Marnie, I switched to the Olympus OMD and EPL-2 several years ago. I have been extremely happy with the quality and size advantage vs standard DSLR's. Now I have the hots for the new Panasonic GX-7 that is coming out the end of this month. I more than likely will get just a body as it also is M4/3 and all my lenses will fit :-) These all have viewfinders, but I have to admit they aren't fully equivalent to a good DSLR. Some early reviews of the GX-7 indicate its viewfinder is essentially as good as a conventional DSLR variety. We will see I guess. The M4/3 system of lenses, when you factor in the available offerings from Oly and Panasonic make for a very good variety to choose from. I have the 9~18 (18~35 equivalent), the 14~42, 40~150, and 75~300 zooms which give me 18~600 equivalent. I also have several primes including a full frame Fish Eye. All of this fits in one bag that is much smaller than what I used to carry when I had the Pentax K10 and K20. Worth looking into for sure.
Walt On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:15 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Second party? Third party? Not sure what to call it. > > I am just about to sell my Canon camera, and only have one lens left too. > Mainly due to a financial crunch and needing the money. (Boy, it will be > ODD not to have a camera. Had one or two since 2001.) > > I expect my financial situation to ease next month. So I thought, okay, > time to switch systems again. > > I really liked the Canon lenses I ended up with: good color, sharpness, > and focal lengths. I had one L glass. > > BUT.. the Canon system is a wide-mouthed mount, and the lenses tend to be > heavy. Being female, as I get older I am losing upper body strength, and I > just want something lighter. > > I COULD switch back to Pentax. But not the K-5, I like spending $400 or so > on a camera, $600 max. > > Truthfully the camera body doesn't matter that much to me, they all do > similar things now. Good resolution, ability to shoot video, and some > low-light capability is good enough for me. Once I learn a body, I pretty > much > forget about it when I shoot anyway. > > I am much more interested in LENSES. Especially zooms, I haven't had any > primes for a long time now. I will probably start with two lenses (what I > usually do), and then work up from there. > > I've considered mirror-less, but I really need a viewfinder. I've also > considered micro 3/4. I am OPEN. > > A great many of you now have second or third party camera systems now. > Like the Sony NEX. > > 1. If you have a second (or third party) system what has been your > experience with it? What do you like about it? Dislike about it? > > 2. What lenses (zooms in particular) do you like/dislike? > > 3. If you are a die-hard Pentax fan, and feel compelled to recommend > Pentax to me, ;-), which of the smaller bodies would you suggest? > Likes/dislikes? > > 4. What zooms would you recommend? > > I tried to be brief so you won't have too much to read, but it's hard. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) I When I thought about making a decision, I though, > heck, ask on PDML and get some experienced input. Then I can find a store, go > in and hold some cameras, and go from there. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
