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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Which small camera? (large sensor compact or mirrorless) | |
Hey everyone,
I just bought an RX100 II and while it's nice and small, I'm not really convinced by the lens, at least not for my uses, and the operation is a bit too clunky for me. I could give up a bit of compactness for something that would suit fulfills my wishes better.
What I care about:
- good landscape performance (good detail across the frame)
- good DR (shouldn't be a problem with any sensor > 1" I guess)
- decent handling (the RX100 is a bit painful to use)
Not so important:
- wide apertures
- fast AF (landscapes...)
Bonus:
- a good panorama sweep function. The function in the RX100 seems decent, but does generate some artifacts. My iPad Air does much better in fact.
Budget: to be determined, but I wasn't planning to spend much more than $600~700.
At this point I'm considering these alternatives:
Ricoh GR
Should offer best corner to corner sharpness of large sensor compacts from what I've heard. The rendering of the lens looks amazing to me, also for close-ups. From what I read, operation seems to be quite nice although I read some complaints about the AF (I never need quick AF though).
Panasonic GM1 with 12-32 pancake or perhaps 20/1.7 or 14/2.5.
Small enough for me. From what I read the operation seems to be quite nice and responsive. Great video quality too and having the option to change (small) lenses is nice too. I'm just not sure that there is any affordable m4/3 lens in the 28-35 mm equivalent range that comes close to the lens of the Ricoh GR. The Panny 14/2.5 looks pretty good but it has a fair bit of CA. Even though that might clean up well in PP, it still reduces sharpness.
I might settle for something slightly bigger and give up the semi-pocketability, but I guess I'll be limited to m4/3, or perhaps something like a Fuji X-A1 (although then I'd give up video quality again).
Any comments, recommendations, suggestions are appreciated.
Edited on Nov 20, 2014 at 09:23 PM · View previous versions
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