08-20-2010, 10:46 PM
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I agree with the "feel" in your hands. I also need quite big buttons because of arthritis in my hands. So I have to get the Nikons in my hands. Fortunately, I live quite centrally for that and I can find retailers both in Blois and in Orleans.
My family and friends think I am nuts for spending all this money on anything but a compact. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Unfortunately, I will have to join some user group to find likeminded people again.
I can find anything in Paris and France is blessed with some very good on line retailers.
Out of curiosity, I would like to know if anyone has tried or worked with the Sigma SD15. Do you know of anyone?
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I seriously think you need to try both. With the Canon, you can virtually operate all with the wheels and dials, keeping the eye to the camera VF, with Nikon it is a lot more button presses and likely more taking the eye of the VF to find them, although that may also be because I am not as familiar with Nikon as I am with Canon. Some people prefer the one system, some the other. Also, Canon cameras like the 5D II and 7D or 50D are wide and of average height, while the Nikons are relatively narrow and high. Again, you may prefer the one over the other because one will fit your hands better than the other. Personally, I'd like a camera with the capabilities of the 5D II in a body the size of a Pentax MX or LX, but I am afraid I am not going to get that anytime soon <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
I would avoid the Sigma. Although the concept of a Foveon sensor is great, my feeling is that not enough money has been spent in R&D over the last years to make it a competitor of any of the more common cameras, and it won't be easy to get lenses for it either. Also, it is rather old fashioned when it comes to user interface.
If you do want to consider anything else, and don't mind doing a fair amount manually, do try a Leica M9, unless you really need telelenses longer than 135 mm.
Kind regards, Wim
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' /> I agree with the "feel" in your hands. I also need quite big buttons because of arthritis in my hands. So I have to get the Nikons in my hands. Fortunately, I live quite centrally for that and I can find retailers both in Blois and in Orleans.
My family and friends think I am nuts for spending all this money on anything but a compact. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Unfortunately, I will have to join some user group to find likeminded people again.I can find anything in Paris and France is blessed with some very good on line retailers.
Out of curiosity, I would like to know if anyone has tried or worked with the Sigma SD15. Do you know of anyone?
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I seriously think you need to try both. With the Canon, you can virtually operate all with the wheels and dials, keeping the eye to the camera VF, with Nikon it is a lot more button presses and likely more taking the eye of the VF to find them, although that may also be because I am not as familiar with Nikon as I am with Canon. Some people prefer the one system, some the other. Also, Canon cameras like the 5D II and 7D or 50D are wide and of average height, while the Nikons are relatively narrow and high. Again, you may prefer the one over the other because one will fit your hands better than the other. Personally, I'd like a camera with the capabilities of the 5D II in a body the size of a Pentax MX or LX, but I am afraid I am not going to get that anytime soon <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.I would avoid the Sigma. Although the concept of a Foveon sensor is great, my feeling is that not enough money has been spent in R&D over the last years to make it a competitor of any of the more common cameras, and it won't be easy to get lenses for it either. Also, it is rather old fashioned when it comes to user interface.
If you do want to consider anything else, and don't mind doing a fair amount manually, do try a Leica M9, unless you really need telelenses longer than 135 mm.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
