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Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 07:46:34 No.3578568 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>3578569 >>3578571 >>3578577 >>3578592 >>3579383 >>3579406 >>3579410

A store here in Russia is selling the YI M1 for the equivalent of 120$.

a quick glance at the reviews, none very professional, suggests people though it was worth 400$ when it came out 3 years back.

It comes with a cheapo lens, but i have some proper ones to replace it with.

Is it worth getting as a casual stills camera?
has anyone use there here?
any advice?

Thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 07:47:29 No.3578569 Report

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>>3578568
>has anyone use there here?
Argh ...

Has anyone used it here.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 07:49:37 No.3578571 Report

Quoted By: >>3578572

>>3578568
That thing is such a bad camera that you are better off sticking it up your ass than using it for photo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 08:03:55 No.3578572 Report

Quoted By: >>3579463

>>3578571
care to elaborate how it is bad?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 08:09:14 No.3578577 Report

Quoted By:

>>3578568
>Is it worth getting as a casual stills camera?
>china crap YI M1
No.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 08:34:18 No.3578586 Report

Quoted By: >>3578590

i hear people condemn it, but has anyone actually used it?

The photo samples seem alright.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 08:53:07 No.3578590 Report

Quoted By: >>3578598

>>3578586
You're better off getting an older Panasonic or Olympus camera and getting the Yongnuo 42.5mm f1.7 lens off Aliexpress if you're poor. A Panasonic G5 is about the same price and is a much better camera. The Yi M1 is a dog and the lenses are pretty bad by M43 standards too. It was $120 equivalent in the 11/11 sale with both the kit lens and prime lens on Aliexpress BTW so it's not a great deal.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 08:57:18 No.3578592 Report

Quoted By: >>3578609

>>3578568
>pic related
If you want a good ultea cheap camera i would recomend you get the panasonic GF1, not even memeing terry but this shit has really good colors.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:06:07 No.3578595 Report

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I used one, it was...okay. there was some weird artifacting in video and stills were alright. If its new in box with everything, i would consider it, but you can get a good if not better camera used for the same price point, especially if you already have some m43 lenses.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:10:41 No.3578598 Report

Quoted By: >>3578609 >>3578832

>>3578590
>A Panasonic G5 is about the same price
Where?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 09:40:31 No.3578609 Report

Quoted By: >>3579407

>>3578592
Yeah a GF1/GF2 or Olympus E-PL 1 to 3 are all dirt cheap used or refurb. From what I've read the Yi M1 uses a sensor as old as them anyway. It's old tech resold by the chinks in a Leica ripoff body for profit.

>>3578598
eBay or wherever Russians get their hand on refurb/used gear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 19:34:11 No.3578825 Report

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Thanks everyone.
saved me 120$.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Dec 2019 19:48:02 No.3578832 Report

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>>3578598
They're going back up in price lately. Someone's probably hoarding then, he'll throw out a vid on how cool classic pics you can get on some old m43 cams. ep5 could go for 200 on ebay half a year ago. Now they're all 300 min.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 17:46:46 No.3579383 Report

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>>3578568
Why not get a Fuji off Ebay?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 18:46:17 No.3579406 Report

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>>3578568
Yi M1 pros:
>really good (by m43 standards) 20 MP Sony sensor
>nice build quality (by low-end standards) and touchscreen

Yi M1 cons:
>everything else

It can be decent as a technical camera for e.g. mounted macro work when you have preset parameters, but as a walkaround camera it's just bad, not because of lmao2xcrop, but because automatic stuff (AE, AF, WB) is unreliable and manual settings are too clunky to use, so you'll end up with less usable shots than with literally any other crop camera. Look for a used E-PM2 if you want a small, simple and cheap alternative.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 18:52:50 No.3579407 Report

Quoted By: >>3579482

>>3578609
The sensor is literally the only good part of M1, if you shoot in raw to bypass the shitty processing.
I have a GF1, its sensor is only 12MP vs 20MP of M1 and like a whole stop worse in terms of noise, I wouldn't recommend it as an alternative. At least similarly old Olympus cameras have in-body IS to compensate somewhat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 19:02:43 No.3579410 Report

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>>3578568

Why not buy a phone with a good camera instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 21:15:55 No.3579463 Report

Quoted By: >>3579470

>>3578572
Slow to respond to controls or react to scenery. Also, touch-screen interface. You're in Russia, right? That means no gloves.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 22:04:35 No.3579470 Report

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>>3579463
Ever heard about leather?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Dec 2019 22:30:33 No.3579482 Report

Quoted By: >>3579581

>>3579407
Megapixels don't matter unless you're printing massive sized prints. I'd rather have a solid camera with dependable autofocus and no half-baked fucked up features at 12mp than a completely abandoned and shit M1. They're not good cameras no matter how cheap they are. Lenses are what's important, which newfags don't realise or care to learn, but even as a camera body it's a dog. The only positive reviews you'll find are from crooked chink shit referral link spammers who never show the reality of using the camera.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Dec 2019 01:51:36 No.3579581 Report

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>>3579482
You know, you can crop in a 20
mp picture, the moment you crop on a 12mp cameera it turns bad very fast

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Dec 2019 02:52:12 No.3581356 Report

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I strongly recommend not getting any m43 camera with a 12mp sensor unless you like the specific color or to save money. I have several and the 16mp sensor was a fairly significant improvement. The 20mp sensor is a massive improvement but I don't know how Yi handles their noise processing. Don't get any camera from the e-pl line below the 3 or 4, build and af are total garbage. E-p line is fantastic build, but the 1 and 2 have terrible af speed. I still shoot with my E-P1 when I want its look though ^-^ if you can find an em-10 or e-m5 for cheap, those cameras are bomb. Same goes for the g5/6/7 or gx7/85.

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Sugar !egyYvoBZV2 Sat 07 Dec 2019 03:14:54 No.3581373 Report

Quoted By: >>3581393

YOU DONT NEED LEICA CAMERA THAT COST MORE THAN AVERAGE SOVIET HOUSEWIFE

YOU DONT NEED IMPERIALIST JAP CANNON OR NIKON THAT SHOOT 13 FRAMES PER SECOND OF CAT ON AMERICAN LAZEEEE-BOY SOFA

YOU DONT NEED POLAROID CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURE FOR TUMBLING WEBSITE OF HIPSTER

BUY SOVIET RANGEFINDER CAM. A FINE ZENIT OR ZORKI MADE FROM BASTARD NAZI DESIGN AFTER SOVIET ARMY HUMILIATE THEM. BUY 5CM LENS. LEARN TO COMPOSE SUBJECT BEFOREHANDS. LEARN HOW SUBJECT INTERACT IN AND OUT OF FRAME.

SHOOT BLACK AND WHITE FILM. DONT SHOOT KODAK SLIDE FILM OUT-OF-DATE AND DEVELOP IN DRUGGIST PHOTOMACHINE. THAT MAKES YOU HIPSTER ASSHOLE WHO RELIES ON MISTAKES. MISTAKES GET YOU KILLED LIKE BASTARD NAZI ARMY WHO DECIDE TO FIGHT IN WINTER OF OUR GLORIOUS MOTHERLAND.

YOU DONT NEED KODAK CAMERA OF CAPITALIST MYSPACE RETARD GIRL. GO AND TAKE PICTURES LIKE GREAT SOVIET MAN

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Dec 2019 03:59:16 No.3581393 Report

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>>3581373
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