After covering a large selection of DSLR cameras (listed here) and compact cameras (here) in previous articles, it’s time to update our Micro Four Thirds camera article.
Many of you have asked me about this type of camera and whether they are worth it or not, so today more than a normal post, I intend to share with you a complete and complete file on Micro Thirds cameras.
Today we will see
Contrary to what many might think, Micro Four Thirds (4/3) is not a camera brand, but is a standard for advanced performance cameras, usually a small, thin housing with interchangeable lenses.
Two companies joined forces to create this standard system or camera: Panasonic and Olympus first introduced it in 2008 and it is still in force.
A lot has happened since then, and the 4/3 microphone is already a well established system with a good reception from consumers, as well as a good variety of lenses and accessories from the main brands.
Could you meet them as MAUVAIS or without mirror since they are ?. Now all mirroless or EVIL are not 4/3 micro, this depends mainly on the size of the sensor. Some EVIL mount an APS-C sensor, other 4/3 microphones, and others even Full Frame.
The main difference with an SLR camera is that it has no mirror, which means that it needs very little space between the sensor and the lens. This simple fact significantly reduces the space (and weight) of the camera.
The sensor, as you can see in the graph below, is smaller than the APS-C (17. 3 x 13. 8 mm) although it is now just as competitive Micro 4/3 cameras also differ from other formats, having an x2 conversion factor.
The technical problem aside, and counted in a very simplified way, Micro Four Thirds cameras are very similar in terms of performance to DSLR cameras, but with the size and ease of operation of a compact digital camera.
These cameras combine the benefits of compact cameras on the one hand and those of SLR cameras on the other, making them unique. Let’s look at some of its benefits.
In short, you can access a high-performance camera, with high-quality lenses, at a more affordable price than its SLR equipment equivalents.
Not everything is good news in these cameras, they also have their drawbacks which, in my opinion, are:
For some it will be an absolute advantage, because it allows, among other things, to preview the scene with the settings (blur, light, etc. ) directly from the viewer. For others, a nuisance?. It goes to taste.
There is an ideal type of camera for each type of user, if you think that you are meeting the following profile, your next camera should definitely be a Micro Four Thirds:
You like photography. You don’t work professionally in photography (you don’t make money to live), you like to take good photos and often admire a photo you see around you wondering what that picture has to make you love.
You like to have your camera always (or almost) at your fingertips, in your bag or backpack, you hate having to wear heavy photographic equipment, you hate it so much that if you had an SLR camera at home, it would most likely come out without it several times because of the heaviness that would carry it.
You don’t set limits on learning. The love of photography is not a thing of a day, in the future you want to expand your equipment, try new techniques, never stop learning and leave your team to live up to your thirst for knowledge.
Compact cameras have always seemed very practical to me but they have always failed and none of them have fully met your expectations You think a compact camera would be good to escape, for an informal photo on a birthday, etc. , but NOT for you.
You think you need a camera that gives you a higher level of control, you like to control the camera, control the lens, change the focal length, play with focus and blur, focus the subject and blur the background, capture a panoramic and wide landscape, etc.
Friend or friend, if you identify with the last four paragraphs, don’t think twice: you need a Micro Four Thirds camera.
Images worth a thousand words?
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