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Need to lighten the load
Sep 23, 2013 10:02:51 #
I have enjoyed being an amateur photographer for a long time. I have Nikon, Canon and Panasonic equipment, each with several lenses, etc.
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
Sep 23, 2013 10:21:24 #
If I were you, of course, I'm not. I would investigate either the Mirrorless Cameras or the Bridge Cameras.
Sep 23, 2013 10:33:30 #
Fred Miller wrote:
I have enjoyed being an amateur photographer for a long time. I have Nikon, Canon and Panasonic equipment, each with several lenses, etc.
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
Canon SX50. Try it you'll like it. :-)
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Sep 23, 2013 10:40:55 #
Sep 24, 2013 05:53:42 #
Sep 24, 2013 06:57:47 #
Fred Miller wrote:
I have enjoyed being an amateur photographer for a long time. I have Nikon, Canon and Panasonic equipment, each with several lenses, etc.
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
Fred - your story is that of many who are either getting old or unfortunate to suffer from some debilitating infirmity. But don't worry - help is at hand - the mirrorless system.
I don't know your levels of knowledge in this regard, but you can learn a great deal from Thom Hogan's site - http://www.sansmirror.com/ - you will get full and knowledgeable information on all the major mirroroless systems. It sounds like the higher end will be your cup of tea, and without wanting to influence you too much, I'd suggest looking at the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the totally new OM-1 and the Panasonic GX7 in the "micro 4/3" category, which is by far the biggest and most popular range, with fine high quality lenses and the "interchangeability" of Olympus and Panasonic equipment.
Options are always good to have at the outset - and my other suggestion would be the Fuji X Series cameras, the X-Pro 1, or, in my mind, the better "all round" and cheaper X-E1. Fuji entered this particular market at the "high quality" end, and their XF lenses for these cameras are first rate.
For a "user-experience" viewpoint I always find this English guy to be very "down to earth" - http://photomadd.com/category/fujifilmx/
Sep 24, 2013 06:57:48 #
Fred Miller wrote:
I have enjoyed being an amateur photographer for a long time. I have Nikon, Canon and Panasonic equipment, each with several lenses, etc.
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
(EDIT - double post, yet again ! Outside my control !)
Fred - your story is that of many who are either getting old or unfortunate to suffer from some debilitating infirmity. But don't worry - help is at hand - the mirrorless system.
I don't know your levels of knowledge in this regard, but you can learn a great deal from Thom Hogan's site - http://www.sansmirror.com/ - you will get full and knowledgeable information on all the major mirroroless systems. It sounds like the higher end will be your cup of tea, and without wanting to influence you too much, I'd suggest looking at the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the totally new OM-1 and the Panasonic GX7 in the "micro 4/3" category, which is by far the biggest and most popular range, with fine high quality lenses and the "interchangeability" of Olympus and Panasonic equipment.
Options are always good to have at the outset - and my other suggestion would be the Fuji X Series cameras, the X-Pro 1, or, in my mind, the better "all round" and cheaper X-E1. Fuji entered this particular market at the "high quality" end, and their XF lenses for these cameras are first rate.
For a "user-experience" viewpoint I always find this English guy to be very "down to earth" - http://photomadd.com/category/fujifilmx/
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Sep 24, 2013 07:17:40 #
Fred Miller wrote:
need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Fred, I have 2 DSLR with 1,250 pounds of Minolta Cast-Iron bodied lenses from 1985 on. Really great stuff along with other accessories.
Reality is reality and time goes on along with joint flexibility. Now I shoot with a Panasonic ZS20 that I modified to take filters. My 37mm filter stack is 3" high and weighs 130 g a little over 1/4 pound. Every thing, camera, filters, extra battery, metal credit card & ID, cell phone etc. fit in a belt pack. The camera is superb with a Leica 20X lens system. It will take IR at 750nm, much to my surprise. At night it takes multi shots and blends to give lower noise images. Almost forgot to mention the built in GPS! Super zooms give MOBILITY
My ZS20 is two years old and as usual the world moves on with more pixels, greater than 20X, bigger sensors etc. If $ are an issue the ZS20 price has plummeted making way for the ZS40! May you have pain free photography.
Sep 24, 2013 07:22:09 #
traveler90712 wrote:
If I were you, of course, I'm not. I would investigate either the Mirrorless Cameras or the Bridge Cameras.
Exactly. The Sony NEX-6 and NEX-7 are nice cameras with a good assortment of lenses. See what Trey Ratcliff had to say about them.
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/2013/07/04/sony-nex-review-nikon-vs/
Sep 24, 2013 08:19:25 #
Fred Miller wrote:
I have enjoyed being an amateur photographer for a long time. I have Nikon, Canon and Panasonic equipment, each with several lenses, etc.
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
I had five surgeries on my back, hip and knees in the past 2 years, and can not carry any of the cameras and lenses, etc.
I would like to start again, but need to lighten my load without giving up the flexibility that I had.
Any suggestions?
Fred Miller
Hi Fred,
I am in the same boat as you seem to be. I went from all that clutter to the Canon SX-50. I no longer do commercial work so the '50' does a fine job for me. You can still shoot raw if you want and it has a tremendous zoom capability. Check it out. Good luck with whatever you decide. Main thing.... keep shooting!
Sep 24, 2013 09:20:09 #
bgl
Loc: Brooklyn,New York
Hi Fred. Sounds to me that what you need is a porter to carry all that stuff - JUST KIDDING!. Exactly what do you want in terms of the flexibility you mentioned. What do you intend to shoot? I think you will get even better advice / suggestions if folks know more precisely what you want to accomplish.
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Sep 24, 2013 10:59:26 #
If you are still a serious imagemaker, you will want to take a serious look at 4/3 four thirds equipment.
Sep 24, 2013 11:16:11 #
imagemeister wrote:
If you are still a serious imagemaker, you will want to take a serious look at 4/3 four thirds equipment.
Are you talking about 4/3 equipment, imagemeister, or "micro 4/3" equipment ? With the advent this month of the new Olympus OM-1 it has been made known that there will be no further 4/3 cameras from Olympus.
Sep 24, 2013 11:20:42 #
Just found this video by David Hobby (of Strobist fame - http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/lighting-101.html) who is discussing his depth of feeling about Fiji X Series cameras, and how he is moving more away from Nikon DSLR towards Fuji and its X Series cameras and lenses :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Ap9O_zhbxE#t=216
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1Ap9O_zhbxE#t=216
Sep 24, 2013 12:46:10 #
I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM (MINUS THE ILLNESS) AND PURCHASED THE SONY NEX7 WITH TWO LENSES. I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. THE LOAD IS VERY LIGHT - THE IMAGES ARE OUTSTANDING - AND THE CAMERA IS A JOY TO USE. I EVEN BOUGHT A NEW LIGHTWEIGHT TRIPOD IN BLUE AND IT WORKS JUST FINE WITH THE NEX7. LOOK INTO IT OR SOME OTHER BRAND OF MIRRORLESS CAMERA - YOU WILL BE HAPPY YOU DID. DON
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