That's a useful site. Everyone that's lusting after full frame should compare any of the Pentax K series to a Nikon D600. You may want to think twice. gs George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > On Oct 8, 2013, at 6:21 AM, George Sinos <gsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hard to argue with what Hogan said. I'd much rather travel with my >> K-7 and a couple of small lenses than try to haul a full frame body >> with FX lenses. The difference in size and weight is significant. > > For sure. > > New Pentax and Olympus top of the line cameras ... > Both well spec'ed. > Both compact. > Both have a suitably comprehensive lens line. > Both with their own plusses and minuses. > > I'm in the Olympus camp for various reasons, and I've ordered the new > Olympus. Handled it recently, looking forward to its arrival. I was curious > about the sizing difference between these two remarkable cameras, so I went > to camerasize.com. I put this page together as I thought you might be > interested: > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/pocomparo/index.html > > The Olympus gets its slim proportions through the lack of reflex mirror box, > pentaprism, built-in flash, etc. The sensors are pretty similar in size > although different in proportion (13x17.3 vs 16x24). Micro-FourThirds lenses > are quite compact as well, although that depends on focal length and speed to > some degree, as well as on the lens mount requirements. > > What struck me more than the size differences is the difference in number of > buttons and such. Ricoh concentrated on lots of discrete function buttons, > where Olympus made a big use of the 2x2 control system (the little lever on > the back above your thumb flips button functions from an A set to a B set). > > It will be interesting to see how they play out in use. :-) > > G > -- > 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. -- 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.
