Judderman62
Veteran
- Location
- Greater Manchester, UK
- Name
- Mike
Evening all .. ages no post from me.
I'm getting older, more decrepit and knackered and am kicking around the idea of downsizing from my DLR kit to something lighter ... preferable a lot lighter.
However I really would prefer to not drop sensor size from ASP-C.
I have played with one or two, considered one or two and am really no nearer having any idea, if I do decide to go for it, what to go for.
Main criteria would be
ASP-C sensor
decent auto focus esp in low light
good high iso performance
light weight
desirable would be
decent amount of buttons n wheels rather than having to go into menus
function buttons
built in HDR
decent dynamic range performance.
short shutter lag
cheap - think the EOS-M can be got for around £ 250 or a little less
would potentially like a lens in the range that goes wider than 18 mm - something roughly around 10-20 mm ish would be good.
As a bit more back info for type of photography I do and would want this for most (may still keep some of my DSLR's for other types of photography) , I do a lot of Urban Dereliction and similar. So lighting could be anything from reasonable through to almost (and occasionally literally) pitch black. Shutter speeds could go to as low as 30 seconds - so also reasonable write time would be nice. Camera would mostly be used on a tripod with self timer / remote release.
So some of the cameras I've considered / handled and thoughts include:
Canon EOS-M - light, well built, lenses meant to be well made / good handling, built in HDR , I'm a canon man at heart. On the downside comments still seem mixed from firmware update has made focus speed really quite good - through to focus speed is still crap and focus inaccurate.
Sony A5000 - Played around with one in Currys tonight and the autofocus was appallingly bad - joint worst (or worst) I have experienced - the other was one of the Olympus EP jobbies. Handling felt a bit meh.
Samsung N300 - quite a bit I liked about this. Display was really very, very small for my eyesight - even with my glasses on. Autofocus was lightning quick. Not read / watched enough reviews yet to have a good picture.
So would really appreciate thoughts and are there others I have not considered ? what do people think about the EOS-M - it ticks a few boxes, the flash looks a decent size.
Thanksvery much in advance
Mike
I'm getting older, more decrepit and knackered and am kicking around the idea of downsizing from my DLR kit to something lighter ... preferable a lot lighter.
However I really would prefer to not drop sensor size from ASP-C.
I have played with one or two, considered one or two and am really no nearer having any idea, if I do decide to go for it, what to go for.
Main criteria would be
ASP-C sensor
decent auto focus esp in low light
good high iso performance
light weight
desirable would be
decent amount of buttons n wheels rather than having to go into menus
function buttons
built in HDR
decent dynamic range performance.
short shutter lag
cheap - think the EOS-M can be got for around £ 250 or a little less
would potentially like a lens in the range that goes wider than 18 mm - something roughly around 10-20 mm ish would be good.
As a bit more back info for type of photography I do and would want this for most (may still keep some of my DSLR's for other types of photography) , I do a lot of Urban Dereliction and similar. So lighting could be anything from reasonable through to almost (and occasionally literally) pitch black. Shutter speeds could go to as low as 30 seconds - so also reasonable write time would be nice. Camera would mostly be used on a tripod with self timer / remote release.
So some of the cameras I've considered / handled and thoughts include:
Canon EOS-M - light, well built, lenses meant to be well made / good handling, built in HDR , I'm a canon man at heart. On the downside comments still seem mixed from firmware update has made focus speed really quite good - through to focus speed is still crap and focus inaccurate.
Sony A5000 - Played around with one in Currys tonight and the autofocus was appallingly bad - joint worst (or worst) I have experienced - the other was one of the Olympus EP jobbies. Handling felt a bit meh.
Samsung N300 - quite a bit I liked about this. Display was really very, very small for my eyesight - even with my glasses on. Autofocus was lightning quick. Not read / watched enough reviews yet to have a good picture.
So would really appreciate thoughts and are there others I have not considered ? what do people think about the EOS-M - it ticks a few boxes, the flash looks a decent size.
Thanksvery much in advance
Mike