On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:46:15AM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Jim King <[email protected]> wrote: > > William Robb wrote Sat, 14 May 2011 16:09:03 -0700 > > > >>> On 14/05/2011 5:04 PM, Jim King wrote: > >>> > >>> http://www.dpreview.com/news/1105/11051210panasonicdmcg3.asp > >>> If only this camera had an APS-C sensor and a K-mount... > >>> > >> You can get an adapter, and it's a 2x crop (not that I like the term all > >> that much) > > > > That's the lesser half of my concern - what I want is a larger APS-C sensor > > in a body with the same feature set as the G3. > > > > Regards, Jim > > > > The Samsung NX's are pretty similar in feature set and have the K20D > sensor. The Sony NEX's lack the EVF but have a much better sensor than > any of the other mirrorless cameras. There should be a NEX with an EVF > announced in late july (higher-end body), possibly with the K-5 > sensor, possibly with a new higher-resolution sensor expected to also > show up in the Sony A77 and Nikon D400.
A friend of mine is in the market for a new camera. He was looking at the Nikon 7000, but I suggested he at least take a lok at the alternatives (He's not really tied in to any system; his current camera is a fairly old EOS digital Rebel with the kit lens, and he's not that fond of it). He tried the NEX, and said it's basically unusable; if you have review turned on, the camera goes unresponsive for more than a second after taking a shot. If his report is correct, it looks like a classic case of poor design, and getting multi-tasking priorities reversed; taking the next shot shouldn't have to wait until the review image of the previous shot is ready! In fact this was the person who told me about the G3; he saw it being advertised (after he'd tried the NEX), and asked my advice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
