Why do you feel you have to carry ALL the kit? Just because you've got it? Pick one lens (e.g. a short zoom or slightly wide prime) and just use that, see how you get on.
Quote from: hiraethus on August 05, 2015, 09:46:54 AMWhy do you feel you have to carry ALL the kit? Just because you've got it? Pick one lens (e.g. a short zoom or slightly wide prime) and just use that, see how you get on.Mainly because I don't have "one lens" they all seem to be restrictive one way or another.The standard zoom is 28-105 which is also very slow at f3.5-4.5 and even then not really good enough to be used wide open.The larger zoom usm 70-210 is a big old daft design, stupidly long when zoomed out and for the paltry 4x reach doesn't really warrant lugging it around. The 24mm wide is nice and so is the 40mm and 50mmThe cosina 18-35 is crap - period!!Then there's the flashgun - camera doesn't have one built in.No stabiliser lenses, so a tripod needs to be somewhere near.Needles to say, I really don't enjoy lugging it all around and so don't.Whereas, The RX10 covers my whole lens collection and is also constant f2.8 all through the zoom range.The macro (3cm) is amazingMovie (HD) - yes pleaseWifi transfer to PC or tablet or printer..... I'm really struggling to justify the need for an SLR - it does seem to be a big archaic these days.
Quote from: tosh on August 05, 2015, 10:31:57 AMQuote from: hiraethus on August 05, 2015, 09:46:54 AMWhy do you feel you have to carry ALL the kit? Just because you've got it? Pick one lens (e.g. a short zoom or slightly wide prime) and just use that, see how you get on.Mainly because I don't have "one lens" they all seem to be restrictive one way or another.The standard zoom is 28-105 which is also very slow at f3.5-4.5 and even then not really good enough to be used wide open.The larger zoom usm 70-210 is a big old daft design, stupidly long when zoomed out and for the paltry 4x reach doesn't really warrant lugging it around. The 24mm wide is nice and so is the 40mm and 50mmThe cosina 18-35 is crap - period!!Then there's the flashgun - camera doesn't have one built in.No stabiliser lenses, so a tripod needs to be somewhere near.Needles to say, I really don't enjoy lugging it all around and so don't.Whereas, The RX10 covers my whole lens collection and is also constant f2.8 all through the zoom range.The macro (3cm) is amazingMovie (HD) - yes pleaseWifi transfer to PC or tablet or printer..... I'm really struggling to justify the need for an SLR - it does seem to be a big archaic these days.I am a Olympus guy so do not keep up with the other brands to much, so you said you switched to digital and it has no stabilizing on the lens or body? I didn't think there was any manufacturer out there that does not use stabilizing in one form or another.