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Please suggest me a camera for my father

Started Nov 20, 2015 | Discussions thread
RedDog Steve
RedDog Steve Senior Member • Posts: 1,972
Re: Finally settling to these options (only ILC):

Yannis1976 wrote:

1) Olympus EPL 7 14-42 EZ...479E

2) Olympus OMD-M10 14-42 II...549E

3) Sony A6000 16-50...599E

4) Panasonic DMC-G6 14-42 Mega OIS...465E

5) Panasonic DMC-G7 body only....599E*

*it will be used with some old Nikon prime lenses for the beginning, not many chances...

Long zoom will be covered later with a used tele lens (e.g. 45-200).

What do you think?

The PL7 has no built-in flash. They include a small external flash but for me it's not nearly as convenient as a built-in.

I'm not impressed with either of Olympus' 14-42 kit lenses.
The "II" is decent optically but has a toyish plastic mount, a pet peeve of mine.
The redeeming fact is a lense can be easily upgraded at some point.

Was the Canon M3 eliminated for some reason ?
I would have been interested to see if it could compete against the others being considered.

The A6000 and M3 have small bodies but the lenses are larger/heavier than their u4/3 counterparts.

If the remaining (M10, G6, G7) have your language available your choice has been narrowed quite nicely. It would be a toss-up between these good choices.

ps - I have an OM-D E-M10 (but no Oly kit zoom) I use with fast prime lenses and 2.8 zoom.

Best luck - Let us know what you choose !

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