Jon Tatooles
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For ~$370 U.S. new (closeout) with the 14-40 kit lens, this is a solid little machine at a magic price. The kit lens impresses, the sensor..not as much. In my opinion, this camera is far less forgiving than larger dSLR's like my 30D. You get what you pay for. It does have better output than a small-sensor p/s cameras, though.
Perfectly exposed shots are nice, but this sensor just seems tricky. Go manual/center-weighted and approach it like you are shooting positive film; you'll have much more success. Highlight clipping is really easy and shadow noise is ugly. Also, there are lots of menu choices that can really give you chewy jpegs. RAW gives you a bit more flexibility, especially to combat the inconsistent WB.
Love the size!
Problems:
I need to set the camera to either +0.3 or +0.7 EV to give 18% gray. However, this sometimes badly blows highlights. There is very little room for error. Again, think slide film.
Perfectly exposed shots are nice, but this sensor just seems tricky. Go manual/center-weighted and approach it like you are shooting positive film; you'll have much more success. Highlight clipping is really easy and shadow noise is ugly. Also, there are lots of menu choices that can really give you chewy jpegs. RAW gives you a bit more flexibility, especially to combat the inconsistent WB.
Love the size!
Problems:
I need to set the camera to either +0.3 or +0.7 EV to give 18% gray. However, this sometimes badly blows highlights. There is very little room for error. Again, think slide film.