02-22-2012, 06:47 PM
[quote name='thxbb12' timestamp='1329907739' post='16028']
Well, I'm currently in the same boat as you as I don't own any mirrorless camera. I'm looking hard into it, but what I'm looking for in this segment doesn't exist yet. Ideally I'd like to see a mirrorless camera with a large sensor (ideally fullframe) and a selection of small pancake lenses.
MFT is the most mature system, however I'm not thrilled by their sensor. I really want DOF control and for me APS-C is the limit. Other than that MFT is great.
To go back to your point, neither the 75-300 (Olympus) nor the 100-300 (Panasonic) are a match for the Samsung 80-400. An exact match would be a 40-300. I find 75 too long to boot.
Regarding the 12-50, for one it is shorter (equiv 100 versus 120mm) and second it's much slower. Combined with the small MFT sensor, it's a major downer for me. I don't care about weather sealing. I've a Pentax K5 that is weather sealed and honestly it doesn't matter at all for my type of shooting.
What I'd ideally like is an advanced small body with integrated EVF (>2MP) and sensor-based IS. It would have to have a similar feature-set as of the Pentax K5. Ideally, I'm looking for the following lenses:
Primes:
* 12mm pancake (it can be slow, doesn't matter as it would be a landscape lens)
* 20mm pancake (f/2.8 minimum)
* 30mm pancake (normal f/2 minimum)
* 55mm pancake if doable (f/2 minimum portrait lens)
* 100mm macro f/2.8
Zooms:
* 16-50 f/2.8
* 16-80 f/3.5-4.5 or 17-70 f/4 or 17-70 f/2.8-4
* 50-135 f/2.8
* 80-400 f/4-5.6
Such a wish doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
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Most of those lenses are on Samsung roadmap (20, 30,55, 16-50, 16-80, 50-135, 80-400)
I'm especially waiting for 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8, and a body with EVF and tiltable screen.
But I may not buy those big lenses, because I can use much more compact and light pancakes.
Look at this picture, which was released in 2010. Samsung stands behind this picture pretty close so far. There were a couple of small changes, but so far so good.
Well, I'm currently in the same boat as you as I don't own any mirrorless camera. I'm looking hard into it, but what I'm looking for in this segment doesn't exist yet. Ideally I'd like to see a mirrorless camera with a large sensor (ideally fullframe) and a selection of small pancake lenses.
MFT is the most mature system, however I'm not thrilled by their sensor. I really want DOF control and for me APS-C is the limit. Other than that MFT is great.
To go back to your point, neither the 75-300 (Olympus) nor the 100-300 (Panasonic) are a match for the Samsung 80-400. An exact match would be a 40-300. I find 75 too long to boot.
Regarding the 12-50, for one it is shorter (equiv 100 versus 120mm) and second it's much slower. Combined with the small MFT sensor, it's a major downer for me. I don't care about weather sealing. I've a Pentax K5 that is weather sealed and honestly it doesn't matter at all for my type of shooting.
What I'd ideally like is an advanced small body with integrated EVF (>2MP) and sensor-based IS. It would have to have a similar feature-set as of the Pentax K5. Ideally, I'm looking for the following lenses:
Primes:
* 12mm pancake (it can be slow, doesn't matter as it would be a landscape lens)
* 20mm pancake (f/2.8 minimum)
* 30mm pancake (normal f/2 minimum)
* 55mm pancake if doable (f/2 minimum portrait lens)
* 100mm macro f/2.8
Zooms:
* 16-50 f/2.8
* 16-80 f/3.5-4.5 or 17-70 f/4 or 17-70 f/2.8-4
* 50-135 f/2.8
* 80-400 f/4-5.6
Such a wish doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
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Most of those lenses are on Samsung roadmap (20, 30,55, 16-50, 16-80, 50-135, 80-400)
I'm especially waiting for 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8, and a body with EVF and tiltable screen.
But I may not buy those big lenses, because I can use much more compact and light pancakes.
Look at this picture, which was released in 2010. Samsung stands behind this picture pretty close so far. There were a couple of small changes, but so far so good.