I have both a Q and and E-PM1. No question that the noise is better with the larger sensor, especially at higher iso. OTOH, the Q does remarkably well for a 1/2.3 sensor, and I enjoyed using the Q very much while street shooting in Philly.
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you, Steve, Bruce and Darren for the recommendations! > I passed these suggestions to my friend. He is thinking now. > > I suspect that the major advantage of 4/3 system > compared to Pentax-Q is a larger variety of lenses available. > However, I didn't do a thorough comparison, - so I might be wrong here. > > Igor > > >> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:55:47 -0400 (EDT) >> From: Igor Roshchin >> Subject: OT - can you recommend a good digital "rangefinder"? >> >> >> >> Hi All: >> >> A very good friend of mine asked for an [urgent] advice on photo >> cameras. A portion of that includes a recommendation for >> non-SLR (aka mirrorless) digital cameras with changeable lenses for >> an enthusiast at early stages. >> >> The camera is to be small (mobile, take-anywhere), easy to use in both >> automatic and semi-automatic/manual modes, able to handle reasonably >> low light, and not to have long shutter lag. Most frequent use: >> shooting while travelling (landscapes, urban views), >> shooting people/friends non-very-intrusively. >> >> It would be a step-up alternative to something like Lumix LX-7 or >> Samsung ex2f that allows interchangeable lenses (for growing needs). >> >> >> The question is not about fancy Leica cameras or X100, or rather, >> it is about mid-level cameras (with a budget of within $1K or less for >> the body and one-two lenses). >> >> I haven't been following this segment of the market as closely. >> I think that some of the Panasonic/Olympus/..? micro-4/3 cameras fall >> into this category, Nikon 1, etc. >> I am not sure if K-01 or Q10 would be reasonable here, - they seem to >> me too much of a "specialty", and not as "mainstream" cameras... >> >> I'd appreciate if you can mention a few models that you'd recommend. >> If you can point out the strong points of the model, - that would >> also be great. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> Igor >> > > -- > 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
