06-01-2012, 02:51 AM
I am starting to think about a mirrorless camera. The main reason is that I need an equipment that is convenient to take for various travels. For your information, I am currently a D700 user. I am fully satisfied with D700 in every apsects except it is not always easy to carry for a trip. I am new to the mirrorless, so I am somewhat lost when I start investigating the big world of mirrorless cameras. So I need your advices.
Although I should not expect a mirrorless to produce images with quality matching D700 (unless I can pay a lot of money), I hope that I can find one that is not too far from D700 or a general DSLR in image quality, high iso performance, and DR. Of course, with a price that I can afford. This means, Leica M and Fuji X-pro 1 are excluded (indeed I also feel that the AF/MF of X-pro1 will be somewhat frustrating for me).
The Nikon mirrorless are also excluded, I cannot accept a too small sensor. For me, the starting point for sensor size would be the 4/3 system (about 13x17mm).
Sony has nice mirrorless cameras, with APS-C size senors and affordable prices, for example the NEX-5N. However, as a Nikon user I feel a little bit strange to buy a non-Nikon APS-C camera since it implies that I need to build up a new system of APS-C or even FX size lenses (APS-C size prime lenses are rare). (To be honest, I also don't like the shape of Sony mirrorless cameras, whick looks too "modern"--of course this is irrelevant to image quality, just personal preference.) (Please tell me if you think I should not have this kind of concerns.)
The Olympus E-M5 is cool, it gets a very high score at dpreview review. But it is also somewhat out of budget for me. For serious photography, I would always consider to use my D700.
Then, the next good one seems to be the Panasonic Lumix GX1. The evaluation at dpreview is good. The price is marginally afordable for me. However, according to the dpreview review, the kit lens lumix 14-42mm produces blur images at long fucus end. A nice feature of 4/3 cameras is that all 4/3 lenses are exchangeable, but I don't know how the olympus kit lens will behave on panasonic, e.g. the AF. On the other hand, I may consider to buy the camera with a few prime lenses.
So, I am still lost. I would like to hear your opinions. All opinions, advices, and recomendations will be highly welcome.
Best regards,
Frank
Although I should not expect a mirrorless to produce images with quality matching D700 (unless I can pay a lot of money), I hope that I can find one that is not too far from D700 or a general DSLR in image quality, high iso performance, and DR. Of course, with a price that I can afford. This means, Leica M and Fuji X-pro 1 are excluded (indeed I also feel that the AF/MF of X-pro1 will be somewhat frustrating for me).
The Nikon mirrorless are also excluded, I cannot accept a too small sensor. For me, the starting point for sensor size would be the 4/3 system (about 13x17mm).
Sony has nice mirrorless cameras, with APS-C size senors and affordable prices, for example the NEX-5N. However, as a Nikon user I feel a little bit strange to buy a non-Nikon APS-C camera since it implies that I need to build up a new system of APS-C or even FX size lenses (APS-C size prime lenses are rare). (To be honest, I also don't like the shape of Sony mirrorless cameras, whick looks too "modern"--of course this is irrelevant to image quality, just personal preference.) (Please tell me if you think I should not have this kind of concerns.)
The Olympus E-M5 is cool, it gets a very high score at dpreview review. But it is also somewhat out of budget for me. For serious photography, I would always consider to use my D700.
Then, the next good one seems to be the Panasonic Lumix GX1. The evaluation at dpreview is good. The price is marginally afordable for me. However, according to the dpreview review, the kit lens lumix 14-42mm produces blur images at long fucus end. A nice feature of 4/3 cameras is that all 4/3 lenses are exchangeable, but I don't know how the olympus kit lens will behave on panasonic, e.g. the AF. On the other hand, I may consider to buy the camera with a few prime lenses.
So, I am still lost. I would like to hear your opinions. All opinions, advices, and recomendations will be highly welcome.
Best regards,
Frank