Probably going to sell my camera

By all means, switch if you must. :smile:

Just curious, how long have you used the EP-1?

The NEX series are APS-C, not full frame sensors.

--Warren

 

Interesting post - I must admit that I don't know anything about the Sony. What's driving your decision to get the full frame sensor? I've printed dozens of photos from my GF1 enlarged to 11" by 14" and you would not know that they were from a m 4/3 sized sensor. Is sensor size the primary reason?

 

as warren said not full frame and an operational nightmare if your doing anything beyond newbie shooting in green rectangle i auto everything mode , also it has a tendancy to over expose in that mode which is not easily correctable in that mode

i was intrigues by the sonys too but wait for a version that respects the thinking photographer read the review at dp reviews for more on this

 

Good luck CalebPhotographer,

perhaps a converter will become available to use your 50mm f1.4 lens on your Sony?

Is there a Sony User Group forum, similar to mu-43.com available? I find this community a big positive factor to owning and using m4/3rds cameras...

Cheers

Brian

 

You deserve to use the camera you enjoy most, regardless of brand name or format. Good luck to you!

 

My suggestion would be to try it out before switching. I tried the NEX's in a store. One of the most notable good thing I found was the shutter was so nice compared to the big heavy "clunk" I get from my e-p1. How ever, there were also a bunch of annoyances which would drive me nuts after a short amount of time too.

 

I've owned a few Minoltas and when Sony bought over Minolta and produced DSLR, I bought Sony's DSLR too. In May, I wanted a small camera to take along for a vacation. I was actually waiting for NEX. I had only one eye on EP2.

But when I saw NEX first pictures, I was quite dissapointed. It was just too hi-tech looking for me. Having no dials too was a turn off. Immediately I went to a store and grabbed the EP2, my first ever Olympus. No regrets. But of course, this is purely asthetic, not technical. Good looking camera works for me.

Technically, I'm sure the NEX is good. I've not read any reviews, but owning a Sony DSLR, I know how clever Sony is. Good luck!

 

I agree that you should have the camera that works for you.

The question I think worth asking is: what is it that defines what you need from a camera? is it the camera itself, it's technical prowess, or the images it may produce?

For example, the noise comparison above is interesting, but not at all irrelevant to me. I rarely shoot above ISO800, and mostly in the range 100-400. then, I like to be able to change settings with the camera to my eye, and/or without looking much at controls. finally, I like to print, sometimes up to 16x20 or so.

My GF1 can do all that for me.

The technical reviews of cameras are interesting, but I only focus on the ones relevant to my photographic technique and input. If I gave any serious power to individual technical advantages of which I have no need, I would be changing cameras every few weeks.

I say move, but with caution.

 

Caleb,
you really should unload your camera...I mean after all...why would you want a camera that makes images like the ones on the tennis post...geeze.....

 

Sony was shipping them around the sonystores, different locations on different dates. It showed up at store near my on the release date so I checked it out.

If you're near a major city centre it's probably already made it's rounds through it... maybe you can check at sonystyle.com or something to find the tour dates.

 

Also if you have a WolfCamera in your area ask if they have a sony rep that comes by. I went to the one in SF and they told me that the sony rep has already come by several times to demo the NEX 5 and he should be their this weekend again.

 

What 50mm 1.4 lens is fully compatible with NEX? Even Sony's alpha mount is manual only on NEX. You can wait until they produce a NEX adapter to the mount of your 50mm.
I believe I would yield the same quality with alpha mount on NEX.