wdross wrote:
You are right that if the OP is set on full frame, it makes no sense to go Canon or Nikon. But the OP has said that he travels. Burkphoto, cdouthitt, myself, and some others know that a 4/3rds will be lighter, smaller, and usually travels easier than FF. We just want him to be aware that this could be the time to switch formats. There is nothing wrong about Pentax and a lot that is right (splashproof/weatherproof is truely better for the real world; Pentax beats both Canon and Nikon at this). The OP deserves to make an intelligent decision and seeing his options "laid out on the table" will preventing him from feeling he may have made a wrong decision. Nothing wrong with looking at "all the cards".
You are right that if the OP is set on full frame,... (
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So true. I was a Nikon head for so long that when Canon's dSLRs were advancing faster than Nikon's in the early 2000s, it took me the threat of being sidelined at work to get me to look at them. My coworkers were right. The early mid-range EOS 20D was a much better fit for what we needed to do (school portraiture) than the Nikon D100, or D70. We bought well over 420 Canons in the next several years. They integrated perfectly with our workflow. At that time, Nikons did not.
That taught me a couple of lessons: First, there are many good options in the market. Second, things are not what they may seem.