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DJExile posted:They seem to be basically making m4/3 equivalents of every 4/3 lens they had, for better or worse. There was a 4/3 fisheye that almost nobody bought. Yeah, but gently caress them for announcing it today and releasing it this summer while the 7-14mm and the 300mm pro lenses STILL haven't been released.
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Feb 5, 2015 13:24
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He wasn't joking, it really is a red dot sight lol
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Feb 5, 2015 13:59
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EvilRic posted:What is the red viewfinder thing? http://www.photographyblog.com/news/olympus_ee_1_dot_sight/
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Feb 5, 2015 14:14
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Holy snap.. I need a red dot sight for my X100S. And yes, I know it's for tele stuff, but I don't care.
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Feb 5, 2015 14:33
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spankmeister posted:
I believe that's due out this spring or summer. Also that red dot is amazing and silly. I must have it.
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Feb 5, 2015 15:51
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That sensor shift thing is pretty darn cool. I'd love to see how practical it is for landscapes.
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I'd assume the 63 MP RAW mode will be competitive with my Merrills, and that would be incredible. That kind of quality in a compact, fast, weather-sealed camera, available on-demand as long as you have a tripod with you... Pretty loving brilliant.
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Feb 5, 2015 16:21
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Hm, this makes me want to pick up a cheap Mark 1 as I quite often won't bother to bring along my DSLR.... I'm a-GASing.
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Helicity posted:That sensor shift thing is pretty darn cool. I'd love to see how practical it is for landscapes. It's apparently trash if there's any movement at all in the scene, but seems to work as advertised if you have a perfectly still scene. http://robinwong.blogspot.it/2015/02/olympus-om-d-e-m5-mark-ii-review.html has some good examples at the end.
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Mr. Despair posted:It's apparently trash if there's any movement at all in the scene, but seems to work as advertised if you have a perfectly still scene. http://robinwong.blogspot.it/2015/02/olympus-om-d-e-m5-mark-ii-review.html has some good examples at the end. Which renders that mode all but useless for me, still kind of cool.
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Feb 5, 2015 17:27
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Mr. Despair posted:It's apparently trash if there's any movement at all in the scene, but seems to work as advertised if you have a perfectly still scene. http://robinwong.blogspot.it/2015/02/olympus-om-d-e-m5-mark-ii-review.html has some good examples at the end. That reviewer is very tepid about hyping the feature but those sample shots he took of food were completely as advertised and definitely worth hyping. It's a cool feature.
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Feb 5, 2015 18:39
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EvilRic posted:What is the red viewfinder thing? The Yakuza part of Olympus requested it. Mr. Despair posted:It's apparently trash if there's any movement at all in the scene, but seems to work as advertised if you have a perfectly still scene. http://robinwong.blogspot.it/2015/02/olympus-om-d-e-m5-mark-ii-review.html has some good examples at the end. Impressive macro and tele photos.
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Sorry if this gets posted constantly, but didn't see it in the last few pages. Been thinking about getting a mirrorless for a while; something that I can toss in a backpack and just keep handy. I definitely want physically controlled aperture and shutter speed in manual mode (instead of having to use a touchscreen or going through menus or whatever), but that's pretty much my only real requirement. What are the good options in the <~$600 range?
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Lhet posted:Sorry if this gets posted constantly, but didn't see it in the last few pages. Two questions: What are you shooting, and what's in the backpack with it? There are some well-built camera bodies out there but if it's getting tossed around with books and poo poo without protection, you can definitely damage things.
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DJExile posted:Two questions: I want to be able to take a fairly large variety of shots: events, landscapes, dogs, whatever looks interesting. I want a bit of low light ability, enough to get a building with cool lighting or maybe something at a concert or something (not sure if that's asking too much). Video would be nice but not a hard requirement. In my backpack I most commonly have Laptop+charger, maybe a 3DS, and a few other things. It's smallish pack (holds my fullsize DSLR+case or laptop, but not both), so things aren't really gonna get churned around too much.
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Feb 5, 2015 23:47
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I do not believe you that the top of the line Fuji kit was going on sale for 50% off. Maybe the X-E1/2 or the X-A1.
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Feb 5, 2015 23:54
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Doing a bit of browsing around; it seems like my options are the Fuji's X-E1/X-M1, Olympus's E-PL7, Sony's A5100, and Nikon's V2 (if I use ebay).
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Feb 6, 2015 01:06
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Do you need to be able to swap lenses? Fixed lens cameras are small as heck. Check out the panasonic lx100 or Sony rx100iii. Or a fixed focal length camera(no zoom) like fuji x100(used!) or Ricoh GR.
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Lhet posted:Doing a bit of browsing around; it seems like my options are the Fuji's X-E1/X-M1, Olympus's E-PL7, Sony's A5100, and Nikon's V2 (if I use ebay). Take the XE1 over the XM1, it supports mike input, time lapse control input a few other things you don't see on the spec sheet.
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feigning interest posted:Do you need to be able to swap lenses? Fixed lens cameras are small as heck. Check out the panasonic lx100 or Sony rx100iii. Or a fixed focal length camera(no zoom) like fuji x100(used!) or Ricoh GR. Given the variety of things I'm looking to use this for, I don't think a fixed focal length is what I want. I kinda want the lens to be swappable, but given that I don't really own many lenses I suppose I could manage without. Size isn't really a huge consideration though. I just need to be able to store it it my bag or jacket pocket; I've handled the V2 and it's just fine sizewise, even though I think it's on the bigger end.
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I highly recommend the Panasonic LX100 for your needs.
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Please don't buy a Nikon V2, it's horribly overpriced for what it is. The Pentax Q is at least cheap if you need a micro mirrorless camera. You sound like you'd get more out of an RX100m3 or the Panasonic LX100. If you really want interchangable lenses, get a used A6000 and either kit lens, the X-M1, or the E-PL7.
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A used olympus em-5 should fit into that price range (the body is 600 new now) and it will definitely stand up to being tossed around in a bag, mine has gone to hell and back without skipping a beat. Pretty compact with one of the body cap lenses or primes thrown on it too.
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Lhet posted:I want to be able to take a fairly large variety of shots: events, landscapes, dogs, whatever looks interesting. I want a bit of low light ability, enough to get a building with cool lighting or maybe something at a concert or something (not sure if that's asking too much). Video would be nice but not a hard requirement. get whatever m4/3 body you like (I like Panasonic, but that's due to familiarity more than anything. Olympus' options might fit your preferences better), then stick a Panasonic 20mm F1.7 pancake prime on it and go to town. My GF1 + 20mm prime has done me great service for years. About the only thing it isn't good for is birds.
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Elliotw2 posted:Please don't buy a Nikon V2, it's horribly overpriced for what it is. The Pentax Q is at least cheap if you need a micro mirrorless camera. The V2 fell into my consideration because on ebay it's ~$430 with the 10-30 lens, which feels more reasonable for what it is. I'll start looking at the others cameras mentioned and see which ones seem good. Is Ebay the best way to go for most of these? e: The LX100 does rather good thus far. Will probably just visit a camera store tomorrow to handle a few options before moving forward. Lhet fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Keh is probably the best place. The prices are similar to ebay, but keh's bgn grade is what most people would consider "good" Plus they have great support if you need it.
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Lhet posted:The V2 fell into my consideration because on ebay it's ~$430 with the 10-30 lens, which feels more reasonable for what it is. The Nikon V2 is poo poo, don't buy it.
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Xabi posted:Hm, this makes me want to pick up a cheap Mark 1 as I quite often won't bother to bring along my DSLR.... I'm a-GASing.
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Alot of camera news today. Canon EOS M3, its basically the NEX-5n version of EOSM. Still no lens support, still oversea only, and still dead. Pentax/Ricoh announce upcoming FF DSLR. I got to give it to Pentax to stick to the K-mount. Ricoh want people to take their FF news serious they even announce the new FF pro zoom. So that means Sony is selling the FF (36mp) sensor to the small players now. Fuji can get their hands on the FF sensor if they want to, I am just saying.
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whatever7 posted:Alot of camera news today. I thought Fuji's "thing" was their proprietary sensor design. If they start using a standard Sony sensor, they're going to have to start putting moire filters on their lenses, or running two separate lens lines - one full frame and one crop.
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Isn't the bigger issue is that they'd have to design an entirely separate line of lenses, because the XF lenses are designed for the XF mount/crop sensor? I'll admit I'm not really up on how lenses and sensors interact w/r/t crop vs full frame, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Fart Car '97 posted:Isn't the bigger issue is that they'd have to design an entirely separate line of lenses, because the XF lenses are designed for the XF mount/crop sensor? I'll admit I'm not really up on how lenses and sensors interact w/r/t crop vs full frame, so someone correct me if I'm wrong. As long as the mount is the same, the only thing that changes is the effective focal range. Canon lenses mount to both their crop body dslrs and their FF ones.
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Some lenses are only designed to project a dx-sized image onto the sensor, and mounting a dx lens into an fx camera will give a sharp dx-sized center area and then vignetting or distortion on all of the outside edges.
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Linedance posted:I thought Fuji's "thing" was their proprietary sensor design. If they start using a standard Sony sensor, they're going to have to start putting moire filters on their lenses, or running two separate lens lines - one full frame and one crop. Fuji's sensor is just Sony sensor with different non-bayer color pattern. I was thinking full frame x100.
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If I am looking for a mirrorless camera, for having on me as much as possible (small size is ++), and I know that if I got a normal mirrorless I'd just toss a prime on there...I should just get a x100 series camera, right? Used x100s? I would describe my photography interest as "General walking around".
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Feb 6, 2015 16:55
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Yes x100 is the perfect walking about camera.
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I'd go for a Ricoh GR. Or dirt cheap option with same quality but maybe slightly worse handling: Nikon Coolpix A. Or, if you're gonna do all your walking in great weather, get a Sigma DPx Merrill and be blown away by the IQ.
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