On the downside, you have to deal with that funky Minolta flash mount.
On 9/11/2013 7:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
I will say that a while back the one brand that had my attention was
Sony. Pentax made a huge leap when they adopted Sony Exmor sensors,
and Sony gives itself an edge in the sensor department. They also had
fairly reasonably priced full frame options and the internal shake
reduction that I appreciate in the Pentax DSLRs. I also like that they
will accept Minolta Maxxum mount lenses, which gives a budget option
there. I just didn't care for their Pellicle Mirror designs (which
they apparently have now abandoned). Too much of a cost in light loss,
in my opinion.
But if you asked me the brand that appears most likely to be my 2nd
choice, should it ever come to that, I would say Sony. Their NEX
cameras are pretty clearly the best mirrorless option out there,
IQ-wise, but I'm not a big fan of composing on the LCD and have yet to
actually try an electronic viewfinder.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
Like the OP, I want a real viewfinder and I probably don't want a
smaller sensor (mostly because I like wide and the smaller the sensor
the harder it is to "go wide" with the focal length crop factor.)
One issue for me is that I really do like a tilting screen for macro
photography, I find it helps a lot.
If LENSES are important, but you don't want HEAVY (two of the original
poster's prerequisites) then I don't think you can do better than
Pentax. They have nice light zooms and small light primes (Limiteds).
The K-5 body is not overly large or heavy. Honestly, if the K-5 body
is too heavy for you then I would hold off buying a camera and doing a
little weight training. The K-5 body is 670 grams (with battery). You
only save 34 grams by going to the entry level K-500. By contrast, the
original Spotmatic in 1960 weighed 621 grams. As was mentioned, you
can get a K-5 body for under your $600 figure, probably with a kit
lens even.
Still, if you're assembling a travel kit, shaving 20-30% in total
bulk/weight can be significant. And aside from the Bigma, there aren't
any current long zooms (compared with two 300mm -- 600mm/e -- in m4/3).
This isn't an argument against Pentax, mind, I'm still flipping back and
forth in my own mind whether the better lens variety and sensor quality
with Pentax is more worthwhile.
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