I am so confused - need smaller camera system with great image quality :/

[cannpope]

I am going to sell all of my Nikon gear (D700, SB700, Nikkor 50 1.4g) & my Tokina 100 for a smaller camera system. I thought I would carry all my equipment around everywhere I went and I did in the beginning. Now...I don't carry it anywhere because it's so heavy and just not convenient. I thought I wanted to get into portrait photography as a side business apart from my main job, but found that it wasn't for me . Just because I want to sell good gear, doesn't mean that I want to sacrifice good quality images. I am very confused on what smaller camera system I should convert to. I still want QUALITY images. I WILL TAKE ALL THE SUGGESTIONS ANYONE CAN GIVE!!

THANKS!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

+1

I wish I could find a tiny cam that would work as well as my D700/D800 for full frame depth of field attributes, viewfinder quality, ISO performance, body construction, pic quality, controls, etc etc etc etc etc but I haven't been able to.

 

[Overread19 7]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...cts/284092-everything-evil-you-comes-out.html

You might want to have a read through of that thread there. It's got several of the members who own the interchangable lens camera bodies without mirror setups in it and you could also well ask there for some pointers on what the current market offers. These are ideal cameras which can offer you high quality, DSLR like control and features, but without the bulk of size.

Note that the one thing they can't do is the same level of subject isolation. That is partly a property of the sensor size and the smaller the sensor the less subject isolation you will get (its why when you look at photos taken with a webcam or camera phone that everything appears to be in-focus - whilst on a DSLR you'd get a much more blurred or fully blurred background).

 

[unpopular]

Both Fuji and Sony are rumored to have a full frame mirrorless interchangeable in the near future. If full frame is important, I'd say just wait, something will pop up in the next year or so.

 

[Overread19 7]

Both Fuji and Sony are rumored to have a full frame mirrorless interchangeable in the near future. If full frame is important, I'd say just wait, something will pop up in the next year or so.

Thing is if you go fullframe mirrorless will you really lose that much bulk over regular DSLRs? True you've lost the mirror, but you'll still need the same sized lenses to cover the whole of the larger sensor itself with the image circle and with those bigger lenses you'll need something ergonomically well sized to hold onto - at best you'd end up with something entry level DSLR sized bolted onto regular 35mm lenses (ie fullframe lenses).

 

[mjhoward]

I think you're probably going to be looking at M4/3's unless you want to give Nikon's new CX format a go.

 

[unpopular]

Both Fuji and Sony are rumored to have a full frame mirrorless interchangeable in the near future. If full frame is important, I'd say just wait, something will pop up in the next year or so.

Thing is if you go fullframe mirrorless will you really lose that much bulk over regular DSLRs? True you've lost the mirror, but you'll still need the same sized lenses to cover the whole of the larger sensor itself with the image circle and with those bigger lenses you'll need something ergonomically well sized to hold onto - at best you'd end up with something entry level DSLR sized bolted onto regular 35mm lenses (ie fullframe lenses).

That is a good point, and unless you're shooting all primes it probably true. The body will be thinner, ofcourse. But also the X-Pro1 isn't exactly "small".

 

[mjhoward]

Both Fuji and Sony are rumored to have a full frame mirrorless interchangeable in the near future. If full frame is important, I'd say just wait, something will pop up in the next year or so.

Thing is if you go fullframe mirrorless will you really lose that much bulk over regular DSLRs? True you've lost the mirror, but you'll still need the same sized lenses to cover the whole of the larger sensor itself with the image circle and with those bigger lenses you'll need something ergonomically well sized to hold onto - at best you'd end up with something entry level DSLR sized bolted onto regular 35mm lenses (ie fullframe lenses).

That is a good point, and unless you're shooting all primes it probably true. The body will be thinner, ofcourse. But also the X-Pro1 isn't exactly "small".

Maybe not, but instead of a 3.4lb 70-200mm VR that's 8.1" long, she could tote around a 0.8lb 35-100mm that is only 3.9" long. Or instead of packing around a 2lb 24-70mm that's 5.2" long, she could tote around a 0.67lb 12-35mm that's only 2.9" long. If she wanted to carry around her entire kit like she mentioned she likes to do, just between those two lenses would be ~4lb savings in her bag. Not to mention her bag could be considerably smaller.

 

[2WheelPhoto]

The smaller/lighter one goes, the more quality sacrificed. How much are we willing to give for that convenience?

 

[unpopular]

I'm really thinking something like the X-Pro, X-E1 or NEX 6 or NEX 7 are the way to go here. The X-Pro 2 is rumored to be full frame, but those X-Pro 2 rumors seem to have gone away with last summer...

 

[pixmedic1 1]

Pentax auto 110 super SLR

Pentax Auto 110 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

f/2.8 lenses in 18mm, 24mm, 50mm, 70mm, and 20-40mm f/2.8 zoom.

 

[StandingBear1983]

What about Sony's RX1, its the size of the Leica M9 (compact), and you can add a viewfinder to it. the only con is its fixed 35mm 2f, but if you shoot street mostly you might not need anything else...that is the closest thing to a very small body full frame that i know about...

EXCLUSIVE Sony RX1 1st look with accessories, video and image samples! - YouTube