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burnymeister
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MikeF4Black: Just a question: why would anyone get the Pen F (with a say 35/40mm ff eq prime) over an X-E2?
As a former Fuji shooter, for me it comes down to total system size and weight. APS-C lenses are simply bigger and heavier than m43 for the most part - especially zooms.
I hate to say it but it also comes down to the smeared landscape detail that I continue to notice on the xTrans cameras.
Simon Zeev: "The camera's design, with its narrow body and shallow grip, means mounting anything other than a prime lens on the PEN-F can be incredibly awkward"
Very strange remark. I use zooms on a smaller camera (E-PL2) without problem.
Also I use legacy lenses up to 300mm Zenit lens.
While the long and heavy 300mm is not easy to hold, the 9-18, 14-42 and 40-150 are very easy to use.
I use the 14-150 no problem without the grip. Absolutely no issue - doesn't even hang funny around my neck.
Gorgeous! Looks like an exciting new edition to an already excellent line up.
I have to admit, that other than the 90mm macro these lenses look positively gigantic. My hope for the Sony FE system is in MF lenses such as the Loxia line. As soon as you add AF motors and OSS the lenses just get too huge IMHO.
At least the 24-70 and 16-35 are somewhat more balanced and actually quite light considering their optical qualities...
The GM series m43 cameras are the first in that line that really made sense to me. The promise of m43 was always size and weight reductions no? The inclusion of an EVF and slightly larger form factor makes this an attractive option. I've used the GM1 with lenses like the 12mm f/2, 15mm f/1.7 and 45mm f/1.8 and it's a very nice combo.
Unfortunately for me, Sony proved more innovative with their RX100III and it's popup EVF and their FF line of A7 cameras. But if I was in the market for m43, this would be it.
All the whining about price. YOLO folks. If you can't afford it move on. It's a gorgeous piece of tech and engineering. I can't wait to own it.
burnymeister: Totally getting one. With the yellow cover. Not kidding.
Silver or black body though?
Totally getting one. With the yellow cover. Not kidding.
If I still shot DSLR rather than mirrorless I would pick Ricoh (Pentax) over Sony / Canon / Nikon. They continue to deliver cameras for photographers rather than spec sheets. Their lens lineup is superb and prices are reasonable.
I hope someday they come out with a good mirrorless system at which point they might catch my eye again (I used the K-5 with great results). Kudos!
I owned the original Q and got rid of it due to horribly soft images. With the Panasonic GM1 available now and a tiny 35-100 (70-200mm) lens coming soon to match the already excellent and tiny 12-32 (24-64mm) kit lens I just don't see the benefit of the Q7.
Using the touch screen on the GM1 to select a focus area before pressing the shutter is so useful and fun, I wouldn't use an EVF on that camera even if it had one... :D
Meh. I've actually been on many glaciers and this wasn't that dramatic. To impress me, you'd have to fly that thing a mile into the glacier and then show me something no human eye could see naturally. I also got bored of the waterfall with footprints running up beside it - obviously this is close to the parking lot and every touron on the planet has already seen it.
BORING. :)
I think people are missing the point on this camera. $1200 isn't that bad when you consider what you're getting. For under $3k you can get a system that covers the focal range of 18-800mm with pretty good features and small enough to fit in a backpack.
How is this not a great thing? 800mm in any other system will either result in a horrible unbalanced mess or $11k just for the lens and will be so heavy you won't hike it anywhere. This is the first time I'm interested in the 1 series. I think Nikon's finally coming through.
It's a wonderful lens - the look / feel / operation is in line with other awesome Olympus primes like the 12, 45 and 75.
OvinceZ: I would love to have this version to take photos of flowers. Should be superb.
Agreed as long as the reds don't bleed like on previous foveons...
Michael_13: I don't want to criticize the creativity of the shots. This is useless, because Amadou was at an event and had to shoot several combinations of bodies and lenses in probably a short time. I want to see all the criticizers here do better in such a situation...
I worry, though, about the exposure. Is it me, or do many of the pictures seem to be quite underexposed?
Huff's are also dark. All the reviewers are being wined and dined at an expensive resort on Sony's dime. Is it any surprise that Steve is singing the praises of the new gear ("NEX-6 is WAY better than NEX-7" - Really??) and of course posting links to BH all over his site? At least DP seems to maintain some objectivity.
Guy Swarbrick: It's a funny old, black & white world. Serious photographers take better/clichéd photos and mobile photographers take worthless snaps (and turn them into clichés with Instagram). We're all taking photos. (Some weirdos are making videos, too, I hear...)
For some, the twain shall never meet : Connect should be a good thing - neither group has to try to filter out the other.
For some, both are exciting and interesting : membership of both sites allows you to track conversations in both forums. As compromises go, not bad.
Some will progress from one to the other - getting the bug by accident from a ubiquitous device - and they'll already feel at home.
Some of us take the best of both. I rarely take pictures with a phone - and I'm usually disappointed. I don't expect that to change until the laws of physics do. But I use my phone as a relay for EyeFi and the WiFi add-on for my D4. I have tablets that are used for editing. posting and galleries/display books - and as a remote for the D4.
"mobile photographers take worthless snaps"? Really? So a snapshot of my child at a spontaneous moment in time is "worthless" because all I have with me is an iPhone instead of a D4? C'mon - that's a bit pompous IMHO.
Nice work dpreview! Ignore the old fuddy duddies and they're naysaying - like you pointed out, they're usually wrong in the end. Mobile devices are going to generate 10x or 1000x more photos than the monster DSLR's ever will, and will probably be viewed more too...
Pretty much sums up my experience with the camera. I even managed to take it out on a glacier tour already with the 18 and 35mm lenses. See http://explor8ion.com/ski/habel.html for details.
Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm pretty sure there's a 60mm in there somewhere... :-)
Makes me happy...
Makes me happy...