12-07-2010, 12:01 AM
[quote name='Adam Lucas' timestamp='1291658663' post='4791']
I have a dilemma.
I like both the pentax K5 with pentax 16-50 f2.8 and olympus E5 with olympus 12-60.
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Your very knowledgable views would be appreciated.
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Let me offer a different perspective... with DSLRs, it's all about which is the last one standing...
Olympus DSLRs belong to a dying system. Olympus has announced that they're not going to build any more lenses and instead they're focusing on the high-end P&S market with the microFourThirds cameras and lenses. Also Olympus is stuck with their crippled crop sensor format and overly expensive lenses. At the end of the day, you don't get the claimed benefits from their smaller sensor size. But the disadvantages (noise, cost, limitation of lenses, low resolution, weight, etc.) are very real to everyday shooting. Also, the only people who say that Olympus is a sharp system are only Olympus users... think about it.
Pentax on the other hand are still going along. There might even be a possibility of a FF sensor from them some time in the future because they've stepped in to the digital medium format market rather well. They have some interesting lenses but I haven't found many of them particularly interesting. Also they have issues relating to their AF (SDM) failing, etc. if you research a bit on the net:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pentax+sdm+reliability
So I recommend either Canon, Nikon, or even Sony. Good Canon lens and sensor combinations give the best sharpness that you'll experience:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genotypewriter/5080867269/
Nikon produces the most colour-wise and noise-wise pleasing images out of the cameras. Sony is similar to Nikon except in terms of noise.
Just my thoughts based on [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/genotypewriter/"]my experiences with various cameras[/url].
GTW
I have a dilemma.
I like both the pentax K5 with pentax 16-50 f2.8 and olympus E5 with olympus 12-60.
...
Your very knowledgable views would be appreciated.
[/quote]
Let me offer a different perspective... with DSLRs, it's all about which is the last one standing...
Olympus DSLRs belong to a dying system. Olympus has announced that they're not going to build any more lenses and instead they're focusing on the high-end P&S market with the microFourThirds cameras and lenses. Also Olympus is stuck with their crippled crop sensor format and overly expensive lenses. At the end of the day, you don't get the claimed benefits from their smaller sensor size. But the disadvantages (noise, cost, limitation of lenses, low resolution, weight, etc.) are very real to everyday shooting. Also, the only people who say that Olympus is a sharp system are only Olympus users... think about it.
Pentax on the other hand are still going along. There might even be a possibility of a FF sensor from them some time in the future because they've stepped in to the digital medium format market rather well. They have some interesting lenses but I haven't found many of them particularly interesting. Also they have issues relating to their AF (SDM) failing, etc. if you research a bit on the net:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pentax+sdm+reliability
So I recommend either Canon, Nikon, or even Sony. Good Canon lens and sensor combinations give the best sharpness that you'll experience:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genotypewriter/5080867269/
Nikon produces the most colour-wise and noise-wise pleasing images out of the cameras. Sony is similar to Nikon except in terms of noise.
Just my thoughts based on [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/genotypewriter/"]my experiences with various cameras[/url].
GTW