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A6000 vs NX500 against the GX7? But I guess I don't really need a new camera...

Started Oct 10, 2015 | Polls thread
traveler_101 Senior Member • Posts: 2,203
Re: A6000 vs NX500 against the GX7? But I guess I don't really need a new camera...

Much good and well-grounded advice here, especially about avoiding GAS and seeing the trade-offs among these cameras. I 'll say something a bit different.

First, if you wish to make a change from m43 go SONY over Samsung. Samsung does not have sufficient market share (outside of its home country) and I do believe they will drop out of the camera market after limping along for a few more years. Samsung is not a company as we would understand the term; it more like an economic empire so vast and far-flung that it makes the term "conglomerate" applied to western firms look penny-ante. No one steers a ship like that. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the rumour originated inside the firm as a way of settling scores.

Second, go to SONY, but don't bother with another crop sensor: go to full frame and buy some high quality manual focus Zeiss lenses for the camera. Then you will see significant improvements in resolution, which seems to me to be what you're looking for. Am I right?

I am somewhat surprised, by the way, that you never tried Olympus - seeing that you aren't interested in video. You might have liked their better stabilised cameras, but be that as it may at this point if you are really unsatisfied I think you need to look into a more powerful camera.

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