Yeats
All-Pro
- Location
- New Jersey, USA
- Name
- Chris
Shame there isn't one.
Then, if I were you, I'd wait for Sony's replacements to its line of DSLR-class SLT cameras. They'll likely lose the pellicle mirror to become truly mirrorless and feature on-chip, phase-detection autofocus. If these cameras aren't announced this year, they likely will be early next year. The future is almost here. And it's mirrorless with big sensors: APS-C and even full-frame.
Steve, would I sound petulant if I said that I want it to be Pentax? Slap an EVF on the K-01...
FF would be really cool, but it would most likely be out of my price range.
john i think OP issue with m43 is not quality, its what it does to the FL of his legacy glass, the use of which on mirrorless seems to be his primary goal. having produced some great images on m43 myself for years, i can attest that shooting mf glass closer to their original FL was the major factor in my moving to apsc with the gxr. i was lucky in that i shoot mostly rf glass, so i could get apsc out of a cam equal in size and weight to my old ep2.
Although if you don't mind IS in the lens, the Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm is a superb pair. Just a beautiful combo.
the K-30 isn't that much bigger than the K-01. SUre it has a mirror, but we all know you can't have everything.
chris i totally understand the desire for IS, it was always at the top of my list as i mostly shoot mf glass. this is especially understandable if your glass is of the heavier slr (pentax?) variety, vs smaller rf glass.
but i'll tell ya' my experience is that you will gain at least a stop, maybe more, shooting with an evf (vs lcd), so that the cam is properly braced against your head. additionally, the fuji line, and the sony line, both shoot high iso fabulously. IBIS becomes less necessary when one can easily shoot at 3200.
i think this combo of factors might lead you to the xpro/xe1 or nex 5/6/7 with very good results.
Yes. I like what Sony's doing in that direction with this new 3000 camera at an INCREDIBLY low price point. This is one of the thing mirrorless SHOULD have been doing all along: vastly reducing the price to get involved in photography. I think mirrorless has shot itself in the foot to a great extent charging DSLR prices for a camera with fewer parts that is easier to build. Sony is moving things in the right direction.
I'm not sure I WANT the whole APS-C thing though. Then I'm back to lenses that are bigger and heavier. I WANT micro four thirds for small and light for packing in with my urbex incursions. I hate trying to sneak into an old building complex pre-dawn on rickety floors with a 25 pound pack of cameras, lenses, and tripod. The weight is 1/2 or less with micro four thirds.
So I'll stick with smaller sensors. I'm getting prints that amaze people out of 16mp micro four thirds cameras -- I was hanging last night and the board for this concert venue was amazed at the 24x36 inch prints and that they came from small sensor cameras.
Big sensors just aren't necessary for MOST work, even much critical work.
john i think OP issue with m43 is not quality, its what it does to the FL of his legacy glass, the use of which on mirrorless seems to be his primary goal. having produced some great images on m43 myself for years, i can attest that shooting mf glass closer to their original FL was the major factor in my moving to apsc with the gxr. i was lucky in that i shoot mostly rf glass, so i could get apsc out of a cam equal in size and weight to my old ep2.
but the reality is the sony line and the fuji xe1 are very small and light cams. the fuji also has a couple of pretty darn small AF lenses as well. i dont think your giving much up with the xe1, except variety of tiny AF glass.
K-02 with EVF port and FF would rule the roost.
Those are very good points. In my case for the most part I've left legacy glass behind and "gone native", lol. You're right in that I was certainly not addressing the OP's point though -- just expressing my own feelings about direction.
If the companies would price this stuff right, there's room for a thriving APS-C and smaller sensor community and a wave of new sales -- I just think they've priced them too high to really attract people to this. (And again I'm not addressing the original point, lol -- guess I have an axe to grind about current mirrorless sales problems and my perceptions of why they struggle...)
K-02 with EVF port and FF would rule the roost.