOV of our eyes. Yes it is tiny (another reason to buy it) but mighty. And as you rightly point out, expensive. There are a hard core of fan boys/girls for the GRiiiX just like the larger and difficult to obtain Fuji X100V. For me, the GRiii is too wide @ 28mm but YMMV.

Nice series. Please continue.

Mask On Nurse Marty (Ret)

[FrerkMeyer]

I love my LUMIX LX 100 II, I got mine for a bargain and it is soo versatile. Image quality blows my mind every time. Contra: no weather sealing and no flippy screen.

[Merjia]

I got my Lumix GX85 yesterday with the 12-32mm lens, I have fallen in love with this body, and I can’t wait to take it to the city for some street photography!

MFT is incredible.

[xxxxtripxxxxOSG]

The older Olympus EM cameras are a fantastic deal. I have an E-M10 that I picked up for about $150 that I have gotten beautiful shots with (especially with the amazing 45mm f1.8 lens). I also recently picked up a first gen E-M1 for $250 from MPB for some of its features, such as focus stacking and higher burst speeds, and to pair with a 75-300mm for a budget wildlife rig.

[joyjeetpaul]

I bought FUJIFILM XT30 II with XC15-45mm F3.5-5.6 OIS PZ kit lens for Streetphotography and daily shooting purpose 😊

[andresalgadomarques]

Great video, as always 😊 I have the Lx100 ii, the EPL-9 in faux blue denim, the E-M5 iii and the GX9, as my Micro Four Thirds cameras (also an OM-1, but which is larger) and I love them all to bits. If I had to choose one... I don't know, maybe the EPL-9 for looks, portability and features, or the E-M5 iii since it's also small and of great quality all around 😁

[simonatterbury]

For a pocket sized street camera I still use my ancient Olympus PM1. Not great in bright light as you cant see the flipping screen but still allows you to make some great photos in A, S or M modes. And the thing is 11 years old and still working. Very interested to compare the GM1 to the PM1.

[jameslevine]

Thanks for the great review! I picked up an E-M5 in December for USD$175 shipped. I could have chosen a less-worn unit, but adding separately the $15 flash, an $8 eyecup, and a bit of glue, it's working just fine. It's my first m43 camera. I'm impressed by the features of such an old camera! I do hope the m43 format continues. The E-M5 doesn't officially have focus peaking, but there's a clever hack using one of the creative modes to give it funky peaking that works pretty well much/most of the time.