genocolo wrote:
Sorry, but I don’t see anything in these very ordinary photos which would tempt me or justify a $6,000 price. No disrespect intended to you personally.
Learning a new complicated device, including this camera follows the 10, 100, 1000 hour rule. 10 hours before you get any feel for it, 100 hours before you know what you are doing without floundering through the menus, and 1000 hours before it becomes a part of you.
I have many hours before I will understand what photos to take and how best to take them that show the qualities of this camera at its best.
At the moment, this is what I know: this is the only full frame, high sensor, compact camera on the market. The lens is the finest lens for any compact camera.
The camera is light enough and good enough to take with me anywhere, including on my Canadian Rocky tour next summer. By then, I hope to have my 100 hours in.
Right now, I am taking it along with me on early morning walks, and getting a feel for how I want to use it.
Full frame DSLR’s with quality lenses are significantly heavier and as expensive, or more so.
I haven’t used a camera for over 5 years and it shows. You could probably do better.
But, if you enjoy swapping lenses, and using tripods (for long lenses), and don’t mind carrying the weight and all the gear, then there is no fixed lens camera that would satisfy you, understandably.
Remember, just because the gear is great, doesn’t mean that the photos will be. That takes a photographic eye, which I obviously do not have yet.