I do agree there needs to be more wide angle coverage, but let's accept each camera for its design point. There must be technical issues with making a good ultra wide to fit a compact DC, not least of which must be the small sensor size. Your Ricoh at least has a 35mm image to work with. Nobody's proposing the S2 as a pro camera, why attack it as one?
Ken
At 11:27 AM 4/27/2005, you wrote:
On 26 Apr 2005 at 16:46, Ken Durling wrote:
> As far as others goes, Nikon has done it (24-80) so go buy one of > those.
Far too big, light-years apart from the analog Ricoh 24mm....if I have to carry that much camera, I might as well swing an entire MiniTrekker on my back.
> Personally i think it's cool that one can have an imaged > stabilized 430mm lens on a compact, and i use the long end a lot. > Canon themselves do have a 28-100 zoom on the C-60/70.
But no 24mm whatsoever.
While even decent full-size 'standard' zooms exist in that range (24- 105). While you absolute *need* IS with those silly extreme tele capabilities (without the high aperture needed to isolate subject from background)....adding cost for IS that a moderate 24mm zoom wouldn't need....
28mm is what even the most clumsy amateur can use without the typical wide-angle issues like boring-composition/lack-of-foreground, falling lines and elliptical faces on the edge of the image.
Amateur camera's from an amateuristic manufacturer.
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