Thread: Kirk Tuck Dumps Micro Four Thirds for NEX-7

Kirk likes the EVF in the Sony cams. He says he has the first A99 reserved at this local camera store.

I'm the only person on the planet so far as I can tell who picked up an X100 and decided it wasn't very nice

That is a tough position to be in. Look on the bright side; there are lots of other planets. Odds are, there is someone out there for you...

Originally Posted by Luke

After handling one, I decided the main selling point was that it felt like a small, slippery bar of soap and that using one was not intuitive and now matter how cool they are, if you look like you're going to drop it and can't figure out to operate it, it will make you look decidedly UNcool.

exactly.
add a lens of any size and it gets worse, IMHO
the NEX' IQ is great but my E-PL2 feels much better to me
Even with the 14-150mm

Is the NEX really all that unbalanced? It actually fares quite well in some of the comparisons that Amin did here;

Micro 4/3, Sony NEX, and Canon EOS-M - Small Camera Size Comparison - Micro Four Thirds User Forum

From my brief experience, I wouldn't call it unbalanced. But too small for me and definitely slick....slippery. I almost dropped it twice.

I have/had the same issue with both the Olympus E-PM1 and the Panasonic GF1. Both feel well built but their nice metal skins are also slippery and neither camera offers anything much to grip onto. If not for my patented finger loop hold I would struggle to grip either camera properly.

I liked the Nex a lot when I had one. It was my first modern camera with the flip up rear screen and I fell in love with it. I got around the controls without any real problem, and found it more than comfortable enough to hold and shoot with, whether up at eye level or down at my waist. And I loved the IQ and this was a Nex 5, not a 5n or 7 or one with one of the newer sensors. I ultimately dumped it for m43 due to the lack of lenses and the apparent lack of future lenses. This was a year and a half ago and I still don't see much progress on the lens front, so I'm very happy with my decision. But I never had a bit of trouble or dis-satisfaction with the camera itself, or the lenses I did have for it. Just never turned into the type of system I'd have been happy with. But great cameras, I thought.

-Ray

I'm migrating to an M4/3 system because I'm tired of carrying around a heavy load of equipment. The NEX bodies are small, but the lenses do not appear to offer much relief. I would be about as well off to get a Canon Rebel T-series body and continue to use my Canon lenses.

Originally Posted by Luckypenguin

I have/had the same issue with both the Olympus E-PM1 and the Panasonic GF1. Both feel well built but their nice metal skins are also slippery and neither camera offers anything much to grip onto. If not for my patented finger loop hold I would struggle to grip either camera properly.

Someone on this board or mu-43 suggested those tiny little clear rubber furniture pad feet. The kind you put on the bottom of someone to protect the top of a nice table. They're maybe 10mm round. I put two on the front of my EPM1, and the grip is suddenly quite do-able. I even hold a 100-300 easily with these little feet. The rubbery texture makes gripping a breeze.

Thanks, and now you mention it I do recall seeing an E-PM1 for sale on eBay a few months ago where they appear to have done the same thing. In a way, it's good that Olympus made no pretense whatsoever at providing a grip because a flat face gives you lots of different options for adding one.