A very interesting take on the NEX-5. I'd have hoped for something
better than that. Maybe it pays to buy your cameras from camera
companies rather than electronics firms even though the camera makers
may be slow on the technological draw.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/11/2012 8:35 PM, WayneS wrote:
> Sorry I have not kept up with the list for a while, and am jumping in
> blind on this
> topic from the past, but felt the need to relate some of my experience
> with
> NEX-5n with EVF attachment. I just got back from a trip to Cayman
> Islands.
> I have to say, I really had a hard time with the EVF viewfinder. As
> responsive
> and fast as it may be, it renders exposure slowly, is impossible to
> manually
> focus, and no where near compares with shooting with an optical
> viewfinder.
> I feel completely a slave to the camera. Autofocus is slow and
> difficult to
> evaluate with the EVF, and yes I have focus peaking on. Touch screen
> controls
> don't work with your nose on the back of the camera.
> All I can say is you have to live with a camera for a while to know it
> will
> work. I love that the NEX is light weight and easy to transport. But my
> photography has gone down hill ever since the OM-4t. The canyon 5d is
> probably the best digital I have used in comparison, but the NEX
> performance,
> when you need it, is lacking. The NEX manual focus override is a joke,
> impossible
> to hold the focus button half depressed without firing the shutter when
> trying
> to focus, and it zooms in to a fraction of the image and takes too long
> to
> return to full view, it is a worthless effort if you want fast
> response. I just
> can't get the hang of it.
> I do like the camera for what it is, but I must be too old a dog to
> learn
> its new tricks. All I can say is specs only go so far, and a camera
> really
> has to fit your style. I'm just not that impressed with my NEX after
> using
> it for 4 months, other than it fits in a small bag.
> If I really want more than 16mp, I think a full frame non-toy camera
> with optical viewfinder is the only thing that would work for me.
> When you have a chance to really work with the NEX, I'd like to know
> how it goes.
> Wayne
> At 2/8/2012 08:05 PM, you wrote:
>
> > Jeez... Sorry I brought it up. [?]
> Well, here's what has me concerned. I'm going to publish this piece
> on it
> that will make it seem like Olympus has seen the light, corrected
> their
> ways and is worthy of our undying affection again. In reality,
> they've
> introduced ONE stink'n body that probably still has the same hokey
> double-clutch shutter of the E-Pens. Although the 16MP sensor is
> adequate
> today, it really is no different than when the 5MP E-1 was trying to
> compete with 8MP 20D bodies. 16MP E-M5 against 36MP D800.
> No, wait! The E-M5 isn't meant to compete against a "real" camera.
> That's
> not a fair comparison. Oh, really? Again, Olympus fails to address
> the
> needs of the serious photographers. This ends up being just another
> fancy,
> expensive piece of jewelry.
> Nah, I wouldn't write anything like that. It would make it seem like
> I
> still hold a grudge against Olympus.
> But what I will write about is that Olympus has finally listened to
> us
> enough to produce a camera that can be used by some of us for the
> majority
> of our uses. It's attractive AND useful. Oh, and highly
> customizable. It
> is, in so many ways, very much like my Minolta A1. The size/shape of
> the
> camera is fine, as long as the handgrip add on is roomy enough. If
> it's too
> tight and my fingers don't get a good purchase (like the recent
> Nikon and
> Sony DSLR bodies), then I'm toast.
> Things that stand out to me as being worthy of note:
> 1. Built-in EVF with high-performance refresh and data display below
> the
> image area. Overlays stink.
> 2. Tilt monitor, not twist-and-shout. My preference for how I work.
> Twist-and-shout is better for tripod use, tilt for handheld.
> 3. Rotational IS. Finally!!!!
> 4. Touch sensitive OLED monitor. YES!!!!!
> 5. No more 12MP sensor. Finally!!! Although 16MP is really moving to
> the
> top of the field.
> 6. Time exposure live monitor image update. Way cool!
> 7. Intelligent control layout and programmable buttons--including
> the REC
> button.
> Things that still make me puzzled:
> 1. In the programmable buttons, still no support for one-touch spot
> metering. Everybody from the '90s must be retired, I guess. Come on
> guys--It's ONLY software!!!!
> 2. Slow sync speed. This tells me it doesn't have electronic first
> curtain
> like the Sony.
> 3. Only a 1/3 stop improvement in noise over the 12MP sensor.
> 4. No note of improved AF speeds with Four-Thirds lenses. I guess
> that
> on-chip PDAF function ain't working yet.
> Olympus did a good job of promoting the look and feel of this
> camera--just
> as they did with the E-P1/2/3, but is downplaying any improvement in
> IQ as
> well as any hard data on imaging and the shutter. Plenty of new
> features,
> but the underlying machine has limits.
> The question I ask myself is this: I'm going to be living with my
> next
> digital camera purchase for a long time. Is this the one I want to
> be
> married to? With the Sony NEX-7's excellent image quality, I'm
> having a
> hard time justifying yesterday's 16MP against the current 24MP in
> crop-sensor cameras with the full-frames running 36 or more MP. Six
> years
> from now, will 16MP be as dismal as my E-1's 5MP is today? The
> difference
> between 16MP and 24MP is a good two years.
> But 16MP is more than enough. Right? Maybe, maybe not. For the vast
> bulk of
> my photography today, it will be more than sufficient. But in three
> years,
> it might not be. It's not that I'm a slave to the megapixel race,
> (far from
> it), but as often as I do this, I will want to jump as deep into the
> state-of-the-art as possible. In reality, the best thing for me to
> do is
> get the 5Dmk3 the day it comes out and sell it the day before the
> 5Dmk4 is
> announced. It's not like Canon's product cycles aren't relatively
> predictable now. Sure, it will cost 3X as much up front, but after
> 3.5
> years, I'll still be able to get the majority of my purchase price
> out of
> it. In the end, it's about the same price and I'll have the best IQ
> camera
> around (full-frame at that). No more compromises.
> Alas, the siren song of Olympus is screaming in my ears. Something
> that NO
> other camera manufacturer has been able to do to me.
> AG
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