Questions Regarding the Canon G10 v. Pan. Lumix DMC-LX3

[ann]

lol lol

just more information to clutter my mind.

i will be in a pro type camera store at the end of the week and so hope they will have several of the mentioned types that i can handle first hand.

ann

 

[sanking]

Ann,

And yet another camera to consider is the Olympus E420. It is a real four thirds DSLR, with intercdhangeable lenses, but even smaller than the Panasonic G1. The four thirds sensor is almost as large as APS and the E420 can be had for much less than the Panasonic G1. Maxmax does conversions on the E420.

Sandy

lol lol

just more information to clutter my mind.

i will be in a pro type camera store at the end of the week and so hope they will have several of the mentioned types that i can handle first hand.

ann

 

[pellicle]

Sandy

And yet another camera to consider is the Olympus E420. It is a real four thirds DSLR, with intercdhangeable lenses, but even smaller than the Panasonic G1.

respectfully the G1 is a real 4/3rds camera and has the same sized sensor as all the other 4/3rds cameras. It simply has a shorter registration distance between the mount and the sensor allowing the mounting of even more lenses (pen F and the lovely Cosina lenses that come on the Voigtlander 35mm rangefinders). It is lighter and smaller than any of the SLR styles and slightly more so than the E420.

If you are unfamiliar with the camera please examine images G1 here and 420 here. note that the 'depth' metric includes the eyepiece in the G1 diagram and does not (trying to fudge the 420 into havint smaller dimensions).

I think that the 420 is quite a compact camera if you get to hold the G1 you'll find its more compact. They weigh the same however. As you can see below (G1 on left) the lighter Anti-alias filter and the slightly higher pixel density on the 4/3 sensor yeilds sharper images

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if you're interested please dig around on my blog for my user impressions and bits

PS

I just was thinking about your wording of:

real four thirds DSLR

and wonder if the emphasis was intended to have been

real four thirds DSLR

in which case while I agree that it lacks an optical view finder I find that this brings as many advantages (perhaps more) than disadvantages. Clearly this will be usage dependent. Personally I now use the 'viewfinder' for reviewing shots as I find that in bright light I can see everything better. This gives me the strange situation of composing on the tilt screen and reviewing in the viewfinder.

Being able to zoom in to the image to confirm focus in the EVF is also quite handy.

 

[sanking]

My intention was simply to suggest the E420 as a reasonable substitute for smaller sensor cameras, not that the Panasonic G1 is not a real four-thirds camera. I think the GI and E420 are very interesting because of their weight and compact size and fill a niche between the larger DSLR and the smaller sensor cameras like the Canon G10 and the LX3.

I have not compared the G1 and E420 feature by feature, but the significantly lower cost of the E420 might be important to many given that the size and performance seems about par.

Sandy

I just was thinking about your wording of:

and wonder if the emphasis was intended to have been


in which case while I agree that it lacks an optical view finder I find that this brings as many advantages (perhaps more) than disadvantages. Clearly this will be usage dependent. Personally I now use the 'viewfinder' for reviewing shots as I find that in bright light I can see everything better. This gives me the strange situation of composing on the tilt screen and reviewing in the viewfinder.

Being able to zoom in to the image to confirm focus in the EVF is also quite handy.

 

[donbga]

My intention was simply to suggest the E420 as a reasonable substitute for smaller sensor cameras, not that the Panasonic G1 is not a real four-thirds camera. I think the GI and E420 are very interesting because of their weight and compact size and fill a niche between the larger DSLR and the smaller sensor cameras like the Canon G10 and the LX3.

I have not compared the G1 and E420 feature by feature, but the significantly lower cost of the E420 might be important to many given that the size and performance seems about par.

Sandy

My only comment here is that I also have been wanting an IR only D-camera. I am ambivalent as to what to consider body wise.

I like the idea of having the ability to change lenses using my current collection of Canon lenses but at the same time I don't want to lug around 1 more DSLR body, so the idea of a small high quality PS converted to IR has a lot of appeal.

Since the demise of Kodak HIE, I've been hoping for a digital solution. My best option now is to use a Canon A75 P&S with and IR filter. Exposures are slow and the capture is only 3 meg. Mounted on a tripod the camera can produce credible shots.

Too many choices out there I'm afraid.

So much for my drivel,

Don

 

[pellicle]

My intention was simply to suggest the E420
as a reasonable substitute for smaller sensor cameras,

thought so ... glad I added it

but the significantly lower cost of the E420 might be important to many given that the size and performance seems about par.

definately! The 420 is about 1/2 the price of a G1 I've recommended the 420 to my younger cousin (who's just starting out).