02-28-2015, 05:01 PM
I'm definitely part of the mirrorless gang, for size.
I'd consider Olympus, Fuji or Sony.
Having had SLR & DSLR, I haven't looked back since they arrived. For my type of photography -a rather modest approach while I realised I wouldn't make money from it and stopped buying L lenses- I have definitely enjoyed a massive reduction of gear volume and increase of versatility. Therefore, it excludes de facto Canon, Nikon & Pentax.
I'm now MFT but right now, I feel the system benefits more from Olympus products than panasonic (this is entierly personal and subject to hot debates, surely). I just stopped believing in OIS since the E-M5 IBIS and generally don't like the bodies Panasonic has been releasing over the last years (either too big or weird). Oly lenses have been very sexy lately.
That being said, I think that MFT has to readjust quickly to its ever aggressive competitors : Fuji & Sony. I believe, and that's my personal interest, they have to compete on DOF equivalence in the prime lenses territory.
Fuji & Sony are in the F/1.4-F/2.0 territory equiv (F1.4 for fuji equiv to F/2.0 FF), not counting third party lenses.
Pana are at best at f/2.4 (again, not counting Voigtlander, manual focus isn't exactly mainstream), Olympus is lagging behind at f/3.6.
That's the challenge to stay in that trio for me. Olympus does that, I'll stay, I love their bodies & millions of options in their cranky menus. I really do.
:-)
I'd consider Olympus, Fuji or Sony.
Having had SLR & DSLR, I haven't looked back since they arrived. For my type of photography -a rather modest approach while I realised I wouldn't make money from it and stopped buying L lenses- I have definitely enjoyed a massive reduction of gear volume and increase of versatility. Therefore, it excludes de facto Canon, Nikon & Pentax.
I'm now MFT but right now, I feel the system benefits more from Olympus products than panasonic (this is entierly personal and subject to hot debates, surely). I just stopped believing in OIS since the E-M5 IBIS and generally don't like the bodies Panasonic has been releasing over the last years (either too big or weird). Oly lenses have been very sexy lately.
That being said, I think that MFT has to readjust quickly to its ever aggressive competitors : Fuji & Sony. I believe, and that's my personal interest, they have to compete on DOF equivalence in the prime lenses territory.
Fuji & Sony are in the F/1.4-F/2.0 territory equiv (F1.4 for fuji equiv to F/2.0 FF), not counting third party lenses.
Pana are at best at f/2.4 (again, not counting Voigtlander, manual focus isn't exactly mainstream), Olympus is lagging behind at f/3.6.
That's the challenge to stay in that trio for me. Olympus does that, I'll stay, I love their bodies & millions of options in their cranky menus. I really do.
:-)
Quote:Hello fellow Photozoners,
Many of us have of had a Nikon or Canon (D)slr camera, a few have (had) another brand camera. But the two largest companies are (still) Nikon and Canon when it comes to Dslr camera's.
But I thought, let us assume you would start afresh and don't have a camera or lenses anymore. Then what would you do? Would you buy a Dslr and the same brand again or would you go for another system or brand? Like would you consider Sony, Samsung NX1 or whatever other camera there is and why? I ask this, because the other brands and other camerasystems have gotten so good, that there is plenty to choose from instead of the obvious choices.
Hope to hear from you.
Kind regards,
Reinier