>>4017767I've owned Nikon 1, Olympus m43, Sony a7 series, Fuji X, Leica M, and Fuji GFX (and played around a lot with Nikon Z and Canon R). For me it was just about finding which systems I enjoyed using the most, that also met my "minimum performance threshold" and fit within my budget.
It took me a long time to realize what specs / features even mattered to me. Some brands have much more wildlife lens options, but I haven't owned a lens past 200mm in like 8 years, and been totally fine. Video specs are meaningless to me since I shoot 0 video. I always shoot RAW and have lots of processing experience, so brand "color science" doesn't matter for me. Etc.
>>4017768Best comment. Most cameras / systems are well enough that you can do just about anything with them. The differences really come out the most in the more extreme shooting situations, but lenses are equally, if not more important in those situations too. Every brand is capable of world class work, some models are just "better suited" for certain situations.
There's a million different analogies you can make, but cars is an obvious one. For most people, just about any car will get them to work, run errands, and take the occasional trip. If you only focus on things like mpg, horsepower, cargo capacity, etc, you might miss out on certain models that "feel" a lot better to drive (the inverse is true too). Obviously if you have a need like 4WD or want to vanlife, or a specific feature wanted like being a convertible or electric, that will change your options too.
