[quote name='Yakim' timestamp='1313764204' post='10836']
Not only that but it prevents you from having any kind of stabilization. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Why? You just need to attach a stabilized A-mount lens (Sigma makes a few of those).
I can think of reasons to choose a PEN over a NEX, but IS shouldn't be one of them. Whatever you gain in IS you loose in ISO, and except for mostly-theoretical situations, clean high-ISO is the more useful option. Preventing blur using clean high-ISO is more beneficial than using a lesser sensor coupled with IS. The reason is that high-ISO also helps freezing subject motion blur, while IS only helps against hand-shake. The only cameras that offer both are from Sony (not the NEX though) and Pentax.
Not only that but it prevents you from having any kind of stabilization. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Quote:this is another reason for me to go with the E-P3 rather than NEX 7.
I can think of reasons to choose a PEN over a NEX, but IS shouldn't be one of them. Whatever you gain in IS you loose in ISO, and except for mostly-theoretical situations, clean high-ISO is the more useful option. Preventing blur using clean high-ISO is more beneficial than using a lesser sensor coupled with IS. The reason is that high-ISO also helps freezing subject motion blur, while IS only helps against hand-shake. The only cameras that offer both are from Sony (not the NEX though) and Pentax.