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Ok so I think I've decided on getting rid of my 50D and 17-50f2.8 and 70-200f2.8 lens and switching to either m4/3 or NEX gear. Thinking of going with the NEX-5N. Looking for something I can carry around more easily with interchangeable lenses. The 70-200f2.8 I have is way over kill than anything I could ever use it for so I'm not too concerned with loosing that. Any other options I should be looking at?
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Aug 31, 2011 19:21
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Oh god I don't know what to do. Fuji X100 Sony NEX-5N Olympus PEN E-PL3 Too many choices. What I want to be able to do/shoot. Carry something smallish around instead of my 50d + whatever lens. Shoot general walk around stuff, friends at parties, landscape type stuff. Interchangeable lenses would be nice, but larger lenses start adding bulk. Everything is telling me the X100 is the perfect camera for what I want to do. Something small, light, fast as poo poo lens, excellent image quality.
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Sep 1, 2011 16:13
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HPL posted:Don't overlook a Rebel. A Rebel with a kit lens should be at least as good as your garden variety NEX or PEN and isn't that much larger. The problem with today's mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras is that they can shrink the body down until it's tiny, but the lenses are still the same size. The only way you'd get a really compact interchangeable system is if you got a PEN Mini, the new 12-24 pancake and a Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 pancake. I've been seeing the 20mm pancake lens being mentioned as the lens to have for m4/3, but I'm not seeing anything on the 12-24. Can you point me in the direction of that one?
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Sep 1, 2011 16:57
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14-42...that's why I couldn't find it  edit: ok so this is pretty dam cool. So this + the 20mm pancake would be pretty awesome on a m4/3 camera. hmmm. mattfl fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 17:15
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poopinmymouth posted:Not only is the X100 significantly smaller than a rebel, like ludicrously so, but the viewfinder on the X100 is 5x nicer than the Rebels. It's literally as large and bright as the 5D viewfinder, instead of the dim tunnel you get on the rebel. (I know you were saying rebel as compared to the mirrorless interchangeable cameras though) I spent all day yesterday researching cameras. Ugh so much info. My final decision, at least for this minute, is to get the x100. Seems they hold their value really well and if it's not for me I can easily unload it. Now to unload my canon gear!
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Sep 2, 2011 14:26
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Shmoogy posted:I wouldn't count on this for much longer. They're doing really well now because they aren't in stock anywhere, but once they are, I expect used ones to sell for 1000~ shortly after. Once the x200 comes in, the first generation will probably fall to 800ish. I don't expect it to take me that long to figure out if it's for me or not. Like, a week or 2 so, not too worried about the x200 which isn't even rumored yet to come out and drop the price. The X10 was just announced and I don't expect it to affect the X100's price at all.
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Sep 2, 2011 14:38
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I just hit the order button on amazon for a X100. It'll be here tomorrow.....so excited!
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Sep 22, 2011 20:18
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Wow, got my X100 today. I definitely need to sit and actually read through the manual before I even think of venturing out with this. So far I'm really like it though.
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Sep 23, 2011 22:32
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titanium posted:I suppose that makes sense, guess I'll just have to crop more often. I ordered this on monday and got it today http://www.ebay.com/itm/330610959738?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_1611wt_1114 fits perfect and looks like the original at a much much cheaper price. Not sure if I'll use the hood, mostly bought it for the ring adapter and threw the cheap filter on it for now.
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Oct 1, 2011 19:10
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titanium posted:Yeah this seems to be the much better alternative. Used it all day yesterday and the only complaint I really have is how slow it is, it takes like 3 mins to get a portrait shot of an animal you cant keep still. I suppose I could have set to MF and just gotten in range but it's quite a change from my D90. Overall I loving love it though, the iso performance, the lens sharpness, and just being able to carry it around without having it being intrusive is fantastic. Aluminum, which I was actually surprised about. Looks like a real Fuji accessory.
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Oct 2, 2011 21:22
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So one of my dogs destroyed my 18-55 lens on my NEX 5N. Replacements seem fairly cheap on ebay, around $100 or so for a new one. Is this still the best general use lens for the NEX system? I've really had no problems with the lens and it's done everything I've wanted it to and takes great pictures. I haven't paid attention to the NEX system since I bought it and was just wondering if there's anything else I should look at for a general everyday usage type lens.
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Oct 9, 2013 15:09
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Huxley posted:The new bodies come with a 16-50mm as their kit lens instead. It's about half the depth of the 18-55 and looks like it runs around $180-200 on Amazon (used). It has some more motorized functions on the lens than the 18-55, so you might want to go by a store and fiddle with it on the display models, but people seem to like it pretty well for a kit. It's definitely shorter than the old kit. Oh awesome thanks!
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Oct 9, 2013 18:38
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Still rocking my NEX-5N. In fact I'm finally getting around to replacing my 18-50 that my dog ate months ago. Scored the 16-50 lens on ebay today for $130.
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Feb 12, 2014 18:45
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