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As these camera makers own a smaller market share than Canon or Nikon, they have often tried more radical and innovative approaches than the big two. You can see both Canon and Nikon as more traditional makers with very consistent and proven features in their cameras.
When Sony bought Konica-Minolta's camera division, they inherited the only body-based ...
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Sorry but you are confused. Picasa first shows you the JPEG preview that is embedded in RAW files.
It then loads the RAW data and lets it be converted by the codec. What you see then is the RAW file with default convertion.
In order to get something good from a RAW file, you have to work at it. IIRC there are questions here regarding matching the JPEG ...
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as Itai's answer was very detailed, I will only add some details regarding to Pentax, which at least for me were important when buying my first DSLR:
1) support for AA batteries in Pentax entry level DSLR - some people love it, some hate it ... (I am from the first group :-) ) - currently you can decide as newest K-r supports both.
2) Pentax has excellent ...
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I have an Olympus body (E-PL1) and a Panasonic lens (100-300mm zoom), and haven't noticed any special problems. It feels kind of silly to have 'paid' for in-lens stabilization that I keep turned off, but even when I've accidentally knocked the switch into the on position, it doesn't ruin the average shot (it makes for odd effects during long exposures on a ...
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I'll add Sigma for completeness.
Sigma fits well with the "smaller camera makers can be more experimental" theme: Their primary claim to uniqueness is that the Sigma DSLRs are using a different type of sensor, the Foveon X3, which has higher per-pixel color resolution than the standard Bayer filter sensor.
A little background:
Almost all DSLRs use a type ...
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A few points that haven't been mentioned about Sony's cameras:
The only way to get autofocus Zeiss lenses1. While Zeiss makes lenses for Canon and Nikon mounts, they're strictly manual focus.
Yes, old Minolta lenses work -- and many are almost amazingly good on digital. Just for one example, there was a recent comparative review of the old (circa 1985) ...
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This is completely normal. Unlike many makers, though, Olympus includes the hot-pixel mapping function on all their cameras, so you can just use that.
Remember, a full resolution JPEG from this camera has 15,925,248 pixels. If, say, a dozen of them are defective, that will have a 0.000075% impact on your final results. It's really a non-issue, and not ...
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Yes, it is possible to print a 16"x20" print from a Olympus OM-D EM-5 16Mp file that retains it's sharpness and detail - when viewed from a typical viewing distance.
The key here is viewing distance. Typically, a person does not view a 16"x20" print from the same distance as, say, a 4"x6".
A 'safe' calculation of viewing distance for a 16"x20" print is ...
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The Olympus Pen E-PM1 is a Micro Four-Thirds sensor at 17.3mm x 13 mm , while the Canon SX 40HS has a 1/2.3" sensor, at 6.17 x 4.55 mm. This alone is a massive difference, where larger sensors generally provide much better image quality, especially in these size ranges.
Of course the Olympus has removable lens, while the Canon does not, another option to ...
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This is my go-to resource http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/.
At this site, you can find up-to-date news about the Micro Four Thirds industry (new cameras, technology breakthroughs, etc). They also lists the different cameras available in the Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds formats. They appear to be sponsored by Olympus, but give seemingly unbiased ...
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The 40-150mm is optically better and lets you open to F/4 at 40mm, while the 14-150mm is already F/5.6 by that focal-length, so you get more light in until you get close to the end of the zoom range.
For sharpness, it depends which side of the 40-150mm range you prefer. At 40mm, the 14-150mm is noticeably sharper than the 40-150mm. At 150mm, the 40-150mm is ...
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The bokeh is influenced by the aperture you choose. It is not an effect.
The wider the aperture you choose, the less depth-of-field you get which is what makes bokeh appear. With the Olympus you have more latitude to choose less depth-of-field but you can choose an equally large depth-of-field on both camera.
The Olympus ZX-1 is really nice and produce ...
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Okay, so, one can make this better. The control panel is in fact called the "Super Control Panel", which is important to know, because the setting I couldn't find is called Live SCP in the menus. And you get to it with a single press of the OK button, once the camera is configured properly.
The relevant option is in the Custom Menu, under page D ( which is ...
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The RX100 is not available yet but you are on to something. Allow me to replace the Sony RX100 with the Canon G1 X in your question and answer that instead :)
A large sensor camera gives you high quality images, particularly at high ISO and shallow depth-of-field compared to typical compact models. This is true for fixed lens cameras and interchangeable ...
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(To be 100% pedantic: The physical button is "Fn2". "Multifunction" is a software function that can be assigned to (some of the) physical buttons, and by default it's assigned to Fn2.)
Hold the button down and rotate a dial one step - either of the two dials, in either direction. Now you're selecting which of the 4 functions the button will be ...
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It is now supported in the LR3.4/ACR6.4 update.
Along with Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i / Kiss X5 Digital),
Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel T3 / Kiss X50 Digital),
Fuji FinePix S200 EXR,
Fuji FinePix F550 EXR,
Fuji FinePix HS20 EXR,
Fuji FinePix X100,
Hasselblad H4D-40,
Kodak EasyShare Z990,
Nikon D5100,
Olympus E-PL1s,
Olympus ...
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In general, lens based optical stabilisation ought to work very well with a 150mm lens. Modern designs are capable of three stops (8x increase in exposure time) or more. As to whether it will make a large difference to what you can shoot, that depends on how much light you have. Of course image stabilisation does nothing to help you with moving subjects, so ...
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A Minolta MC/MD to 4/3 adapter would seem to fill the bill. There's one available here (at about $180), and there may be others (my search turned up a few discontinued makes). The MC lens is compatible with the Minolta MD mount, if that helps in your search at all.
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Generally I would say yes - if a component is going to fail due to manufacturing deficiencies, it will often do so in the first day/week/month if use (depending on usage of course)
What you describe (depending on the number of defective pixels) sounds like it is degrading with use - if it is effecting image quality, I would call it a "DOA", so should be ...
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Remember, this is a small sensor camera, so dust is magnified. With the note that it is invisible at wide aperture and visible stopped down, the diagnosis is near-certain: there's a speck of dust on the low-pass filter in front of the sensor. (There's a small chance that it's a stain from water as Boby says, as well, but the sample looks more like dust to ...
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I'm going to answer this question structured a bit differently: "Should I buy a new micro four thirds camera, or the new RX100?" I'll preface this up-front by saying that I adore MFT equipment, and I see a lot to like in the RX100.
Youe E-PL2 is a bit old now. Maybe not so much in terms of absolute time, but Panasonic and Olympus made enormous strides ...
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Setting up the Live Bulb and Live time:
Menu > Custom Menu > E Menu > Live Bulb: 0.5sec
Menu > Custom Menu > E Menu > Live Time: 0.5sec
Note well: In order to use either function, you must put the camera in Manual Mode (M) and scroll the main dial until you see the option.
http://gakuran.com/olympus-om-d-e-m5-field-test/
Rotate shutter speed dial until ...
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You are trying to shoot a difficult situation with a very limited camera which you cannot control, so there really not much you can except get a better camera. For one off events, you can even rent a DSLR and lens but you off-course would have to know how to use one!
Your example, the camera chose a high shutter-speed to freeze the motion of the performers. ...
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Image stabilization is generally regarded as being both more useful and more effective at longer focal lengths. See what is effectively the opposite question to this at How useful is image stabilisation below 200mm, really?, noting that for the normal rule of thumb for shutter speed the crop factor applies. For Micro Four Thirds, that's 2×, so, roughly, ...
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There's some warnings here about using different types of non-mercury replacement batteries. In this flickr thread, there are a few suggestions:
use the PX625 replacement battery from Wein -- this is designed as a drop-in replacement for the OM-1, and even says so on the packaging. Downsize: expensive.
get 1.3V hearing-aid batteries from the drug store; ...
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While I don't know anything about the specific lens you refer to, provided it mounts properly using the adapter, it should function fine in manual and Av modes. Olympus mounts appear to have a longer flange distance than the Canon EF mount, which means that your adapter does not need to have any extra glass. This is good as extra glass can affect image ...
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This is called 'Live Bulb' or 'Live Time' and you have to enable it in the setup menu. The number of refresh is limited, but you will see the image evolve at fixed intervals during a bulb exposure.
EDIT
This only works in BULB or TIME mode, in case it is not obvious which seems the case from your comment. To do that, you have to set the time past 60" to ...
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Have you checked if you are using a shutter time longer than expected? Or maybe Bulb mode?
In S mode the shutter time is shown as a highlighted number in the camera display, but if this number is shown with quotes then the time is in fact in seconds.
So a number like 30 means the shutter will be open for 1/30 of a second, but a number like 30" means the ...
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If you didn't noticed there is a button on the right side of the viewfinder |▢|.
Image source: http://www.trustedreviews.com/olympus-om-d-e-m5_Digital-Camera_reviewsource
First of all there are 2 modes (to quick access this setting, long press the screen button on the side of the viewfinder):
the viewfinder will turn on automatically. When the auto ...
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The only drawback is that they sometimes won't have the lens auto correction and calibration for the other brands. And as far as I know Olympus is the only one producing splash and dust proof lenses to go with the sealing on the E-M5.
Lenrentals.com just did a wide angle resolution test using the E-M5 with all of their wide angle Micro Four Thirds lens. ...
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