Re: Giving up 5D II for NEX? My experience in Japan
freaklikeme wrote:
...I read Carsten\'s point, in context of a thread titled \"Giving up 5D II for NEX?,\" to be that you need to consider the future of the system you\'re using before making a major change like switching from a full-frame to one of the mirrorless wonders for the sake of minor IQ improvements. Assuming that was his point, he\'s right. Unless you have a low investment in your current system, or have loads of free time and cash, making that kind of change is an expensive, time consuming process that is equal parts rewarding and frustrating, and not to be taken lightly, given what you\'d have to do to reverse the decision. So there should be more than just that motivation, because it\'s likely your chosen line will surpass the NEX in IQ on the next release. Augmenting your gear to include the NEX is an entirely different matter.
Definitely a good point. For now I\'m mostly using \"inexpensive\" lenses on my NEX (much cheaper than my Canon L glass) and I\'m finding it to be quite good actually.
The beauty of mirrorless systems is that if you using MF glass you don\'t have to buy into a \"system\", like you do with Canon or Nikon or Pentax. The Canon FD, Zuiko, Nikon and Zeiss glass that I\'m currently using on my NEX will conceivably work on any mirrorless body, with the proper adapter, so if Fuji releases a brilliant mirrorless FF camera (in my dreams ) then I don\'t have to sell all of my glass, its just the body that changes.
Using the NEX has been my first successful foray into MF glass. I\'ve tried it with my 5d, and even with the EE-S screen I just find it too hit or miss, plus stop down metering is for the birds.
With the NEX EVF with focus peaking and magnified view in addition to seeing the exposure live is a true game changer. Plus, I\'m able to use a huge cache of MF lenses that are impossible to use on my 5d due to mirror clearance issues.
I did some comparisons today between my NEX 5N and my 5D which some may find interesting....(these are not \"tests\" per se, but rather comparisons using both systems as I would \"in the wild\")....
5N with CZ flektogon 35 f/2.5 @ f/4....
5D with Sigma 50 1.4 @ f/4...
5N with 35 flek @ f/2.5....
5D with Sigmalux @ f/2.5...
5N with 35 flek @ f/2.5...
5D with Sigmalux @ f/2.5...
5N with 35 flek @ f/2.5...
5D with Sigmalux @ f/2.5...
5N with flek @ f/2.5...
5D with Sigmalux @ f/2.5...
5N with flek @ f/4...
5D with Sigmalux @ f/4.5....
5N crop...
5D crop...
5N with 24L @ f/2, ISO 500...
5D with 35L @ f/2, ISO 500...
5N crop...
5D crop...
Some thoughts:
- APS-C sensors have come a long way since the days of the 5d.
- For outdoor shooting the NEX is good enough for me unless I really want a true fast and wide lens.
- For indoor shooting or in low light I still prefer the 5D so far. I like to shoot jpeg (shoot me) and I still prefer the high ISO output of the 5D over the NEX; the NEX applies too much smearing of detail at high ISO for my taste, even with NR set at its lowest setting. Plus, the colors indoors seem better with the 5D to me so far. I love the outdoor colors of the NEX though and I prefer to shoot it in jpeg as the colors straight out of the camera are better than I can get in LR when processing a RAW file for some reason.
- For focusing MF glass I much prefer the NEX. Manual focusing with the NEX is a breeze and I get more keepers with MF on the NEX than I do using AF with my 5D or my 550D (for stationary subects).
- I love the auto-ISO on the NEX.
- I want a FF mirrorless camera.
The 5D is still such a capable camera though, after all these years. The malleability of the files is still amazing and the \"pop\" and contrast are really still impressive. I still find something like this difficult to achieve with the NEX. This is with the 50 1.8 on the 5d....
Nov 20, 2011 at 08:11 PM
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) then I don\'t have to sell all of my glass, its just the body that changes.
