Re: Lumix 3G
Well Ian,
Its quite interesting, as I tend to use the budget end of the market relying on kit lenses and dare I say it "entry level" bodies, the two cameras are not as you say as different as night and day.
To start with the Panasonic lens does not do justice to the cracking little G3 it lets it down when I consider what the Nikon 18-55 VR produces. The Nikon is smoother and not as soft as the Panasonic.
With regards to sensors I think the Nikon has the edge, less noise as you say and produces punchier images giving better depth to images, on the other hand the the G3 seems more natural and of course the extra pixels do allow tighter cropping whilst maintaining a decent quality
G3

Nikon

Both taken in raw and just a tad sharpened.
Its early days yet with the G3 I haven't even read the manual properly yet its by no means a poor relation to the D5000 and I am sure with practice and experimenting they will match each other overall
Well Ian,
Its quite interesting, as I tend to use the budget end of the market relying on kit lenses and dare I say it "entry level" bodies, the two cameras are not as you say as different as night and day.
To start with the Panasonic lens does not do justice to the cracking little G3 it lets it down when I consider what the Nikon 18-55 VR produces. The Nikon is smoother and not as soft as the Panasonic.
With regards to sensors I think the Nikon has the edge, less noise as you say and produces punchier images giving better depth to images, on the other hand the the G3 seems more natural and of course the extra pixels do allow tighter cropping whilst maintaining a decent quality
G3

Nikon

Both taken in raw and just a tad sharpened.
Its early days yet with the G3 I haven't even read the manual properly yet its by no means a poor relation to the D5000 and I am sure with practice and experimenting they will match each other overall
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