Sony Alpha A5000 or....

[Guest]

Hi,

My elder daughter is off to New Zealand on holiday later in the year, she has a Canon DSLR but wants something lighter to take on this trip, preferable a CSC with interchangeable lenses. Someone has suggested the Sony A5000, any thoughts anyone?

[Black Pearl]

Well specified, neat and quick - I would  also look at the OM-D range and the Panasonic GF7 which have a great range of (tiny) lenses available which is where the Sony falls down a little.

[Craftysnapper]

18 minutes ago, Black Pearl said:

Well specified, neat and quick - I would  also look at the OM-D range and the Panasonic GF7 which have a great range of (tiny) lenses available which is where the Sony falls down a little.

As  Olympus fan I have to agree with BP to take a look at the Panasonic and OM-D range especially the OM-D E-M10 for smallness, one of these with the epz 14-42 (28-84), 40-150 150 (80-300) al fit into the smalelst messenger bag and still have room fpr a prime lens, the problem with the Sony is once you get past the kit lens there is not really a size advantage as he lenses are quite large DSLR size. Do not worry about quality of images from micro four thirds it is up there with the APS sensor and better in some cases.

Edited July 16, 2016 by OlympusPaul

[Guest]

Thanks Guys.