On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Jaume Lahuerta <[email protected]> wrote: >> It couldn't have been. The development of sufficient quality >> electronic viewfinders is only now coming to fruition. >> > And for this they had to release a system that wasn't up to its compactness > promises.
I guess I never interpreted the FourThirds marketing spin on "compactness" as anything other than for field of view versus 35mm Film cameras. An E-1 with 150mm f/2 was/is far more compact than a comparable 35mm professional film SLR (aka Nikon F5 or Canon EOS-1v) with a 300mm f/2.8 lens. That's what Olympus was comparing the E-1 to in 2003 when they introduced it, not with even their own OM system cameras. >> > But I think that we differ in the importance of IQ because of the >> > limitation of >> > a smaller sensor (since the size factor difference has vanished as it did >> > in the >> > DSLR side). >> >> I'm not sure I understand this statement. >> > > I am just trying to say that if size is similar, the other important aspect is > Image quality, that it seems that will be always better in APSC land. So...why > m4/3? > > Dario's answer is: lens 'ecosystem' and IQ is not that important. Image quality is always of importance to me. Since I worked extensively with both Canon and Pentax DSLR cameras prior to buying the Panasonic L1, then Olympus E-1, then Panasonic G1 ... and have not yet seen a drop in the quality of my photos with the FourThirds cameras compared to the previous 1.3x, 1.6x, and 1.5x sensors ... I don't think the assumption you're making is valid. I've seen just the opposite, if you push me on it, or I'd have done something different a long time ago... I moved to using FourThirds as my basis because the combination of capture format, camera quality, lens quality, available lenses and image quality altogether posed an advantage for my photography. A Nikon D700 was within reach on this round of camera purchase as well, albeit at a third more money for the body, and I considered that too. But then I'd have to buy lenses to suit, which put it out of range. My Olympus and Panasonic/Leica lenses are as good as any pro-grade lenses on the market, I have all that I need for the vast majority of my work now, and the few I don't have that might occasionally be needed for a job are easily available via rental at good rates. The E-5 was the logical choice given my satisfaction with the lenses and overall system already. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
