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Interchangeable lens cameras offer a lot more creative flexibility and control than smartphones and point-and-shoots. Buying a camera with swappable lenses lets you change your angle of view, and take advantage of speciality optics for macro and fish-eye shots.
You do need to make sure you re getting the right type of lens for your camera. We re covering lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system in this guide. It s the oldest modern mirrorless system, and one that s supported by multiple camera and lens makers.
The First in Mirrorless
Micro Four Thirds cameras first went on sale in 2008. At the time the mirrorless concept was novel. Instead of using an optical viewfinder and mirror, like the Four Thirds SLR system that preceded it, M43 takes the view from the image sensor and sends it right to an electronic display.