My beef with the IQ of MFT is not so much with the higher ISO, but with the base ISO. It just can not produce silky smooth noiseless pictures that APS-C sensor DSLR from the major brands. Base ISO on E-P1 is like ISO400 on 40D, while ISO1600 on 40D is about ISO800 on E-P1. I believe all of the current batch of Canon and Nikon APS-C bodies matches or exceed the 40D on IQ, those are not few IMO. Of course if you are comparing to the sub par Sony bodies it might be a different story. Canikon does have a stop advantage in IQ over the 4/3.
While I can have an effective 100/0.95, I\'ll take a 50/1.4 with a 40D over it any time. And it\'s way cheaper too, not to mention the choice of having AF.
As for MF with EVF, yes it\'s more accurate, but still clumsy unless you don\'t move the zoom in box around.
The upside is the E-P1 is image stabilized, which partially negates it\'s short comings.
With Samsung now in the game, if the big boys jump in things will get a lot more interesting. After which third party makers will jump in and we can have some serious choices.
Jan 20, 2010 at 01:07 AM
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