Sorry I have not kept up with the list for a while, and am jumping in
blind on this
topic from the past, but felt the need to relate some of my experience
with
NEX-5n with EVF attachment. I just got back from a trip to Cayman
Islands.
I have to say, I really had a hard time with the EVF viewfinder. As
responsive
and fast as it may be, it renders exposure slowly, is impossible to
manually
focus, and no where near compares with shooting with an optical
viewfinder.
I feel completely a slave to the camera. Autofocus is slow and
difficult to
evaluate with the EVF, and yes I have focus peaking on. Touch screen
controls
don't work with your nose on the back of the camera.
All I can say is you have to live with a camera for a while to know it
will
work. I love that the NEX is light weight and easy to transport. But my
photography has gone down hill ever since the OM-4t. The canyon 5d is
probably the best digital I have used in comparison, but the NEX
performance,
when you need it, is lacking. The NEX manual focus override is a joke,
impossible
to hold the focus button half depressed without firing the shutter when
trying
to focus, and it zooms in to a fraction of the image and takes too long
to
return to full view, it is a worthless effort if you want fast
response. I just
can't get the hang of it.
I do like the camera for what it is, but I must be too old a dog to
learn
its new tricks. All I can say is specs only go so far, and a camera
really
has to fit your style. I'm just not that impressed with my NEX after
using
it for 4 months, other than it fits in a small bag.
If I really want more than 16mp, I think a full frame non-toy camera
with optical viewfinder is the only thing that would work for me.
When you have a chance to really work with the NEX, I'd like to know
how it goes.
Wayne
At 2/8/2012 08:05 PM, you wrote:
> Jeez... Sorry I brought it up. [?]
Well, here's what has me concerned. I'm going to publish this piece
on it
that will make it seem like Olympus has seen the light, corrected
their
ways and is worthy of our undying affection again. In reality,
they've
introduced ONE stink'n body that probably still has the same hokey
double-clutch shutter of the E-Pens. Although the 16MP sensor is
adequate
today, it really is no different than when the 5MP E-1 was trying to
compete with 8MP 20D bodies. 16MP E-M5 against 36MP D800.
No, wait! The E-M5 isn't meant to compete against a "real" camera.
That's
not a fair comparison. Oh, really? Again, Olympus fails to address
the
needs of the serious photographers. This ends up being just another
fancy,
expensive piece of jewelry.
Nah, I wouldn't write anything like that. It would make it seem like
I
still hold a grudge against Olympus.
But what I will write about is that Olympus has finally listened to
us
enough to produce a camera that can be used by some of us for the
majority
of our uses. It's attractive AND useful. Oh, and highly
customizable. It
is, in so many ways, very much like my Minolta A1. The size/shape of
the
camera is fine, as long as the handgrip add on is roomy enough. If
it's too
tight and my fingers don't get a good purchase (like the recent
Nikon and
Sony DSLR bodies), then I'm toast.
Things that stand out to me as being worthy of note:
1. Built-in EVF with high-performance refresh and data display below
the
image area. Overlays stink.
2. Tilt monitor, not twist-and-shout. My preference for how I work.
Twist-and-shout is better for tripod use, tilt for handheld.
3. Rotational IS. Finally!!!!
4. Touch sensitive OLED monitor. YES!!!!!
5. No more 12MP sensor. Finally!!! Although 16MP is really moving to
the
top of the field.
6. Time exposure live monitor image update. Way cool!
7. Intelligent control layout and programmable buttons--including
the REC
button.
Things that still make me puzzled:
1. In the programmable buttons, still no support for one-touch spot
metering. Everybody from the '90s must be retired, I guess. Come on
guys--It's ONLY software!!!!
2. Slow sync speed. This tells me it doesn't have electronic first
curtain
like the Sony.
3. Only a 1/3 stop improvement in noise over the 12MP sensor.
4. No note of improved AF speeds with Four-Thirds lenses. I guess
that
on-chip PDAF function ain't working yet.
Olympus did a good job of promoting the look and feel of this
camera--just
as they did with the E-P1/2/3, but is downplaying any improvement in
IQ as
well as any hard data on imaging and the shutter. Plenty of new
features,
but the underlying machine has limits.
The question I ask myself is this: I'm going to be living with my
next
digital camera purchase for a long time. Is this the one I want to
be
married to? With the Sony NEX-7's excellent image quality, I'm
having a
hard time justifying yesterday's 16MP against the current 24MP in
crop-sensor cameras with the full-frames running 36 or more MP. Six
years
from now, will 16MP be as dismal as my E-1's 5MP is today? The
difference
between 16MP and 24MP is a good two years.
But 16MP is more than enough. Right? Maybe, maybe not. For the vast
bulk of
my photography today, it will be more than sufficient. But in three
years,
it might not be. It's not that I'm a slave to the megapixel race,
(far from
it), but as often as I do this, I will want to jump as deep into the
state-of-the-art as possible. In reality, the best thing for me to
do is
get the 5Dmk3 the day it comes out and sell it the day before the
5Dmk4 is
announced. It's not like Canon's product cycles aren't relatively
predictable now. Sure, it will cost 3X as much up front, but after
3.5
years, I'll still be able to get the majority of my purchase price
out of
it. In the end, it's about the same price and I'll have the best IQ
camera
around (full-frame at that). No more compromises.
Alas, the siren song of Olympus is screaming in my ears. Something
that NO
other camera manufacturer has been able to do to me.
AG
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