Originally posted by E-man I'm mainly in the Pentax camp but I sometimes break out one of my Lumix bridge cameras. I especially like my FZ-50, which is a clone of the Leica V-LUX 1, as a 'walking around ' camera when I don't want to be bothered with extra gear. Some people say the V-LUX 1 is more a re-badged Panasonic than the FX-50 is a re-badged Leica but I don't care. The camera looks and handles like a DSLR with focusing and zoom rings on the lens. I've never cared much for the toggle switches most fixed lens cameras have. It's only 10 megapixels but I've taken some great pictures with it.
Oh yeah I forgot I did have a Fuji S1 before, it was a small super zoom with weather sealing smaller than the Lumix. I never enjoy the menu design of Fuji, like the X30 a P&S type 3x zoom camera, I specially hated the multi function ring at the lens mount, it has 'soft detent' which was so tired to use I always 'overshoot' while changing settings, it should be made with harder stops, the menu design layout of Fuji also confusing and slow to use. For example on the XE2, there are custom settings C1-C7, I set C2 to high ISO and flash off..etc., when I done shooting with it I want to return to 'default', but there is no default, when I turn back to C1 the settings will be over written by C2 ! if I want a default I have to set to another custom settings I don't know what logic is that !? overall Pentax has the best menu design and handling nothing can beat !
Another madness with Fuji was the 'silent mode', it had nothing to do with the beeper but to disable the flash what a translation !!! Fuji finally corrected that in later firmware after I yelling in the forum ! beside the menu design the physical handling of Fuji also bad, they finally put a usable grip on it to make it slightly easy to hold without too much of front heavy
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Originally posted by surfar The downside of the original Pen F is no weather sealing and only 1080video
Not quite a miss to me I rarely shoot video but weather sealing is good to have.
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Originally posted by hcc I have my Pentax K-3 as primary body and my older Pentax K-7 as secondary body. I love the combo that enables to share batteries and lenses between the two systems.
Whenever I can, I like to bring the two cameras with different lenses, often primes. Thus I do not need to swap lenses, I simply swap (camera+lens) system, much more quickly. And yes, some would argue that the K-7 may be outdated; but at low ISO with a great IQ lens (like a VL58mm or one of the three amigos), the K-7 is still a winner!!!
My 5 cents....
My first Pentax was the K20D I got in a bargain, then after few months I traded it for the K7 in a clearance sale, but it got sensor problem there are color banding at high ISO, I had it fixed by Pentax and traded it soon after for a K5, it got very noticeable improvement at high ISO and I used it for a year, then traded for the K3 I am still using now, my next K would be the replacement of it, not a FF due to size and weight.
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Originally posted by Stilettodude Other than my primary K1, I have a K5iis as well as a Leica M10 and Leica Q. The best thing is that I can use my Pentax glass with my M10. I probably use my Pentaxes most of the time, but when I want to settle down and really think about composition and exposure, my M10 in manual mode is my preferred route.
I also used my K lenses on the Fuji XE2, and yes RF type camera takes more patience to use, not a everyday camera but for those want to enjoy photography no rush to produce result.