jquagga

I don't know; I think it comes down to a matter of controlling the desire to buy more lenses.  I have a m43 kit and a D5100.  The D5100 kit is more established; I have more lenses and more...

Depends on how tight your jeans are I guess. I use an Olympus E-PM2 with a Panasonic 20mm pancake lens as my portable camera system. I considered and dismissed the RX-100 before settling on it...

What are you shooting?  What are your interests?  The D7100 has the potential to have more features than the D5100 although it is physically larger.  If you're shooting everything at 200, the...

I agree.  Emphasis on the G; not the D.  The D won't Auto-Focus on a D5100.

I grew up in the middle period.  My first SLR was a film camera, but I owned it alongside a digital point and shoot.  DSLRs came much later after I got interested in photography.   Ok here's the...

+1 I too have a DSLR kit and a wee m43 kit.  The DSLR kit is more rounded out and yes it has more lens options, but it's not as portable as the m43 kit.  Sometimes I don't want to carry a full...

I have the D5100.  And the 18-55 (although it's now back in the box), the 35, a Sigma 17-70 (which took over for the kit lens), the 55-200, and a SB-700.   Were it me, I'd start with the 18-55....

In the PEN sized format, the GX1 is as a close as you get.  That lacks IBIS though.   I have an E-PM2 and a Nikon D5100.  I mention that latter as it has a 16 MP Sony sensor similar to the NEX.  In...

I have a PEN, but I found this guide as a good place to start with some settings.  I'm not sure how "beginner" you are so this might be too low of an explanation for you.   In regards to the...

Having just switched from Panasonic to Olympus, I would say Panasonic has the better menu interface in camera and Olympus the better manuals.  And Olympus doesn't do the whole "let's divide our...

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/50186255 You'll still have IBIS if you don't turn it off.  The O.I.S. will be off unless you move the lens to a recent PEN/Panny body.

Well, you asked.   I don't like the fixed "sliver" of a screen that dpreview takes up.  I have a 1080p monitor and yet dpreview stays with an antiquated, fixed column in the middle wasting a huge...

No, you should be able to see the prime difference against that just ok zoom. However if you need a 45 and have a 20, then the zoom still wins. That's the trade off. The 20 is currently my favorite...

You're going to get half the folks voting for the 20 and half for the Sigma's.  Which camera and what are you shooting?  Are you doing video or not?   Since you haven't specified I've decided that...

That's ok. Sony waited too long to announce the NEX-3N and I ended up getting the E-PM2 instead. So we traded spots and both manufacturers made out.

I'm very interested in this lens as well.  I asked Sigma USA when they thought it would be available here in the States but unfortunately they had no idea.  By their press release I figured it...

Sure, but I'd like the option to make the sets view my default view when people come to flickr/me or whatnot.  The photostream is too all over the place.   A day later and I think I'm mostly ok...

Having spent a bit of time with my new E-PM2 I agree with just about everything in this review.   The only part that bothers me is that the black kit lens on your red E-PM2 looks about a billion...

At 16 megapixel jpegs, flickr says you only can upload about 100,000 times that amount for free with ads.

With a touch of pinterest / Google+ yes. It also has some nasty bugs at present. I don't care for it.