Originally posted by Brucie Hello everyone--
I'm thinking about switching to a mirrorless camera, probably a Fuji. Other than smaller size and lighter weight, what advantages, if any, do mirrorless cameras offer?
Are the Fuji lenses for mirrorless cameras as good as Pentax glass?
Thank you!
Brucie
The AF is better. The size and weight advantage is often not realized unless you are going with primes like the rather excellent F/2 lenses. When it comes to zooms and fast glass, you don't really save much on the size and weight. The Fuji cameras are smaller and lighter, but also they are not as well built as the K-3.
If you like lenses like the Fuji 35mm F/2 then the Fuji system is very nice. You will find that the latest Fuji cameras have better AF than what Ricoh can offer. Other than the AF advantage which can yield more keepers, you won't notice any difference in the image quality if you are shooting RAW and have decent skill with LR/C1/PS. If you are a JPEG shooter, then you will probably be happy with all of the Fuji film emulations.
I don't have much interest in APS-C, but if that was my format of choice I would probably be shooting Fuji.