Ahmad Bhai
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Canon G16 http://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/compacts/canon_g16
Fuji XE2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/fujifilm/slrs/fujifilm_xe2
Fuji X20 http://www.dpreview.com/products/fujifilm/compacts/fujifilm_x20
Leica M240 http://www.dpreview.com/products/leica/slrs/leica_me220
Leica XVario http://www.dpreview.com/products/leica/compacts/leica_xvario
Olympus Stylus 1 http://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/compacts/oly_stylus1
Olympus EM1 http://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/slrs/oly_em1
Nikon Df http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_df
Nikon P7800 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/compacts/nikon_cpp7800
Nikon V2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_v2
Nikon D4 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_d4
Panasonic FZ70 http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/compacts/panasonic_dmcfz70
Panasonic GX7 http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgx7
Sigma DP3M http://www.dpreview.com/products/sigma/compacts/sigma_dp3m
Sony A7 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_a7
Sony HX50V http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dschx50v
Sony HX300 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dschx300
Sony RX10 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dscrx10
Sony RX100 MK2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dscrx100m2
Imo
Compact
Sony HX50V 30x zoom 24-720mm (in terms of reach) and manual features : exposure comp dial, PASM dial.
Superzoom
Sony HX300 50x 24-1200 manual zoom Zeiss T Vario Sonnar, titl lcd, EVF, PASM dial.
Fast aperture smallish sensor
Olympus Stylus 1 constant F2.8, 28-300mm, 1.4million dot EVF, tilt touch 1.4million dot lcd, 1/1.7" & pocketable :
nothing comes close no Canon G16. no Fuji X20, no Nikon P7800.
Sony RX10 1" sensor Zeiss T* constant F2.8, 28-200mm is just too big and twice the price (£1100)
and doesn't really offer anything significant image quality nor high ISO compared to Stylus 1.
Best IQ zoom compact
Sony RX100 MK2 no contest, addition of tilt lcd made it even more useful, although AF is sluggish.
M43
Panasonic GX7 : real useful tilting EVF & cool rangefinder body (my favourite body of all recent cameras).
Best for high ISO & video amongst current m43 even better than EM1.
(Panasonic GM1 smallest m43 I couldnt find in a shop on London as yet.
Upcoming Olympus EM10 built in EVF will supposedly be almost as small as GM1).
Fastest AF Mirrorless
Olympus EM1 & Upcoming Fuji X-T1 http://fujifilm-x.com/teaser140128/en/
even though Nikon V2 has really fast AF the V lens line up just isn't there, and shallow dof of m43, apsc swings it.
My choice : X-T1 if it has reportedly 8fps AF tracking, better EVF than EM1 & tilting LCD, weather sealing.
Fuji lens line up is catching up with best of m43 esp recently announced Fuji 56mm F1.2 compared to the biiiig m43 Nocticron 42.5mm F1.2
And ability to use Sigma ART lenses which are streets ahead of Canon Nikon far cheaper and almost on a par with £4k Zeiss Otus.
Although M43 Olympus 75mm F1.8 is one of the finest modern lens (made upposedly by Sigma).
(Leica are rumoured to bring a mirrorless APSC with XVario styling, manual lenses made in Germany, AF lneses made by Panasonic).
Full Frame
Sony A7/r manual focus legacy & some M lenses, not autofocus.
Same size as Olympus EM1.
Full Frame AF
Cant recommend the DF as users say the AF is worse than entry level D5200.
I liked DF shutter dial and ISO dial which upcoming Fuji X-T1 has. X-T1 also has & exp comp dial.
Cant really recommend Nikon D4 £4K as Nikon D3 with warranty can be had approx £900.
Out and out IQ in a compact ala Nikon D800E
(fairy dust of Foveon) :
Sigma DP Merril currenlty £399 each for 28mm F2.8 DP1M, 45mm F2.8 DP2M, 75mm F2.8, 1:4 macro DP3M.
Pixel level clarity sharpness still better than D800E.
Lens matched to sensor, corner to corner shaprness.
...
If I was on a once in a lifetime to Africa, South America, Antarctia, Tibet which would I take
DP1M landscape (& 8x10 large frame
Sony HX300 superzoom wildlife
Fuji X-T1 + fast af Fuji zoom people & street.
Upcoming Sony Nex style FF & legacy manual focus shallow dof
(no built in evf, no phase detect af, i think will be approx £899)
Fuji XE2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/fujifilm/slrs/fujifilm_xe2
Fuji X20 http://www.dpreview.com/products/fujifilm/compacts/fujifilm_x20
Leica M240 http://www.dpreview.com/products/leica/slrs/leica_me220
Leica XVario http://www.dpreview.com/products/leica/compacts/leica_xvario
Olympus Stylus 1 http://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/compacts/oly_stylus1
Olympus EM1 http://www.dpreview.com/products/olympus/slrs/oly_em1
Nikon Df http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_df
Nikon P7800 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/compacts/nikon_cpp7800
Nikon V2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_v2
Nikon D4 http://www.dpreview.com/products/nikon/slrs/nikon_d4
Panasonic FZ70 http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/compacts/panasonic_dmcfz70
Panasonic GX7 http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgx7
Sigma DP3M http://www.dpreview.com/products/sigma/compacts/sigma_dp3m
Sony A7 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_a7
Sony HX50V http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dschx50v
Sony HX300 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dschx300
Sony RX10 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dscrx10
Sony RX100 MK2 http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dscrx100m2
Imo
Compact
Sony HX50V 30x zoom 24-720mm (in terms of reach) and manual features : exposure comp dial, PASM dial.
Superzoom
Sony HX300 50x 24-1200 manual zoom Zeiss T Vario Sonnar, titl lcd, EVF, PASM dial.
Fast aperture smallish sensor
Olympus Stylus 1 constant F2.8, 28-300mm, 1.4million dot EVF, tilt touch 1.4million dot lcd, 1/1.7" & pocketable :
nothing comes close no Canon G16. no Fuji X20, no Nikon P7800.
Sony RX10 1" sensor Zeiss T* constant F2.8, 28-200mm is just too big and twice the price (£1100)
and doesn't really offer anything significant image quality nor high ISO compared to Stylus 1.
Best IQ zoom compact
Sony RX100 MK2 no contest, addition of tilt lcd made it even more useful, although AF is sluggish.
M43
Panasonic GX7 : real useful tilting EVF & cool rangefinder body (my favourite body of all recent cameras).
Best for high ISO & video amongst current m43 even better than EM1.
(Panasonic GM1 smallest m43 I couldnt find in a shop on London as yet.
Upcoming Olympus EM10 built in EVF will supposedly be almost as small as GM1).
Fastest AF Mirrorless
Olympus EM1 & Upcoming Fuji X-T1 http://fujifilm-x.com/teaser140128/en/
even though Nikon V2 has really fast AF the V lens line up just isn't there, and shallow dof of m43, apsc swings it.
My choice : X-T1 if it has reportedly 8fps AF tracking, better EVF than EM1 & tilting LCD, weather sealing.
Fuji lens line up is catching up with best of m43 esp recently announced Fuji 56mm F1.2 compared to the biiiig m43 Nocticron 42.5mm F1.2
And ability to use Sigma ART lenses which are streets ahead of Canon Nikon far cheaper and almost on a par with £4k Zeiss Otus.
Although M43 Olympus 75mm F1.8 is one of the finest modern lens (made upposedly by Sigma).
(Leica are rumoured to bring a mirrorless APSC with XVario styling, manual lenses made in Germany, AF lneses made by Panasonic).
Full Frame
Sony A7/r manual focus legacy & some M lenses, not autofocus.
Same size as Olympus EM1.
Full Frame AF
Cant recommend the DF as users say the AF is worse than entry level D5200.
I liked DF shutter dial and ISO dial which upcoming Fuji X-T1 has. X-T1 also has & exp comp dial.
Cant really recommend Nikon D4 £4K as Nikon D3 with warranty can be had approx £900.
Out and out IQ in a compact ala Nikon D800E
(fairy dust of Foveon) :
Sigma DP Merril currenlty £399 each for 28mm F2.8 DP1M, 45mm F2.8 DP2M, 75mm F2.8, 1:4 macro DP3M.
Pixel level clarity sharpness still better than D800E.
Lens matched to sensor, corner to corner shaprness.
...
If I was on a once in a lifetime to Africa, South America, Antarctia, Tibet which would I take
DP1M landscape (& 8x10 large frame
Sony HX300 superzoom wildlife
Fuji X-T1 + fast af Fuji zoom people & street.
Upcoming Sony Nex style FF & legacy manual focus shallow dof
(no built in evf, no phase detect af, i think will be approx £899)
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