Re: Yet another What-camera-to-buy-question

> Hello everyone,
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> I am a Olympus E-330 user and basically like the camera a lot. With its
> Live View capabilities and the excellent lenses available for comparably
> low prices, I've been going well with it so far both for panorama shots
> and "normal" photography tasks. But recently I was shooting a big event
> for a company where I had to take photos of tech talks (on a dim lit
> stage) and people chatting with each other outside while the sun was
> going down. It has always been a problem for Four Thirds sensors that
> their noise behavior / low light performace is far worse than other
> cameras with bigger sensors do. I was already getting into big noise
> trouble when I raised ISO just to 400 (it would have allowed me to go up
> to ISO 1600), and when I was taking the tech talk shots I had to
> intentionally under-expose the pictures by about 1.5 EV in order to not
> get blurry pictures although I used a tripod and a lens that starts with
> F2.8. Sooooo -- my questions are:
>
> What DSLR cameras might be interesting for low noise / good low-light
> performance that:
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> 1. Are rather mid-range than pro-cameras (regarding price, for example
> something like Canon 5D MkII would be too expensive for me)
> 2. Offer either a comparably high dynamic range capture and/or truly (in
> praxis) useable exposure bracketing features
> 3. Have enough necessary additional stuff than can be bought when needed
> (compatible flash, (wireless or cable-)remote control, good lenses
> (including a decent fisheye), additional battery holder...
> 4. Offer Live View
> 5. Have a turnable LCD monitor (at least up and down, left and right
> would be nice but not totally necessary).
>
> *Not* so important for me would be:
>
> 1. Fast picture series (3 pictures per second are OK)
> 2. High resolution (about 8 MP would be OK)
> 3. Ability to capture videos
> 4. Camera size (can be big and heavy, no problem)
> 5. "Full Format"-sensor. Certainly nice-to-have, but not necessary for
> me (I've always been taking at least 8 shots per panorama).
>
> I don't want to strat any flame wars regarding camera brands, and I'm
> sorry if I annoy anyone with these questions... I just thought: Where if
> not here at PanotoolsNG can I find such a large amount of knowlegde and
> professionalism with photography and panorama techniques. I'd be happy
> for any suggestions, although I cannot go and buy a new camera directly
> due to loss of money :-( It's rather a long-term decision, especially
> since I would have to change my whole system (each and every lens etc.
> would have to be bought again).
>
> Any response would be highly appreciated. And thanks to everyone for
> building and maintaining this great community!
>
> Best regards, Philipp
>
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