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camera advice 1111 Responses
Last post: 2 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: Apr 18, 11, 2:34 a.m.
- forcetwelve
best compact camera to travel with? thinking the canon g12. i have SLRs but they are hard to lug around in some places.
anything else?
- Apr 18, 11, 2:34 a.m. – Permalink
- Projectile
Having a g12 in yr pocket is still very uncomfortable... you'll end up having it in your bag most of the time anyway. If that's cool with you then definitely g12
- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 3:14 a.m. – Permalink
- forcetwelve
gf1 looks nice too!
- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 4:02 a.m. – Permalink
- Hombre_Lobo
HIIIIIIYYYAAA JIMBO!!! :D
- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 6:09 a.m. – Permalink
- Hombre_Lobo
forcetwelve,
like jimbo said, check the link he posted, and also read this thread -
http://www.qbn.com/topics/636491…12 pages of information on 'Micro Four Thirds' cameras, which are essentially DSLR quality in a smaller package.
But before any of that, you have to ask yourself the question do you want an all in one compact OR do you want a camera smaller than your DSLR with interchangeable lenses.
I have a GF1 and a few lenses, and i love it. but in bright light i do think it would be nice to have something like the g12 / s95 / lx5, because its much more lightweight, compact and of course, you don't need additional lenses.
However the Micro Four Thirds cameras will offer better high iso and sharper, more croppable pics. and naturally with a big sensor more flexibility in processing RAW later.
Be sure to look at the Sony Nex 3 and Nex 5 (the difference being the nex 5 has better video). The nex cameras have a bigger sensor than micro four thirds, as they use A-psc sensors. Sony sensors generally speaking are excellent, and the one used in the nex is indeed excellent. You will get better high iso out of the nex compared to micro four thirds, but with the nex cameras you have a smaller len selection and the sony kit lenses are a tiny bit softer than the micro four thirds ones - probably only noticeable when pixel peeping.
Also not the sensor sizes between micro four thirds and the Nex series - and consequently crop factor differences, which will result in different FOV with lenses of the same focal length. (you probably know all this crap, but its worth mentioning)
m43 sensor crop factor is 2x
nex apsc sensor crop factor is 1.6
- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 6:24 a.m. – Permalink
- Hombre_Lobo
the shortlist to look at would probably be -
Compacts -
(lx5 -- xz-1 -- s95)Olympus xz-1 (new and the best at the mo, f1.8@28mm-2.5@112mm lens!)
(review xz1 - http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/…)
s96
lx5
g12Micro four thirds-
GF1
E-p1
E-pl2 (or the older E-pl1)Nex 5
Nex 3- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 6:28 a.m. – Permalink
- Ambushstudio
Lumiz is cool... but again just take that bib baby with you , you will regret if not.
- Dog-earApr 18, 11, 6:52 a.m. – Permalink
