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Old 05-04-2012   #126
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Will;

I'm with Steve M. After reading this thread as well as the links provided, it has me seriously considering selling my Nikon D7000 and lenses and getting an OMD. I never paid much attention to the 4/3 format or the OMD but now.....the more I read, the more interested I become.

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Old 05-04-2012   #127
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That 45 1.8 and either the Panny 40 1.7 or the Leica 25 1.5 are calling me!!! Assuming I take the plunge, can't decide to go silver body or black; they both look so damn cute!!

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Aside from semantics, it can't be said that the only advantage of FF is DOF or dynamic range, etc. As with film, the larger the sensor the better. Whatever a smaller sensor can do, a larger one can do more of. So surface area matters.
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Old 05-05-2012   #129
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J'ai osé...Olympus OM-D E-M5 versus Nikon D700

http://lepidi-photo.blogspot.fr/2012...sus-nikon.html
What bugs me a bit about m4/3 cameras is that excessive edge sharpening effect they've got going on. In that comparison the nikon is super super smooth and just pleasing, even at 100%, and the m4/3 has this jarring crunchiness to the contrast edges that gives it a real 'small sensor' look IMO.
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What bugs me a bit about m4/3 cameras is that excessive edge sharpening effect they've got going on. In that comparison the nikon is super super smooth and just pleasing, even at 100%, and the m4/3 has this jarring crunchiness to the contrast edges that gives it a real 'small sensor' look IMO.
It does if you're pixel-peeping. Don't pixel-peep (preferably, print), and that problem largely goes away. Also, you can set the level of sharpening to JPEGs. I always set it low.
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Old 05-05-2012   #131
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The thing that bothers me most about RFs is you can't see through the lens. The thing I like lease about SLRs is that you can't see outside the frame and the image leaves when the mirror flipps up. EVF cameras have too much current drain for the EV system. I could go on..
Hmmm, no camera is perfect. Sometimes I think that I should buy a box of watercolor pencils :-)

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The thing that bothers me most about RFs is you can't see through the lens. The thing I like lease about SLRs is that you can't see outside the frame and the image leaves when the mirror flipps up. EVF cameras have too much current drain for the EV system. I could go on..
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What bugs me a bit about m4/3 cameras is that excessive edge sharpening effect they've got going on. In that comparison the nikon is super super smooth and just pleasing, even at 100%, and the m4/3 has this jarring crunchiness to the contrast edges that gives it a real 'small sensor' look IMO.

I always shoot RAW and do whatever sharpening that may or may not be necessary in post processing.
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It does if you're pixel-peeping. Don't pixel-peep (preferably, print), and that problem largely goes away. Also, you can set the level of sharpening to JPEGs. I always set it low.
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I always shoot RAW and do whatever sharpening that may or may not be necessary in post processing.
I personally can see the 'look' I was talking about at medium-ish print sizes, but only when compared to other more expensive cameras of course.

I don't think it's a raw/jpeg thing either, as I've always shot raw with 4/3 cameras.
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Don't believe everything you read.

My name is Earl, and I do have nieces and nephews. Any more questions?
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i'll just leave this here

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