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<blockquote data-quote="wilsonlaidlaw" data-source="post: 1573535" data-attributes="member: 171543"><p>I sometimes have the same problem as my Leica M240 (or its predecessors) and some of the lenses, e.g. the 50mm/f0.95 Noctilux or 80-200 Vario Elmar are very heavy. Where I really want to travel light, I would not dream of trying to use either my iPhone 5 or iPad3. Firstly I think people look really stupid using an iPad to take pictures with and both it and the iPhone have limitations imposed by their tiny lens and sensor. My personal choice for a lightweight camera is the excellent Olympus EP-5. The 12-50mm (EFOV 24mm to 100mm) lens is also a real lightweight and although nothing like the quality of my Leica lenses, on the EP-5 with its internal correction algorithms, produces surprisingly good end results. Even the out of the camera JPEG’s are acceptable. It has dozens of toys for special effects and the 5 axis image stabilisation is very effective. The RAW (ORF) output is first class. The only downside is the HD movie output which is less than wonderful but I don’t take a lot of video. If you want the camera very small, you can leave off the electronic viewfinder (VF-4) and use the back LCD, which is high resolution and works reasonably well in sunlight. </p><p></p><p>Wilson</p><p></p><p>PS. It can take all my Leica lenses with a Metabones adapter</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wilsonlaidlaw, post: 1573535, member: 171543"] I sometimes have the same problem as my Leica M240 (or its predecessors) and some of the lenses, e.g. the 50mm/f0.95 Noctilux or 80-200 Vario Elmar are very heavy. Where I really want to travel light, I would not dream of trying to use either my iPhone 5 or iPad3. Firstly I think people look really stupid using an iPad to take pictures with and both it and the iPhone have limitations imposed by their tiny lens and sensor. My personal choice for a lightweight camera is the excellent Olympus EP-5. The 12-50mm (EFOV 24mm to 100mm) lens is also a real lightweight and although nothing like the quality of my Leica lenses, on the EP-5 with its internal correction algorithms, produces surprisingly good end results. Even the out of the camera JPEG’s are acceptable. It has dozens of toys for special effects and the 5 axis image stabilisation is very effective. The RAW (ORF) output is first class. The only downside is the HD movie output which is less than wonderful but I don’t take a lot of video. If you want the camera very small, you can leave off the electronic viewfinder (VF-4) and use the back LCD, which is high resolution and works reasonably well in sunlight. Wilson PS. It can take all my Leica lenses with a Metabones adapter [/QUOTE]
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