DSLR or Compact System Camera?
Discussion
I was a keen amateur photographer many years ago and enjoyed using a manual 35mm SLR camera, I particularly liked being able to control the depth of field and to select the right shutter speed to capture things in motion. Then I got lazy and bought an automatic SLR and left it in auto mode most of the time. Then I got even lazier and bought a compact digital camera.
Now I think that I'd like to re-gain control over my photography and have been considering a digital SLR, nothing too fancy, or expensive, but possibly something like the Nikon D3300. When visiting the camera section of a department store I was advised to consider mirror-less Compact System Cameras (CSC). I like the fact that some CSCs have viewfinders as I don't want to have to put my glasses on to see the camera screen!
Digital SLRs seem quite bulky and weighty, the smaller size and lighter weight of the CSC appeals to me for those reasons. Another factor pushing me towards a CSC is that I've seen two CSCs which have old style aperture setting and shutter speed selector, the Panasonic Lumix G DMC-GF7 and the Fujifilm X-T10. As I want to easily select the aperture and shutter speed myself without having to "press button A while twiddling button B while looking in the viewfinder display" these cameras particularly appeal to me. It's possible that I'd want to buy additional lenses sometime.
I'd be interested to hear opinions on those cameras I mentioned, and whether anyone has bought a CSC then wished they'd bought a DSLR instead, or vice versa.
Thanks.
DM
Now I think that I'd like to re-gain control over my photography and have been considering a digital SLR, nothing too fancy, or expensive, but possibly something like the Nikon D3300. When visiting the camera section of a department store I was advised to consider mirror-less Compact System Cameras (CSC). I like the fact that some CSCs have viewfinders as I don't want to have to put my glasses on to see the camera screen!
Digital SLRs seem quite bulky and weighty, the smaller size and lighter weight of the CSC appeals to me for those reasons. Another factor pushing me towards a CSC is that I've seen two CSCs which have old style aperture setting and shutter speed selector, the Panasonic Lumix G DMC-GF7 and the Fujifilm X-T10. As I want to easily select the aperture and shutter speed myself without having to "press button A while twiddling button B while looking in the viewfinder display" these cameras particularly appeal to me. It's possible that I'd want to buy additional lenses sometime.
I'd be interested to hear opinions on those cameras I mentioned, and whether anyone has bought a CSC then wished they'd bought a DSLR instead, or vice versa.
Thanks.
DM
Just a small update, although I haven't yet bought a camera...
I've visited a camera shop and looked at the Fujifilm X-T10, Sony A6000, Panasonic Lumix G7 and Olympus E-M10 Mark II.
Originally I said I was attracted to the Fuji X-T10 because of the dedicated shutter speed setting button. Well having now tried the cameras I think I've rejected the X-T10 and A6000 because I didn't like the ergonomics, they just didn't feel right in my hands. That leaves me with the Lumix G7 and Olympus E-M10 which both felt ergonomically good. Of those two I preferred the ergonomics and the way information was presented in the viewfinder of the Lumix G7, however it did feel a bit cheap and fragile compared to the Olympus E-M10, so at the moment I am undecided.
I've visited a camera shop and looked at the Fujifilm X-T10, Sony A6000, Panasonic Lumix G7 and Olympus E-M10 Mark II.
Originally I said I was attracted to the Fuji X-T10 because of the dedicated shutter speed setting button. Well having now tried the cameras I think I've rejected the X-T10 and A6000 because I didn't like the ergonomics, they just didn't feel right in my hands. That leaves me with the Lumix G7 and Olympus E-M10 which both felt ergonomically good. Of those two I preferred the ergonomics and the way information was presented in the viewfinder of the Lumix G7, however it did feel a bit cheap and fragile compared to the Olympus E-M10, so at the moment I am undecided.
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