Micro Four Thirds cameras

P1X4R · 07-20-2010, 03:42 PM

i decided to get one. it's a great pocket DSLR! very slim and light. also takes 720p vids and i hear there's a 1080p hack for it too.

here's an HD video from it (not mine) which is how i found out about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz0v8SHAe9o

Averone · 07-20-2010, 03:47 PM

Not bad!

Not bad at all!

How much?

ComputerFly · 07-20-2010, 03:50 PM

That looks really good Ed. Can I ask, how much of that is 'straight' off the camera, and how much of it is 'sharpening, clarifying, masking' etc, through photoshop, etc?

I might sell my G10 and get one if it really looks that good straight out of the camera.

Also, what drawbacks have you noticed, if any with it?

I've been thinking of picking up this exact camera. Are the photos taken with the 'stock' lens?

Averone · 07-20-2010, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ComputerFly

That looks really good Ed. Can I ask, how much of that is 'straight' off the camera, and how much of it is 'sharpening, clarifying, masking' etc, through photoshop, etc?

I might sell my G10 and get one if it really looks that good straight out of the camera.

Also, what drawbacks have you noticed, if any with it?

I've been thinking of picking up this exact camera. Are the photos taken with the 'stock' lens?

All good questions, looks very raw to me.

P1X4R · 07-20-2010, 05:16 PM

hey guys, i bought it new from amazon.com for $778.24 shipped. i've only taken those two pics of spidey so far. i configured the camera to shoot raw, aperture priority mode at f/1.7, center focus. i used adobe lightroom 2.0 with no sharpening to jpg.

i still need to play with it more but it's pretty good right out of the box! btw, this is the 20mm "pancake" lens. it's a 40mm equivalent in 35mm terms.

P1X4R · 07-20-2010, 05:23 PM

hey steve, the only drawback on it so far is that it's so small! lol. seriously, i feel like i'm going to drop it! i decided to attach the shoulder strap to the camera. i don't want to accidentally drop it.

you can take this anywhere comfortably and get great results.

btw, since is a fairly new platform.. the number of lenses is quite limited but i'm extremely happy so far with the 20mm. the depth of field wide open looks to be very good. i'll let you know as i continue to shoot with it. i intend to use the video mode also.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ComputerFly

That looks really good Ed. Can I ask, how much of that is 'straight' off the camera, and how much of it is 'sharpening, clarifying, masking' etc, through photoshop, etc?

I might sell my G10 and get one if it really looks that good straight out of the camera.

Also, what drawbacks have you noticed, if any with it?

I've been thinking of picking up this exact camera. Are the photos taken with the 'stock' lens?

Averone · 07-20-2010, 05:27 PM

Damn you!
Now I want one!

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Thanks for the info

P1X4R · 07-20-2010, 05:37 PM

alex, i think you'll love not lugging around a HUGE DSLR.

my primary is still my Canon but it's nice to have options.

ComputerFly · 07-20-2010, 05:44 PM

Keep us updated in this thread. For me, I would probably only use the pancake, unless I was headed outdoors. I will probably never buy a full size DSLR, so I was really excited to see this (and the Olympus micro).

Shoot some video when you get the chance

P1X4R · 07-21-2010, 07:04 PM

i took a minute's worth of video but it ended up being over 150MB! it was in HD mode so that makes sense. the one thing i learned was the auto-focus kept going in and out which was terribly annoying. looks like the best thing to do was to turn it off which helped but if your subject is constantly moving then it's more of a challenge. i'm not expecting too much in this area since i bought it mainly for its picture taking qualities.