A friend from one of my local camera clubs recently acquired the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and brought it round to show off at our weekly brunch.
I have a lot of trouble focusing using the little TV screen on the back with most point 'n shoots and mirrorless systems, but his Olympus has a very nice EVF that zooms & tilts up so you can look down into it if you're shooting macro close to the ground. Reminiscent of the LX sports finder. The little TV screen on the back also tilts & is a touch-screen if you prefer to use that. In-body image stabilization. The real downside is I think the body is expensive, $1299 at B&H. That's a lot of money for a camera that's going to require me to get all new lenses, although there may be an adapter from Novoflex for Pentax-K, but I had trouble navigating their site, so I didn't even try to find out about older Canon lenses. If I was starting out NEW with no legacy glass, I'd give the Olympus serious consideration. On 5/18/2015 3:03 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Dan, I recently had a friend asking for an advice in a similar situation. I explained pro's and con's of different options, but I recommended something like a micro-4/3. (And he and his daughter were vrey happy.) I don't think a DSLR is warranted at this point unless somebody specifically wants a DSLR (and has some good idea why). (I wouldn't recommend Pentax Q. - That's more of an anthusiast toy, not the main camera.) Alternatively, if interchangeable lenses are not a must, I'd suggest something like Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 with a fast (1.4 or 1.7) lens and plenty of controls. There are similar cameras from 3-4 other makers, including Canon, but I like advanced P&S from Panasonic, so, I don't recall other models at the moment. Igor Daniel J. Matyola Sun, 17 May 2015 23:12:01 -0700 wrote: A friend has asked for advice in purchasing a new camera. She used a Canon FTb for years. More recently, she has been using a digital . Yes, I know it's a Canon PowerShot 880. She finds it convenient but limited, and it was recently damaged and needs to be replaced with something a bit better but no too expensive. She would like a comera with interchangeable lenses. She has 2 decent lenses from her FTb, but I don't think they would work on newer digital Canons. Rechargeable batteries are preferable to the ones that use and eat up AAs or similar batteries. Any suggestions I can pass on? Dan Matyola
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