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A mirrorfull camera in the mirrorless weight class

Started Mar 21, 2013 | Discussions thread
viking79
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Re: Canon is nothing new

Michael Barkowski wrote:

viking79 wrote:

Pentax K-2000/K-m almost 4 years ago was basically as small.

But not nearly as light.

True, but also has steel sub frame and in body focus motor (adds a fair amount of weight) and in body shake reduction.  I really liked the substantial feel to it, weight was never a problem for that camera.

Eric

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