With that new sensor now in the NEX bodies the IQ difference between that and something like the GF3 is not even arguably slight but huge. That sensor has been wowing people everywhere. Add the peaking and the ability to use a wider and cheaper selection of legacy lenses due to a smaller crop factor and put it this way, I can't wait for the NEX-C5 to be released...
Yes, the sensor has gained a lot of attention, and for good reason. I wonder though are the photographs wowing people as much as the sensor's apparent technical ability.
In many ways, the sensor from a 5D will wow technically against a MFT sensor, but it's the overall ability of the camera and system (along with the photographer...) that makes photographs. If we were just buying a sensor then well and good, but we're not.
MFT will always lag behind in IQ purely because of sensor size*. But that's not really a relevant argument unless one is a gearhead, or has some specific needs not met by MFT sensors, cameras or lenses. I moved to MFT when the IQ met the first digital camera worthy of my money, Canon 30D. 30D was good enough when I bought it, and it still is - but now I have access to that IQ in a pocketable format. The upcoming sensors will be even better, in a much smaller package than any APS-C or even NEX camera system.
Yep.