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Re: NEX 6 to replace both DSLR (Nikon D5100) and Compact?
In reply to Gimble,
4 months ago
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Gimble wrote:
I currently have a Nikon D5100 SLR and a Nikon P7100 compact. While I have three lenses for the SLR in practice I only ever use it with the 18-200mm. I am pretty happy with the D5100 but I am looking to replace the P7100 – I am mainly interested in getting something with better low light capabilities (I take many shots of family indoors), better video and faster focussing. I have been considering a Canon G15 as it seems to improve on the P7100 in all three of these areas. (The P7700 does not appeal to me.)
I am wondering if instead of getting an expensive new compact if I would be better served spending even more and getting a NEX6 with the 16-50 zoom (for compact use) and the 18-200 (to replace my SLR).
I have previously owned the original NEX 5. I liked it a lot, especially the video quality. However, I ended up selling it. This was because with the 18-55 kit lens it was simply too large for me to carry it around like a compact. (I am hoping the smaller 16-50 will address this.) Also the focussing performance and lack of viewfinder didn’t make it feel like an SLR replacement either.
Any thoughts?
Everthing comes with a price. You will have to weigh in the factors.
I did exactly that, replacing my Panasonic P&S and my Canon DSLR with a NEX-7.
A NEX6 with 16-50 zoom will be pocketable, but will still be slightly larger than a P&S. But most of all you will miss the tele zoom of the P&S. Having said that, the NEX has so many pixels, that you can still crop the hell out of every picture to get 2x zoom extra.
The problem with the NEX-7 - not sure what the situation is with the NEX-6 - is that it does not have a way to put it into a known state. Hence, I cannot tell my wife to press this or that button and she can fire away. For example, I can show her how to put it into iAuto mode, but if I used MF before, setting it to iAuto will not set it to AF.
My experience showed that these are the 2 factors that prevent a NEX to be a successful P&S:
On the DSLR side things look better. I have been very happy about the NEX-7 replacing my Canon DSLR. The only things that are painful:
So bottom line is that my wife is making less pictures now, because the problem is on the P&S side.
Good luck with your decision.
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