Which would you pick for a wife camera sony nex 6 or eos sl1?

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I am torn between keeping my sony nex 6 for the wife or getting her the new sl1 with a 40mm pancake. She just uses auto and wants to shove it in her purse just on occasional outings where lugging my 5d would be overkill. I think the sl1 is more versatile since all my lenses will serve a dual purpose and she like my 60d when I had it. She is just not the type to want larger heavy gear but I thought with either I could start to teach her how to use the pasm modes to control her photo's at times. Does anyone have an opinion? I just dont want to get her the eos if everyone thinks that its much larger and bulkier. I have noone else to ask.
 
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I'd consider M43 instead of the Sony just for lens selection.

Above all though, I'd consider whether or not your wife wants to learn the PASM modes. I know that my fiancé would simply be frustrated with my teaching, as she is quite happy with her iPhone at the moment. She may be further ahead, but I would wonder if she might want something smaller and easier.

I'd seriously consider a Panasonic ZS30 for her if I were you. Lots of zoom, very good automatic mode. And PASM if she eventually wants to progress to this. It has a 24-480mm equivalent zoom range. I wonder if your wife would feel constricted by the 40mm prime. 40mm on crop is still pretty narrow/tight.

The Panasonic ZS cameras, are a great option IMO.
 
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AS noted by others, my wife only uses full automatic unless I am there to set up the camera for her. She does fine with the G1X I bought for her. I am not reluctant to use it either. Its a very good low light camera, of course my FF is better, but for the price I paid, the G1X was a bargain.
 
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I would much prefer the SL1 because of the viewfinder. If buying for someone else, I would ask them which style of shooting they prefer. But I'm not sure either of those is small enough to put in a purse. Even a G1X is a little big. Depends on the purse, of course.
 
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It sounds like portability is a deciding factor here. Take her to a camera store (if you can find one) and let her see lots of options in person and let her decide which she likes best. Honestly, for what you're describing, any medium-ish sensor camera will do a great job - IF it's with her.
 
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The Fuji X100s seems to be the winner in the APS-C compact arena, but the Sony RX100 is also a fantastic little camera. If portability is the most important factor and you don't want to skimp on sensor size, then I'd also look at the new Nikon Coolpix A as an APS-C option, though it will likely drop in price sharply soon.

If you're okay with sacrificing sensor size, an E-PL5 or E-PM2 with any one of the many fantastic normal m4/3 primes would also work very very well - 17.5/1.8, 20/1.7, or 25/1.4. The 20 is a pancake lens and is quite fantastic, though its AF speed lags behind its rivals. Both the E-PL5 and E-PM2 have sensors very similar to the OM-D; 16mp Sony, 2x crop. They all take very good pictures, and compare very well with Canon's APS-C offerings in ISO performance despite the smaller sensor area.
 
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KKCFamilyman said:
I am torn between keeping my sony nex 6 for the wife or getting her the new sl1 with a 40mm pancake. She just uses auto and wants to shove it in her purse just on occasional outings where lugging my 5d would be overkill. I think the sl1 is more versatile since all my lenses will serve a dual purpose and she like my 60d when I had it. She is just not the type to want larger heavy gear but I thought with either I could start to teach her how to use the pasm modes to control her photo's at times. Does anyone have an opinion? I just dont want to get her the eos if everyone thinks that its much larger and bulkier. I have noone else to ask.
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micro 4/3 with a small prime (the Pany 20mm or 25mm). DSLR is a bit of an overkill for a purse. The new Olympus bodies have Sony sensors and the micro 4/3 mount has much better lens offerings.
 
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Personally the ability to put my lenses on the extra body is highly valuable. Even if I only do this infrequently, knowing that I could, would seal the deal.
 
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Thanks everyone. Lots of good advice. Yeah she already ok'd the sony nex 6 and it has an evf so we could keep that but then if I went that route I would consider the nex 3nl since its half the price with all the same stuff she uses. Just not sure if squeezing in the eos would be better for the fact that hopefully i can get her a 17-50 2.8 someday and it would be a better combo. Never been a fan of the 4/3's cameras. She looked at the rx100 and hated the flash placement. I want the eos m but everyone seems to not be satisfied with the af speed and grabbing you kids you need all the speed you can get.
 
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KKCFamilyman said:
Thanks everyone. Lots of good advice. Yeah she already ok'd the sony nex 6 and it has an evf so we could keep that but then if I went that route I would consider the nex 3nl since its half the price with all the same stuff she uses. Just not sure if squeezing in the eos would be better for the fact that hopefully i can get her a 17-50 2.8 someday and it would be a better combo. Never been a fan of the 4/3's cameras. She looked at the rx100 and hated the flash placement. I want the eos m but everyone seems to not be satisfied with the af speed and grabbing you kids you need all the speed you can get.
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That 17-55 2.8 is a wonderful piece of kit. It's unparalleled in Canon's full-frame line. The 40STM is a great lens too, but I found it too wide as an everyday walk around piece on my crop 7D, and I still find myself wanting to switch to the 35mm quite a bit, even on the FF 6D.

Have you played with Olympus' m4/3s? They are another astonishing camera, with IQ that is lens limited, not sensor limited when compared with the T1i-T4i. This may change if the SL1 or T5i have new sensors though. They are also a very ergonomic series, specifically the OM-D.

In the end though, with what you mention in your later posts, specifically shooting kids, and likely some day in the future, kids sports, I would probably go SLR for the AF and long lens advantages.
 
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KKCFamilyman said:
Thanks everyone. Lots of good advice. Yeah she already ok'd the sony nex 6 and it has an evf so we could keep that but then if I went that route I would consider the nex 3nl since its half the price with all the same stuff she uses. Just not sure if squeezing in the eos would be better for the fact that hopefully i can get her a 17-50 2.8 someday and it would be a better combo. Never been a fan of the 4/3's cameras. She looked at the rx100 and hated the flash placement. I want the eos m but everyone seems to not be satisfied with the af speed and grabbing you kids you need all the speed you can get.
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That 17-55 2.8 is a wonderful piece of kit. It's unparalleled in Canon's full-frame line. The 40STM is a great lens too, but I found it too wide as an everyday walk around piece on my crop 7D, and I still find myself wanting to switch to the 35mm quite a bit, even on the FF 6D.

Have you played with Olympus' m4/3s? They are another astonishing camera, with IQ that is lens limited, not sensor limited when compared with the T1i-T4i. This may change if the SL1 or T5i have new sensors though. They are also a very ergonomic series, specifically the OM-D.

In the end though, with what you mention in your later posts, specifically shooting kids, and likely some day in the future, kids sports, I would probably go SLR for the AF and long lens advantages.
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Exactly. I thought eventually she could carry the 18-55, 55-250 combo and be set if she was at some indoor sports. I know these cameras are not meant for high iso but it has to be better than ps and m4/3's. but i could always get that when the time comes. They are going to be 6 this year so I guess we have sometime.
 
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We are going on a vacation in a few weeks and my wife wanted a new camera with video capabilities and the ability to take good landscapes. The s95 has served her well when traveling before but all I've been able to do to date is get her to shoot RAW so I have a bit more ability in post.

I showed her the various choices. At micro4/3 the Panasonic GH2/3 looked really good but were over budget and were impractical to tap into our existing EF lens collection. The various premium compacts were nice, but about the same price as the GH* to hit something much better than the s95. The EOS-m, fit the bill but I know she would have killed me over missed shots from the slow focus. We ended up with a T4i and she really likes it. The Q menu and touch screen makes it much easier to understand settings. I put a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM on it that I had picked up a month or so ago on fire-sale. I explained aperture to her (at which point she watched several YouTube videos to find a better teacher) and she was off and thrilled. She shared that she always felt intimidated by the 40D and 7D we have but loves the T4i.

The SL1 might have been an even better fit but it wasn't available.
 
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