----- Mensaje original ----- > De: Brian Walters <apathy...@lyons-ryan.org> > > At $750 body only, I'll be taking a close look when it becomes available in > March but I'll really need to be convinced that the LCD screen is usable as > a viewfinder in bright sunlight. >
I have had the chance to acquire a Sony NEX-3 with 18-55 at a very discounted price (exhibition unit) and thus to experience the mirrorless-LCD-only concept. My thoughts: - Very fun as a video camera (I had a 5 y/o MiniDV that hardly used, not convenient). The mobile LCD helps. Great result when showed on a 37-40 inch TV, and this is only 720p...Little artifacts, I don't feel the need for full HD. The 18-55 is short compared with my videocamera zoom. The K-01 has better video but a fixed LCD though... - Very good as a 'social' camera, you can shoot good pictures and good video with the same camera, no need to carry my K20D. I would prefer a 18-70 standard zoom for a better coverage. The Pentax would be similar here, buy bulkier. - As an 'artistic' camera. OK, the sensor is a 14mpix APS-C, so it is similar or better than my K20D's...but I can't get used to shoot and compose only with LCD, and also the lack of some direct controls is hard to get used too. The long lenses on the NEX are highly anti-ergonomic too. So when i want to take the 'good' pictures, the NEX cannot substitute my K20D at all. I had hopes in this Pentax, it seems better ergonomically, but no EVF :-( - Use of old lenses: I have tried to use my Pentax lenses in the NEX with a (cheap) adapter. Well, it works specially on those lenses with aperture ring. But the focusing process is long and you don't have stabilization...so maybe useful for stills or particular uses, but not for much more (IMHO). The K-01 should be much better using old Pentaxes...but only Pentaxes. It has in-body SR vs NEX in-lens. So, for me the K-01 is not yet the camera that can do everything withouth the bulk of an SLR...and nor is the NEX. Regards, Jaume -- 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.
