The Sony NEX 7 is causing a bit of a stir. Playing with one now and it feels
pretty good. Takes heritage lenses with adapters. 24 megapixels from 1.5x crop
sensor. SMALL.
Andrew Fildes
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On 06/11/2011, at 11:06 AM, WayneS wrote:
> Life has been very busy and I apologize for my limited contributions here.
> Not that I really have anything intelligent to contribute anymore, unlike in
> the past when I used to know stuff, or thought I did... now-a-days I know I'm
> not so smart.
>
> I'm at the point where I need a new camera system. I currently have the C*non
> 5D and some nice lenses, having passed on most of my OM gear to decent homes.
> With the 5D and full frame, I find the bulk just too much for most of what I
> want to do, such as travel, be discrete, and low drag, not so compatible. I
> love my 5D, and the lenses, and when I head outhiking from home or backyard,
> no problem, but it has become just to cumbersome a system for being discrete,
> for travel, and as a general carry around camera. I guess I still miss the
> OM-4t system, but don't miss scanning film and post processing.
>
> So I started looking. The new Fujifilm X10 looked interesting, with f2 optics
> and nominal zoom. But then I started looking at the Panny G3, and the size is
> not all that much different. Not to mention the cost is similar and the
> sensor is micro 4/3's compared to 2/3", with choices of lenses.
>
> So, I'm looking for recommendations. Is the Lumix G3 a worthy choice for
> putting together a small system? The G3 requires IS lenses if IS is desired.
> Some interesting micro 4/3s Panasonic lenses are:
>
> 20/1.7
> 14-42 3.5-5.6
> 14-45 3.5-5.6
> 45-200 4-5.6
> 100-300 4-5.6
>
> Not sure how well any of them perform other than reviews online.
>
> (I'm puzzled as to why there is a 14-42 and 14-45, which seem nearly
> identical.)
>
> Any one have suggestions? Am I looking in the right direction for a decent
> small system? I've always felt Olympus was innovative with systems, but their
> performance in digital cameras was always lagging.
>
> Also, I have no experience with EVF, something I thought I would never
> consider, but same goes for the transition from film. It is a tradeoff for
> small mirrorless cameras. I need some sort of viewfinder though.
>
> I feel so out of touch and welcome any suggestions. I really need a small
> system. But it has been quite a while since I looked at cameras.
>
> thanks
> Wayne S
>
>
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