Finding the Perfect System Camera

Basically there are three major well-known system for digital camera; the digital SLR, the micro four third system and compact camera.

The micro four thirds system becomes a favor since it offers smaller and lighter body but higher capability than the compact camera.

Olympus, Panasonic Micro G, GXR Ricoh, Samsung and Sony are the new class of digital system cameras. The biggest advantage of a system camera - regardless of the manufacturer - is its flexibility. The reflex area put the "mirror-free" DSLRs a change lenses and can thus be adapted to any shooting situation.

The compact design but does not occupy the camera body or the special lenses a lot of space in the camera case: where you stopped earlier two lenses plus housing, now fit loosely into body and four lenses. Due to the lesser extent but has also reduced the weight. On average, an entry level DSLR weighs about 730 grams standard lens system brings a camera in the compact class including lens by only 500 grams.

Although the principle of a camera system is simple, namely a compact camera body without a mirror box, which can also operate in compact lenses, the difference between the philosophies of the manufacturers in some cases considerably from each other:

Panasonic introduced the Lumix DMC-G1, the first manufacturer to a mirror-less system camera on the market. She was only slightly smaller than a digital SLR, as well as the subsequent Lumix DMC-G1. It is the Lumix DMC-G1 and its successor DMC-GF2 have a much smaller box, so that out of seven system currently only two cameras the size of a compact camera.

Also, Samsung has opted for the mixed form and with the NX5, NX10 and NX11 three DSLR-like cameras system program. The NX100 other hand, has a more compact housing.

In contrast, the system of cameras from Olympus and Sony, that is, the Olympus E-P1, E-P2, E-P1 and E-PL2 (test soon), respectively, the Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 from the outset to compactness construed.

Ricoh GXR offers a completely different system. Instead of using the system camera lenses interchangeable modules, the image sensor, lens and image processor included. In this way the manufacturer wants to guarantee that all three components are perfectly coordinated. Ricoh is also the only system camera manufacturer, with its modules converts the focal length is already on the small screen format.

System cameras have indeed taken some advantage of its compact colleagues, such as weight and size. Only the "large" models from Panasonic and Samsung have an integrated electronic viewfinder. Olympus packs in the PEN E-P2 an electronic viewfinder. For all other camera (except for the Olympus E-P1) as a viewfinder accessories are sold separately.

Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-GH2 is a feature that can influence the purchase decision.

Cameras system is more expensive to maintain. At least one has the feeling when you pull (somewhat naive) to draw conclusions from the price on the size of the lenses. For an adapter for the camera system offers every manufacturer, even if a huge lens the size and weight advantage of a camera system quickly destroys.

If you upgrade your system, camera and matching lenses, so you have plenty of choice: Panasonic offers for its G-system equal to 11 lenses, including a model for 3D photos. In addition, various filters and adapters are available. Olympus has at least seven lenses and various adapters and converters. Samsung has five lenses in the range. Here, too, converters and filters are also available. The NEX-models of Sony three lenses are available, supplemented by a lens adapter. And for Ricoh GXR are currently four modules with different focal lengths (P10, S10, A12 2x).

Conclusion: The basic question when buying a camera system is "How large should the camera?" Find the control of an SLR comfortably in terms of their size; you should use a slightly larger camera system made by Panasonic and Samsung. If you prefer a compact camera with interchangeable lenses, even the models from Sony and Olympus are an alternative. Ricoh increases due to the modular system but rather a role of an outsider, but followed an interesting (and expensive) approach.

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