{"id":2734,"date":"2010-01-17T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T03:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2010-01-17T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T07:52:49","slug":"which-digital-slr-is-best-to-compliment-the-almost-mandatory-micro-four-thirds-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=2734","title":{"rendered":"Which digital SLR is best to compliment the almost mandatory Micro Four Thirds kit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=2719\">My previous post<\/a> lists the pros and cons of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?page_id=1510\">Micro Four Thirds camera system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Perhaps the next question is &#8211; which dSLR is best to compliment the almost mandatory M43 kit?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Every photographer will have their own special needs which will sway their final choice, but reasons to add a complimentary dSLR include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>substantially better image quality at high ISO or really shallow depth of field &#8211; if this is your main aim, it doesn&#8217;t make much sense to go for a cropped sensor camera as the gain is quite marginal &#8211; better to go for a full frame or Canon 1D.<\/li>\n<li>substantially better sports AF and burst rate performance &#8211; a Canon 1D, Olympus E3\/E5 or Nikon pro dSLR, Canon 7D or Nikon D300s<\/li>\n<li>a particular lens-camera combination such as Nikon 85mm f\/1.4, Canon 135mm f\/2.0L, Canon 24mm f\/1.4L II<\/li>\n<li>20+ megapixel full frame &#8211; are you sure you want 20+mp? &#8211; oh well &#8211; try Canon 5DMII or very expensive Nikon or cheaper Sony<\/li>\n<li>weather-proofing &#8211; most recent pro dSLRs are weatherproofed<\/li>\n<li>better remote TTL flash system &#8211; perhaps over-rated as manual flash is more reliable in complex scenarios, but most dSLR systems have good remote TTL flash options although Nikon is arguably the best, while wireless remote TTL with PocketWizards gets more support for Canon, and none for Olympus at present.<\/li>\n<li>compatibility &#8211; obviously, Olympus Four Thirds dSLRs offer the maximum compatibility, then Canon as their flash system can be used in manual mode.<\/li>\n<li>tilt-shift lenses at wide angle &#8211; full frame Canon or Nikon dSLR (you can use tilt shift on cropped sensors including M43 but you don&#8217;t get the wide angle that you can on full frame)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some suggestions of dSLRs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Olympus E5 <\/strong>when it comes out his year:\n<ul>\n<li>will provide TTL flash and Four Thirds lens compatibility<\/li>\n<li>adds at least 5fps burst rate, weather-proofing, and beautiful Four Thirds lenses such as 150mm f\/2.0 (ie. 300mm f\/2.0), 35-100mm f\/2.0 (ie. 70-200mm f\/2.0) or 14-35mm f\/2.0 (28-70mm f\/2.0), allow remote TTL flash<\/li>\n<li>the ZD 50mm f\/2.0 macro lens is a superb lens optically and makes a fantastic manual focus macro lens on the M43 cameras with superbly fast manual focus on the Panasonic cameras.<\/li>\n<li>Olympus menu structures and buttons should be more similar as on Olympus M43 cameras which makes for ease of use.<\/li>\n<li>Olympus will be bring out more contrast detect AF compatible Four Thirds lenses which allow faster AF on M43 cameras.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, rather than replace Olympus Four Thirds dSLRs, M43 may actually make having this system even more sensible for when you want to use lenses that are just too big for M43, or you want to shoot birds in flight, etc.<\/li>\n<li>in the interim, the <strong>Olympus E30<\/strong> may make the most value for money sense although its not weatherproof.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon 1D Mark IV:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>1.3x crop weatherproofed pro sports camera with 10fps and HD video &#8211; hard to fault except its big, heavy and expensive<\/li>\n<li>can use Canon flash units and cables on the M43 cameras but\u00a0 TTL capability is not available<\/li>\n<li>can use Canon EF lenses on M43 via cheap adapter but must set aperture while on the Canon camera<\/li>\n<li>new EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II lens or the much smaller, lighter EF 135mm f\/2.0L<\/li>\n<li>perhaps a 24mm f\/1.4L II lens<\/li>\n<li>if you can&#8217;t afford this or you need more telephoto reach in a Canon, then a <strong>Canon 7D<\/strong> may be an option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canon 5D Mark II:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>comments as for 1D Mark IV but 21mp full frame, not weatherproofed and AF is not optimised, but a cost effective full frame option to get full wide angles and nice with a 24mm f\/1.4L II lens or 17mm tilt shift lens.<\/li>\n<li>if you need weatherproofing, then a very expensive\u00a0 <strong>Canon 1Ds Mark III <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nikon pro dSLR:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>not a great match as nothing much is compatible, and currently the full frame dSLRs are very expensive while HD video is not as good, but they do have some nice new lenses and the flash system is probably the best around.<\/li>\n<li>can use Nikon lenses on M43 but the new G ones do not have aperture rings and thus aperture will need to be set on a Nikon camera first &#8211; I presume this will work as it does with Canon lenses.<\/li>\n<li>eg. Nikon D700 or D3 with 85mm f\/1.4 lens, 14-24mm f\/2.8, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My previous post lists the pros and cons of Micro Four Thirds camera system. Perhaps the next question is &#8211; which dSLR is best to compliment the almost mandatory M43 kit? 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