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Joining the EX1 club - first foliage

Started Apr 11, 2012 | Discussions thread
Peadingle
Peadingle Senior Member • Posts: 1,342
Re: Joining the EX1 club - first foliage

I've got two EX1s, sadly both now have dust spots on the sensor although I can get away with cloning them out in most pictures.

I've been looking for a better' camera for over two years now, my priority being that it must be as easy to take around as the EX1. In short, there isn't anything that will give me all the features that the EX1 does. Sure M4/3 and APS-C compacts should produce better picture quality, but when I look at examples on the Internet, nothing is that much better than the EX1 that warrants the huge cost of buying it.

A range-finder styled M4/3 would appear to be the obvious choice, but there is something about the M4/3 pictures that doesn't please me as much as what I am getting out of the EX1.

As anybody who has owned and used an EX1 knows, it is one of the classic digital cameras of all time. I'm very tempted to go for a third. If Samsung ever return to making cameras, an update of the EX1/2 should be a priority! IFthey could make one slightly bigger with a 1 inch sensor, ie an NX Mini with the manual controls and articulating screen, I'd buy a few of them.

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