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Jack of many trades good at almost all

Started Apr 29, 2014 | User reviews
MrTaikitso
MrTaikitso Contributing Member • Posts: 901
Jack of many trades good at almost all
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This is a camera I keep 'coming back to'. Not that I sold one and got another, but I keep looking for a more modern camera with 60P video and more reliable WiFi to phone connectivity, but truth is, other than it's niggles, (few), the EX2F does pretty much everything well (more so than my previous more expensive cameras), and I certainly don't notice many of the flaws mentioned in the DPREVIEW review.

1. Great build quality and handling

2. Clean images in good and low light thanks to that superb f1.4 lens

3. Fast operation for it's price (hard to find now)

4. Excellent sound quality in video recording mode (And I'm coming from a Panasonic GH2 and Sony NEX 5R, both very good cameras)

5. Lots of innovations missing on other cameras, such as ability to pause whilst recording video (Samsung phones allow this too), fun but effective framing effects for still images etc.

6. Superb articulating display (not colour accurate though!)

7. The EX2F's best secret: Set to manual model, apply the black and white effect (mono/classic or whatever it's called), ISO to 400 to 800 (depending on the conditions) and you can take some superb almost film like portrait and city life shots that don't look too far removed from those taken by renowned photographers of old with their film based rangefinders.

I find whatever I try to do with this camera, from 10fps action shots to portraits to family video to wide angle shots of the garden or countryside - it just does it right and the IQ is great, even on my 15" MacBook Pro Retina display.

Best of all, it fits in most of my larger pockets.

Only cons really are the flash is too bright indoors (fine for fill flash) and you have to be careful with the white balance with yellowish lighting.

Roll on the EX3F with 60P video, manual video, touch screen, less buggy firmware/WiFi, NFC and a built in lens cap!

 MrTaikitso's gear list:MrTaikitso's gear list
Sony a7S III Sony FE 24-105mm F4
Samsung EX2F
12 megapixels • 3 screen • 24 – 80 mm (3.3×)
Announced: Jul 3, 2012
MrTaikitso's score
4.5
Average community score
4.5
bad for good for
Kids / pets
good
Action / sports
great
Landscapes / scenery
excellent
Portraits
excellent
Low light (without flash)
excellent
Flash photography (social)
good
Studio / still life
good
= community average
zzzxtreme
zzzxtreme Senior Member • Posts: 1,219
Re: Jack of many trades good at almost all

can you set auto iso in manual mode?

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Pentax K-5
Peadingle
Peadingle Senior Member • Posts: 1,342
Re: Jack of many trades good at almost all

zzzxtreme wrote:

can you set auto iso in manual mode?

I've only got the EX1, and you can't on that.

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Samsung TL500 Canon PowerShot G1 X Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Panasonic G85 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH +8 more
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