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- Atkinson0
Having been through a load of cameras recently:
EPL1 + Panasonic pancake lens is great, image quality is fantastic. Set up costs about £600-700.
I had a Canon s90 which overall is the best camera I owned, I sold that to get the EPL1 and in the end found the EPL1 a little too big. I like travelling light, so the canon is very slim and pocketable. The Olympus is around your neck smacking your kid in the head everytime you bend to pick them up.
So I sold the EPL1 and now have the Canon s95 which is great. May get a 4/3 camera again at some point, just hate carrying so much 'money' around with me all the time.Canon S95
EPL1 + Pancake
For film Olympus MJU2 / MJU
LCA if you like fucking about a bit.But, just take some pictures. Film is nice when scanned for the same reason printmaking is nice - the unexpected.
Digital is nice because you can take a million shots and find the good one!- panasonic, wtf you're talkin aboutshoto_can
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- Atkinson0
having said all that, I just went and tried the Canon D550. Might be my next camera!
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I think this is a good choice and not too expensive
- congratulations on filtering the noise and making a choice! not a bad camera - i'm sure you'll enjoy it.bigtrick
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- ItTango0
Check out the Pentax K-x - excellent entry/prosumer dslr.
SnapSort will allow you to quickly compare your camera selections. Here's how the K-x stacks up against the Canon 1000D.
http://snapsort.com/compare/Cano…And here's the dp review conclusion, as well.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/…
Good luck!
- Hombre_Lobo_20
@Atkinson
You sold your E-PL1? No way! I cam totally see you point though. Despite the image quality the micro four third cameras are for pockets and no where near as compact as the lx3/5 and s90/95. Enjoy your quality little cam!
- Hombre_Lobo_20
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Yeh man the 20mm pancake f1.7 is such a sharp lens. I have it on my gf1 all the time.
Also the panasonic kit lens 14-45mm is outstanding for a kit lens. Very very sharp too. I'm getting it soon I think.
But you can't beat the high iso and DR of good DSLR's.
I'm intrigued by the next Olympus pen. The current pens are good, but the next one is looking like the perfect cam.
Also check out the GH2 (released December) focus speed. It's like .1 of a second which for a non DSLR is fast!
- the pancake lens gets raves, the faster AF is tempting me, but I have a "no more gear" rule now....vaxorcist
- vaxorcist0
One factor to consider.... do you have friends, especially rich ones, who have mostly Canon or Nikon DSLRs? I often borrow some $2k lenses from a couple of my friends, beats having all that $$ tied up in something I don't use all the time...
- 70-200 F2.8 image stabilized lenses are quite a godsend inside in the dark....vaxorcist
- Atkinson0
@Hombre_Lobo_2 yeah, actually I just sent it back. It's a great camera and the pany lens is ace. I'm thinking about the canon 550d at the mo. I don't really see a difference in carrying that around tahn the epl1, it's cheaper and in most areas better, I think.
Still have the s95 though!
- jaylarson0
How is the dof on 4/3 cameras? Does the sensor size limit shallow dof?
- Atkinson0
the dof with the 20mm pany was v shallow, but I guess this could be deepened with aperture?
- jaylarson0
hmmm, this is better than expected
- Atkinson0
yeah, it's decent. I'm tempted to try it again, but more tempted by the 550d I think.\
Anyone here have one / used one...?
- souljar0010
i recently bought a Canon 550d its my first DSLR so maybe not the best to review it but i can't fault it in any way so far.
My other camera is a lx3. Its a new level compared to that.
- Atkinson0
what about the Ricoh GRD3
