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hooneeawr

hooneeawr

hooneeawr

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I'm looking for some advice. I'm not great at photography, but I like taking pictures.

I currently have a Nikon D40. It's a bit dented, and the sensor is a bit dirty these days. I have a nikon 35mm 1.8, tamron 17-55 2.8 and a nikon 55-20mm. Usually I just stick with the tamron on most of the time.

The camera is really only used on holidays, so outdoor landscapes, or for indoor shots of people, preferably without a flash.

Anyway, I'm off to Iceland next week. I'm travelling light and it's got me thinking that DSLRs are quite big for me. While I feel I have lots of bits, I don't really compared to other folks.

I was eyeing up a Sony A5000, as I can get it for about £234 at the moment. As far as I can see, despite the slower lens (3.5-5.6 vs my 2.8) the upgrade to the camera as a whole would balance that out. Plus also be considerably smaller and lighter.

Thinking further out too, I think I'd fancy a 50mm instead of my current 35mm, so I could just get the Sony one rather than the Nikon.
 
I see what you mean about the lenses being much the same weight. In fact the Sony one is heavier than the Nikon AF-S one. Still, the reduced body and kit lens would be tiny alongside my current setup.

The large sensor compacts feel like they could be more limiting, plus the nice ones are a lot more than the £234 I'm thinking of at the moment for the a5000. Even that Olympus is at least £50 more just now, and they didn't seem much different in size when I saw them in Jessops earlier.
 
Hmm, made the mistake of looking in the 4/3rds thread. Might have to have a closer look at that Olympus. I've spotted a decent deal on it with the 14-42 mm and a 40-150 mm lens.

Are these somewhat similar to 18-55 and 55-200 on the larger Nikon sensor?
 
D.P. said:
Personally I would be looking at something like Olympus E-PL5, smaller camera and much smaller lenses.
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Well I hope you're happy. I now own an Olympus E-PL5! :p

£314 with the twin zoom kit.

Missing having a 2.8 zoom, and a 1.8 prime for indoor shots, but might replace them later. Off to Iceland this week so we'll see how it performs. Could probably do with a prime for Northern lights shots, but I'll just have to make do with the 14-42 set at 14 and f3.5. However I do love the size, and the controls work well (with a few minor adjustments).
 
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