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Should I trade my m43 system for Sony RX-10

Started Apr 10, 2014 | Questions thread
tomtom50 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,244
Re: Should I trade my m43 system for Sony RX-10

Newbie12345 wrote:

I currently have the following equipment (and the price Amazon will pay if I trade them in).

Olympus EPM2: $149

Panasonic 20mm: $213

Olympus 14-150mm: $285

Olympus Fl-14 flash: $50

Total: $697

A used Sony RX-10 is $905 on Amazon.

So, I will pay an additional $208 from my pocket if I trade it in.

Should I trade my m43 system for Sony RX-10?

Portability and excellent picture quality (but no pixel peeping) in following two scenarios is very important to me.

1. Indoor party pictures - EPM2 + Pana 20 mm + Fl14 has served me very well.

2. Concert type situations where I am far away in dimly lit situations: Flash is useless + Olympus 14-150mm is not very fast.

I am intrigued by the Sony 24-200mm F2.8 lens and a decent 1" sensor.

m43 has 225mm^2 sensor and Sony rx10 has 116 mm^2 sensor. Almost half the area.

F2.8 is four times brighter than F5.6. So, in dimly lit situations Sony should produce much better images.

Any opinions/ideas/suggestions/comments?

Thank you.

I have m43 and an RX100. The difference in image quality is barely worth bothering with. The biggest difference is that you can isolate depth of field with your 20mm than at any setting on the RX10. Is shallow depth of field important to you?

Do you like carrying a bag of stuff or would you prefer an all in one?

For your two scenarios: 1. says keep m43. 2. says get an RX10.

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