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MartinOcando
Mu-43 Regular
Registered: April 2012
Location: Panama
Posts: 42
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Review Date: Thu May 17, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $560.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Small size, speed, EVF, hi ISO performance, AF, customization, image quality
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grip, sd & batt shared compartment, no auto ISO in M mode
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I got my G3 while waiting for the OM-D, but I'm keeping it and will wait for the G5 or GH3. I love the size and pocketability of this camera. Finally a camera I can carry everywhere I go. And I mean everywhere. Image quality is superb. Low light high ISO capability is great, despite a bit of purple tint when pulling up shadows, still better than my old Canon 60D. Used to the joke of contrast AF of DSLRs, I was really impressed with the AF speed of this beauty. The only thing lacking is good AF-C, but since I'm a landscaper and street shooter, I don't care much for that.
The lenses are at least half or a third in size, weight and price compared with regarded same quality Canon or Nikon lenses. My 20mm f:1.7 pancake lens is a delight to use. And the 45-200mm is like having a toy Canon 100-400mm L.
I'm completely sold to  and to Panasonic.
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kevwilfoto
Mu-43 Veteran
Registered: September 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 294
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Review Date: Fri June 1, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $599.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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resolution,image quality,evf,articulating screen,controls,menus
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Cons:
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slick grip, lack of weather sealing, noisy shutter, no one makes an L bracket for it
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This is a wonderful camera which makes truly great images. The cons I listed kept me from being fully satisfied with it. I've added some grip tape to the camera body to fix the slick grip issue, and I've just used a regular camera plate when attaching to my tripod, so I've been able to mitigate some of my small complaints.
All in all, a FANTASTIC micro-4/3 camera. Image quality is among the best available, in a very reasonably priced prosumer package.
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OM-D E-M5 || O12-50 | P45-175 | P100-300 | PL25 | O45
Adapted: Minolta MD 28/2.8 Celtic, MD 35/1.8, MD 50/1.4, MD 85/2.0, MD 200/2.8, Nikon 100/2.8 E
Wish List: GH3, 12/2.0, 17/1.8, 75/1.8, Oly ZD FT SHG 300/2.8
Pentax K-5, K-01 || 18-135 WR | Sigma 30/1.4
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AnttiV
Mu-43 Regular
Registered: April 2012
Location: Finland
Posts: 91
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Review Date: Mon June 4, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $620.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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small size, IQ, handling, EVF.. most things really
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Cons:
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button positions on back, clickable wheel
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I love this thing. I bought it as a kit with the 14-42mm. That said, I have the SMALL gripe of accidentally pushing the WB and/or ISO buttons on the back occasionally and I would've greatly preferred two wheels instead of the clickable solution currently present.
But, everything else is top-notch. I really love how lightweight and small the camera feels (at least compared to full-size DSLRs) and I don't really have any negative to say about the grip either. It doesn't slip or slide from my grasp at all.
The IQ is something I wouldn't even believe (but I came from ~9 year old DSLR) and after having gotten used to ISO800 and up being almost unusable seeing an ISO3200 image from the G3 first time... I must've left my mouth open like in a campy cartoon.
I've always liked using the viewfinder so going for mirrorless (no optical VF) was kind of a leap of faith (after reading about the EVF) and I wasn't disappointed, the EVF is really great.
And, the availability of legacy adapters (and low cost of them) really helps if you like shooting with manual lenses.
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Sigma SD10, 18-55mm/3.5-5.6 x0.5, 24-70mm/3.5-5.6, 28-200mm/3.5-5.6 MACRO, 70-300mm/4-5.6 MACRO, Fits SA & PK mounts.
Panasonic G3, 14-42mm/3.5-5.6, 0.45x & 2x adapters, M42 & PK Adapters
Pentax K: Petri 50mm/2, B&H 135mm/2.8, Prinzflex 28mm/2.8
M42: Unigor 200mm/3.5, 50mm/1.8, Reflecta 55mm/1.8, Photax 200mm/4, Industar-50-2 50mm/3.5
M39: Industar 50mm/3.5
+ an arsenal of different phones with acceptable cameras for snapshots.
flickr!
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