mortyb wrote:
If ~35mm is a FL you prefer, I'm sure results will be fine. I'm not familiar with that lens.
The Nex-5n with the touch screen is brilliant for MF lenses. Push anywhere on the lcd to magnify, focus, press shutter button to get back, exp.comp. simple with your right thumb. Everything is quick and easy - results are brilliant. I disliked the Nex in the beginning, but I've warmed to it. I understand what you're saying, but it really is a nice platform for alts.
I would likely use the distance scale and use the screen only for composition... I can't imagine touching a screen while taking a photo. But then I have an aversion to anything touch-screen. Damn, i am such an old man. Sorry!
Manual focus with MFT is okay, but not great, so I am not sure if this would be a good setup for you. I really enjoy my E-PL3, just a really sweet camera, but if you want to try one, I would strongly recommend getting at least one nice native lens, perhaps the 20/1.7 or one of the 17s, and to use alt glass for longer focal lengths.
If someone made a $500 APS-C metal camera with a shutter dial, ISO dial, aperture dial, and EC dial. They would make a lot of money even with just a C3 sensor.
Perhaps the Ricoh GXR with M module is the closest thing we have to that.
I disliked NEX-C3 body when I tried it because of the way it handles, but NEX-5N is better (not excellent but definitely better). The controls seem very basic at first but once configured to your choice, can work pretty well. The touch to magnify support is great for manual focusing.
Another one to look into is NX200. It is a much better body to hold than the NEX-5N and has better controls more like the canon with rear and top wheel. You can probably find one in $300 range. The downside is that it isn't suitable for rangefinder lenses due to longer register distance, but obviously you are not using rangefinder lenses on your 5D.
Paul, I don't think you'll like it - because its not a 5d.
Seriously, I've read enough of your posts over the years.
Having said that, I do think that m4/3 is very capable, even with MF glass (despite what many say). The new m4/3 lenses are so good though (and so small) that sadly I don't use my MF glass as often any more.
For MF glass the 1.5X crop of the NEX (plus focus peaking) makes the Sony better overall better for MF glass in my view.
Still, m4/3 is stll very good with MF glass - I took this today with the Zeiss C/Y 85 2.8 wide open on the OM-D. Sorry for posting the large size, but those who claim that old MF glass isn't very good wide open on m4/3 are full of shi#......
Paul, the E-330 was 4/3s, not micro. Are you sure you've got m4/3s adapters?
I used to own the E-P1 and 2, and I'm thinking if you go with either one of them, this will be a very short-lived experiment. Neither of those cameras offer a significant enough advantage size and weight-wise over the 5D to make carrying them around (with a couple of FF lenses) worth giving up what you're accustom to on the 5D, in both IQ and the way in which you use the camera.
