I've had a few of the Olympus PEN series and currently have an E-PM1. The E-PM1 can now be had for under $400 with a lens, cheaper ont he used market It's a pretty good 12 MP sensor good up until 800 normally or 1600 with some heavy (and non-adjustable) NR. This would leave 6-700 for lenses. I'd suggest the Lumix 14 2.5 ($250) and the Olympus 45 1.8 ($400), both of which are sharp and pretty fast. The E-Pl1, an older body with a similar sensor but slower AF, is also out then for $189, body only. IQ is not as good as the Pentax DSLRs, but perfectly fine as long as you're not printing really big (16 x20) prints.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > Hi All: > > A very good friend of mine asked for an [urgent] advice on photo > cameras. A portion of that includes a recommendation for > non-SLR (aka mirrorless) digital cameras with changeable lenses for > an enthusiast at early stages. > > The camera is to be small (mobile, take-anywhere), easy to use in both > automatic and semi-automatic/manual modes, able to handle reasonably > low light, and not to have long shutter lag. Most frequent use: > shooting while travelling (landscapes, urban views), > shooting people/friends non-very-intrusively. > > It would be a step-up alternative to something like Lumix LX-7 or > Samsung ex2f that allows interchangeable lenses (for growing needs). > > > The question is not about fancy Leica cameras or X100, or rather, > it is about mid-level cameras (with a budget of within $1K or less for > the body and one-two lenses). > > I haven't been following this segment of the market as closely. > I think that some of the Panasonic/Olympus/..? micro-4/3 cameras fall > into this category, Nikon 1, etc. > I am not sure if K-01 or Q10 would be reasonable here, - they seem to > me too much of a "specialty", and not as "mainstream" cameras... > > I'd appreciate if you can mention a few models that you'd recommend. > If you can point out the strong points of the model, - that would > also be great. > > > Thank you, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
