09-20-2010, 11:37 AM
[quote name='larsrc' timestamp='1284980308' post='2964']
In order to optimize speed (both aperture and start-up), quality, and compactness. This would appear to be the 'high-quality simple compact' that many forum posters (on other forums) have wanted for years. It's so radically different, the attempt alone is worth it. For instance, it only has four shooting modes - Aperture, Speed, Programmed and Manual. Not even Auto! They've trimmed out all the unnecessary fluff, and good riddance.
This is not a mass-market camera, it's a (second) camera for serious photographers who want a small but good thing at the ready always. And, probably, for war photographers. And discreet street shooting. It is, indeed, a niche product like the Sigma, but with a lot more things done right (high ISO, f/2, manual aperture and speed, optical *and* electronic viewfinder).
-Lars
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Hi Lars,
Yes, and I did realize that, but I guess I am in a much smaller niche in that case. I'd want a 45 or 50 mm FF AoV equivalent lens in that case <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.
Kind regards, Wim
In order to optimize speed (both aperture and start-up), quality, and compactness. This would appear to be the 'high-quality simple compact' that many forum posters (on other forums) have wanted for years. It's so radically different, the attempt alone is worth it. For instance, it only has four shooting modes - Aperture, Speed, Programmed and Manual. Not even Auto! They've trimmed out all the unnecessary fluff, and good riddance.
This is not a mass-market camera, it's a (second) camera for serious photographers who want a small but good thing at the ready always. And, probably, for war photographers. And discreet street shooting. It is, indeed, a niche product like the Sigma, but with a lot more things done right (high ISO, f/2, manual aperture and speed, optical *and* electronic viewfinder).
-Lars
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Hi Lars,
Yes, and I did realize that, but I guess I am in a much smaller niche in that case. I'd want a 45 or 50 mm FF AoV equivalent lens in that case <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....