Fujifilm X-A1

sniperone · 18 Feb 2014 at 19:12

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

sniperone · 18 Feb 2014 at 21:35

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 ?

sniperone · 19 Feb 2014 at 11:05

How does the sony nex5 measure up against the olympus and fuji systems?

sniperone · 21 Feb 2014 at 21:25

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