Fujifilm X-A1

sniperone

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Need a little advise on purchasing a new camera.

Now im pretty new to photography and i have a nikon d7000 as my main camera but would like a small mirroless to pop into my rucksack for street photography on my travels through london .

I have around £450 budget and have narrowed it down to two models that should give me what im looking for but would like some input on these.

First choice is the Fujifilm X-A1 .£379 on amazon with kit lens and free XF27mm Lens

Second choice is Olympus Pen E-PL5 again with the kit lense and free 17mm lense

Both are within my budget and offer near enough the same picture quality from what i have read online

One other outside choice is a sony nex5 ,Been told this is a great camera also

Any help is appreciated:)
 
My choice would by with the Olympus as you have access to a far larger lens line up and support,the lenses tend to be much smaller, especially at the longer end, and you will get better focus and in general a very mature product and system.

The Fuji's are very nice but a much more limited set of lenses, some of which are quite bulky and the system is still very young. Some of the lenses are fantastic.
 
What of the two systems has the best picture quality overall ? The Fuji's sensor is much larger than the Olympus so i presume it has the better low light performance and better image quality .Or am i wrong ?
 
Just bought the X-A1 myself last week, looked at a lot but what appealed most was the free lens as it should be compact enough with the 27mm to be truly pocketable. I'm not big into photography though, so buying more lenses isn't something I will be doing much, but I did want the option and wanted to ability to be a bit more creative. They seem rather expensive to me.
 
sniperone said:
What of the two systems has the best picture quality overall ? The Fuji's sensor is much larger than the Olympus so i presume it has the better low light performance and better image quality .Or am i wrong ?
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The Fuji is likely a little better but the Olympus sensors pinch well above their weight and have a much higher quantum efficiency than almost all other sensors so the size sufferance has much less effect on low light performance and Dynamic range than one might think. For example they are very similar to the latest Canon APS-C sensors in performance despite being much smaller.

The Fuji sensors are very good but they can produce some strange artifacts due to the colour filter.
 
Well after a visit to my local camera shop in chelmsford and having a play with both i decided to go with the olympus epl5 with kit lens and free 17mm prime . The fuji although a nice camera just did not feel right and the kit lense build was rubbish to say the least. The extra features and the amazing burst rate of the olympus had me sold it is way faster than my d7000. Just need the viewfinder and im a happy chap
 
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