Jeffery, Micro-FourThirds is the sensible direction for future FourThirds format cameras. It delivers on all the promises of FourThirds format. The E-M5 is a very fine camera, as are the Pens. (Panasonic's G1 was to me the best of the Panasonics. As it usually does, Panasonic puts a huge effort into their introductory camera and then they seem to peter out. However, their mFT lenses are pretty darn nice.) The Olympus EVF, however, and image stabilization is state of the art.
That said, Olympus is continuing to produce the E-5 (and it is a marvelous camera) and their state of the art lenses for it for their professional community, which is larger than most people think. For many professional purposes, the SLR is still the best choice in responsiveness and versatility. Another generation or two on the mFT and the moving mirror camera will be well superceded. The Sony RX100 is selling very well. However, it's not a "Rollei 35 killer" at all. It's a good performer, but without a view finder and without simple to see and set, discrete controls it just does nothing to make me want to trade it for my Rollei 35S. The Leica X2, on the other hand, is the closest thing I've seen to a Rollei 35S in a digital camera: I'm loving it. G On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not to stray OT, but 43 seems extinct (with the future apparently entirely > m43 for Olympus). I have an m43 Panasonic, and don't like it even with the > optional EVF. The new Sony 20mp no-VF Rollei-35 killer isn't catching the > world by storm. Who are the enthusiasts who love a high-end camera the size > of a pack of Camels? Is the dSLR market driven entirely by Facebook posters? > Won't their iPhone cameras suffice? > > Not to vent here, but I'm thinking that I'd better pick up an Olympus E-5 > simply because I'm already invested in fourthirds. And it makes me appreciate > more that Pentax will continue to make cameras that can be held with 6-8 > fingers rather than just 4. > > Jeffery > > Sent from my iPad > > Jeffery L. Smith > New Orleans, Louisiana > USA > > On Aug 14, 2012, at 20:39, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:17 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>> >>> From: Bruce Walker >>> >>>> http://www.minimallyminimal.com/2012/8/12/pentax-si.html >>> >>> >>> Still no eye-level viewfinder. Not for the bi-focal impaired, shaky hands >>> generation. >> >> I love the description that Kirk Tuck uses for the way you have to use >> rear-screen-only cameras: the dirty diaper hold. >> >> It's entirely possible that cameras that the far-sighted, shaky-hands >> set can use might effectively disappear. Look what's happened with >> phones: there isn't one on the market that I can use without glasses. >> They are all designed by people with excellent vision, so they don't >> give a flying fuck whether far-sighted folks can use them. I've >> learned to use my SLR pretty much by feel, and the viewfinder with >> diopter adjustment makes that possible. I don't use my iPod or cell >> phone unless I absolutely have to; I've learned to detest cellphones. >> >> The trending seems to be toward P&S's being folded into cell phones >> and mirrorless designs replacing everything else. SLRs would gravitate >> upward into the rarified, ultra-pricey Pro market along with medium >> format digital back types of kit. Probably talking $3000 bodies and up >> only. >> >> Where would that leave us? Screwed. Maybe EVFs with diopters will save >> the day. Remains to be seen. >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
