Convince me quick!!!! - Page 2

demiro · #11 July 16th, 2012, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krugorg

The X100 is a great camera, but it seems like it is going in the opposite direction of your requirements. In my opinion, this camera is going to take more time than the E-M5 to come up to speed with, and I don't think it is a good camera to hand over to the spouse (assume non-interested in photography). It is not like with the Panasonic and Olympus bodies, where you could simply switch it over to iAuto with face detection.

Plus, as others have said before, it focuses accurately, but is going to be slow enough to be a challenge to for kid snapshot type stuff.

Whatever you do get, hope you have more than 7 days to get comfortable with the new gear.

+1. I had the same thoughts about the X100 not seeming to be the best fit.

jloden · #12 July 16th, 2012, 05:40 PM

I would say go for it if you already have the lenses anyway and you were enjoying your short foray into m4/3.

The G3 can be found used for $350 easily (heck, I'm selling one right now for $340 on ebay myself. Got the GX1 on sale from amazon, so I'm selling one of my dual G3 bodies). It's a great bargain for a fantastic camera, largely because of all the hubbub over the OM-D. Everything I've seen leads me to believe it's easily competitive with the OM-D's sensor for IQ at almost a third the cost, which is why I've held off getting an OM-D for the time being.

TexChappy · #13 July 16th, 2012, 05:45 PM

Did it. Ordered it from B @ H but didn’t get nearly the deal’s your mentioning. I like Amazon but they charge sales tax in Kansas so it makes it not so much of a deal.

I don’t think I got to the X100 in time, they were closed when I called. I do have 30 days to try it out but I’m thinking I may be kind and not open the box (at least until I’ve really tried out the G3). If I had I probably would have ordered the a PL25 or a longer zoom with the camera.

Think I ought to try and email them tonight or call in the morning. Been a long time since I dealt with B & H.

Bhupinder2002 · #14 July 16th, 2012, 05:45 PM

Hi.. Just go for G3 or OMD again . Fuji is like a bike and you need a SUV .I will be never happy with a fixed lens camera . I have no idea how much time u did actually spend in learning about OMD rather than quitting and calling it a dud technology piece. Fuji X10o will very slow to focus on ur running kids.
Cheers
Bhupinder

phrenic · #15 July 16th, 2012, 05:46 PM

Yeah the price of a G3 is pretty insignificant right now..just give in. ;)

TexChappy · #16 July 16th, 2012, 05:47 PM

I’m not sure just how bad I could have read the manual to get pictures as badly out of focus as I was managing. Plus I was running into the local stores return policy.

krugorg · #17 July 16th, 2012, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TexChappy

Did it. Ordered it from B @ H but didn’t get nearly the deal’s your mentioning. I like Amazon but they charge sales tax in Kansas so it makes it not so much of a deal.

I don’t think I got to the X100 in time, they were closed when I called. I do have 30 days to try it out but I’m thinking I may be kind and not open the box (at least until I’ve really tried out the G3). If I had I probably would have ordered the a PL25 or a longer zoom with the camera.

Think I ought to try and email them tonight or call in the morning. Been a long time since I dealt with B & H.

Guessing you got the kit zoom? I think that will come in handy... a nice little zoom with stabilization for video, etc.

mcumeda · #18 July 16th, 2012, 05:52 PM

I had an X100, and it is a great camera. However, if you thought the EM-5 was slow, you will not be happy with the X100. The autofocus is a lot quicker than it used to be with the firmware updates, but it is still slow compared to the EM-5. The X100 takes beautiful pictures, but it is a quirky camera. I also found the single focal length sort of limiting.

Having said all that, I think you would be happy with it so long as it is a secondary camera

jloden · #19 July 16th, 2012, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krugorg

The X100 is a great camera, but it seems like it is going in the opposite direction of your requirements. In my opinion, this camera is going to take more time than the E-M5 to come up to speed with, and I don't think it is a good camera to hand over to the spouse (assume non-interested in photography). It is not like with the Panasonic and Olympus bodies, where you could simply switch it over to iAuto with face detection.

Plus, as others have said before, it focuses accurately, but is going to be slow enough to be a challenge to for kid snapshot type stuff.

Whatever you do get, hope you have more than 7 days to get comfortable with the new gear.

All true, I would not want the X100 to be my only camera (based on my experience with mine so far) and I definitely think it loses out as a "loan to the spouse" camera compared to a G3 with its iAuto mode (flip the screen around to the back, put the 20mm on it and it's almost a snapshot P&S with excellent IQ).

jnewell · #20 July 16th, 2012, 05:55 PM

Do it...