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Buy now a 760D or wait for the upcoming model?

Started Jan 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
junk1 Senior Member • Posts: 1,788
Re: Buy now a 760D or wait for the upcoming model?

You can get VERY small mft cameras, such as the Panasonic GM1 (5 or 6 ounces) and GM5.  I think the larger bodies are purposely large for handling reaosns, especially with larger lenses, plus people think "bigger is better" and are more willing to spend $1k on a larger heavier body.

Yep, DOF is less, but it's easier to get a fast/bright lens on m4t and they are a lot smaller than FF or even APS-C.  The Panasonic F2.5 14mm (28mm equivalent) lens only weighs 2 ounces!  That lens and a reasonably light body could be carried by my R/C plane or quadrotor/drone...that's what first attracted me to mft.

Also, the "multiplier" is 2x, so a 300mm lens is 600mm full frame equivalent...but of course you can similarly "digital zoom/crop" images from larger sensors, so that's a bogus argument.

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