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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-25-2012, 08:31 PM
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Thank you all very much for your feedback!
probably weather sealed, fast, well built, compact, versatile (zoom range)
To clarify the weather sealing issue : I understand that no camera will provide weather sealing in combination with my old Leica lenses. Nevertheless it's nice to have weather sealing available in combination with at least one lens, so that one can also shoot in bad weather situations.
Ditto for AF.
I have had a look at the Ricoh GXR, and while it does seem like a very interesting concept, the idea of having to buy lens-sensor combinations and the lack of weather sealing don't appeal to me very much.
The E-M5, Fuji X-Pro1 and X-E1, NEX-6/7, NX are also very interesting suggestions.
The Fujis strike me as rather expensive, so I have ruled them out for the moment. Which leaves the E-M5, NEX 7 and NX.
I have looked at the E-M5 and most reviews were very enthusiastic. It is also weather-sealed, provides IBIS and has a very good CDAF. But I am a bit skeptical about the 4/3 sensor and its image quality (especially in low light). Of course it's tiny compared to the K5. :)
However, the biggest issue is that the crop factor of the 4/3 would limit the usefulness of my Leica lenses, since the widest one I have (summicron f=5cm) would be a 100mm FF-equivalent on the OM-D E-M5.
All the other Leica lenses would be in the super telephoto range. :(
Argh, this is turning out to be quite difficult...:confused:
Any more tips or suggestions?
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-23-2012, 04:59 PM
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Dear Pentaxians,
I have never owned a ‘proper’ camera and now intend to purchase my first one. I am going to lay out my situation and thought process and would love to hear your opinions. Please excuse that the post has become so long.
Here is my situation:
What I already own:
I have inherited some glass, namely- 3 Pentax 6x7 Medium Format primes (55mm f3.5, 105mm f2.4, 150mm f2.8)
- A whole bunch of Leica primes
3 feature a Leica R bayonet and should be adaptable to pretty much any modern DSLR-mount if I am not mistaken.
Another 5 have either M or Visoflex (I haven’t found much information about this mount type) mounts. From what I have learned so far there is NO WAY to adapt the M mount to SLRs because of the small film to lens distance of the M system.
What I want to do
Mostly travel and street plus the occasional landscape or portrait. I am rather nocturnal, so shooting in bad lighting conditions...
Portability is very important, I don’t want to carry 10kg of equipment with me. The smaller and less conspicuous everything is, the better. I don’t care about video.
So, what should I do? For Pentax, I have mostly looked at the K5:
Very well built, weather-sealed
Nice ergonomics (went to the store and tried it out)
Trap focus for situations where you need something AF-ish for your manual focus lenses.
Excellent sensor (for APS-C)
Pretty much any competing DSLR (Canon, Nikon) which I have looked at is bulkier and/or not as well-constructed and doesn’t allow me to use more of the lenses I already own. Do you know of any other cameras that I should consider?
So the competitors are from a different category: Mirrorless cameras
Micro 4/3: I don’t like the fact that I wouldn’t have a viewfinder as well as the smaller sensor size.
Leica M9: Not weather sealed, no AF, veery expensive. But incredibly portable, well built, no AA filter, FF, etc.
All right, I am a lunatic for even considering this as my first… But all the nice Leica M lenses… And it’s so small… :o
Back to the K5: The fact that Pentax is so small compared to Canikon worries me, because they might go out of business. Do you believe that Pentax is a stable system to invest in?
Should I get a 18-55mm kit + some prime(s) or a 18-135mm kit? (Just buying the body doesn’t seem like a good option given the small price reduction compared to the 18-55)
From what I have seen so far most people recommend the 18-135, because it is more versatile, has better IQ and can be resold at a high price. However, most sample images I have seen didn’t seem very impressive in terms of IQ and the zoom lenses are relatively slow.
Would anybody like to show off the perfect shots he made with the 18-135? ;)
Thanks for bearing with me! I look forward to reading your advice and comments.
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