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upgrade from Canon G16 to mirrorless, any advice?

Started Nov 3, 2018 | Questions thread
kelpdiver Veteran Member • Posts: 5,564
Re: upgrade from Canon G16 to mirrorless, any advice?

switching to a 4/3rds 8mm arrangement is a pretty substantial improvement - it will focus faster, shoot faster, collect a lot more light, and be a lot wider I suspect than what you had.

The caveat to the 8mm is that you really need to get close to your subject when it's a single object.   It's not a great lens for a shark dive, as an example, unless they're swimming within arm's reach.   I has the 7-14mm for that sort of thing.  The 8 for getting up to the coral.

And yes, you're stuck with the lens choice during a dive.   The 4/3rd crowd generally lives with the 8mm or 60mm macro choice, though you can stick a gopro on top when shooting the 60.  * Nauticam did just release a wildly expensive lens that doubles as macro and wide angle, but it's ~1800USD!

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