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AndyM
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I’m having a little bit of a problem at the moment deciding what camera I should buy. I should point out that at this moment I only have a Nikon Coolpix 7900 P&S, and an old Pentax SF7 that I haven’t touched in about 15 years!
It is my 30th birthday in a few weeks and I’ve been thinking to myself for a while that I’d like to get into photography again, and I should treat myself to a camera where I can actually control the picture once again.
The reason why this message is in this forum is because I’ve think that the main reason I stopped photography is because I didn’t like the hassle of carrying round an SLR with extras, and the presence that it creates. I think that my very first camera (an Olympus rangefinder) was probably the camera that I loved the most because it was simple fixed 35mm.
The Ricoh cameras have got my attention really, I like the idea of both the GRD2 and GX100, and keep going back and forth between the two - I can’t picture how much of a difference working continuously at 28mm would make, plus the GX100 is stabilised, however the IQ is better with the GRD and I (sometimes) like the notion of one less variable (zoom). The main point is that these cameras are far more likely to be carried around.
But I can’t decide if I should just get over myself and buy a dSLR - it may be that I don’t feel conscious carrying round a dSLR these days. For about the same money as a GX100 I could get myself a K100D (or for a little more a K10D) and I’d have better IQ and flexibility. It also makes me wonder which is easier to teach myself photography on, and whether I’d get frustrated about the whole noise issue associated with small sensor cameras - grain is lovely, but on all pictures may be irritating. I look on flickr a fair bit and see beautiful pictures from both types of camera so it may be intentional.
Maybe I should monitor ebay for an old GRD1 and get a Pentax in the meantime - I’m sure the 15sec RAW wait is worth it . But this might make things worse having two to choose from.
What would you guys think? I see that many use their small sensor camera as a second camera - would they go one way or the other? Bear in mind here that I am a novice when it comes to photography practice (but I’m actually an Optical Physics PhD so I understand the theory) I really would like a camera to learn and experiment with. One of my primary theories is that it is all about composition and not equipment (to an extent) so perhaps I am worrying about nothing.
Wow this is a long message, hope someone managed to read it all!!!
It is my 30th birthday in a few weeks and I’ve been thinking to myself for a while that I’d like to get into photography again, and I should treat myself to a camera where I can actually control the picture once again.
The reason why this message is in this forum is because I’ve think that the main reason I stopped photography is because I didn’t like the hassle of carrying round an SLR with extras, and the presence that it creates. I think that my very first camera (an Olympus rangefinder) was probably the camera that I loved the most because it was simple fixed 35mm.
The Ricoh cameras have got my attention really, I like the idea of both the GRD2 and GX100, and keep going back and forth between the two - I can’t picture how much of a difference working continuously at 28mm would make, plus the GX100 is stabilised, however the IQ is better with the GRD and I (sometimes) like the notion of one less variable (zoom). The main point is that these cameras are far more likely to be carried around.
But I can’t decide if I should just get over myself and buy a dSLR - it may be that I don’t feel conscious carrying round a dSLR these days. For about the same money as a GX100 I could get myself a K100D (or for a little more a K10D) and I’d have better IQ and flexibility. It also makes me wonder which is easier to teach myself photography on, and whether I’d get frustrated about the whole noise issue associated with small sensor cameras - grain is lovely, but on all pictures may be irritating. I look on flickr a fair bit and see beautiful pictures from both types of camera so it may be intentional.
Maybe I should monitor ebay for an old GRD1 and get a Pentax in the meantime - I’m sure the 15sec RAW wait is worth it . But this might make things worse having two to choose from.
What would you guys think? I see that many use their small sensor camera as a second camera - would they go one way or the other? Bear in mind here that I am a novice when it comes to photography practice (but I’m actually an Optical Physics PhD so I understand the theory) I really would like a camera to learn and experiment with. One of my primary theories is that it is all about composition and not equipment (to an extent) so perhaps I am worrying about nothing.
Wow this is a long message, hope someone managed to read it all!!!