Originally posted by suoersta Thanks very much for dropping by guys, since you have both M4/3 and Pentax, which would you tend to use more ?? And ... for the differences in term of IQ of both, out of 10, how much would you rate it ?? (the higher the rating, the less is the difference)
Too vested into Pentax to use it less
I still use my K5 more (much more). I know what I can tweak out of the files and they are ultimately better quality.
My G3 serves as my '
when photography is an afterthought' system. Days out shopping or a usual 30mins with the kids in the playground, that sort of usage.
If I were to rate them :
IQ (pure file o/p) :
K5 : 9
G3 : 8
Photographic options (eg. optical quality; DOF control; color, etc)
K5 : 9
G3 : 8
Usability (body, buttons, screen, LV, OVF, etc) :
K5 : 9
G3 : 9
Portability :
K5 : 8.5
G3 : 10
All said though, I would be totally comfortable to use a G3 as my primary system if need be, esp if I wanted a very small/easy package.
There is always this DOF for the equivalent FOV and poor ISO performance due to small sensor armchair arguments going around here.
However, personally, I find that these are mainly theoretical in real usage.
m4/3 does give 'enough' shallow DOF in many cases, coupled with the fast native primes.
Not as much as APS-C of course, but usually enough to give a bit of subject isolation in most cases (if you do mainly
"My f1.4 lens can do this" type shallow DOF shots, then maybe the system is not for you
)
ISO performance is good enough with G3, GH2, GX1, OMD which uses the newer 16mp sensor.
The key thing is that native m4/3 primes are very sharp from wide open and therefore can be used straight from wide open, mitigating some of the DOF and ISO disadvantages. (they do have a bit more distortion though)