It's an interesting point. Mu43 lenses hit their sweet spot around f4 and diffraction effects are rearing their head above f8. I may go agoogling about this.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:21 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a recording device. If he lenses are good then everything in you photo > will be sharp, no distracting out of focus areas. Now you can take this > with a grain of salt, because it's quite likely I did the math wrong but the > f 1.9 Standard (8mm), lens would have the same lens opening diameter, wide > open as a 35mm lens would have at f ~147. Not to mention that the 35mm lens > on an APS-C sized sensor, (or film for that matter), would be suffering from > serious diffraction effects. I don't see how diffraction isn't a major > problem for the Q camera system. > > On 7/19/2011 7:50 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> >> It's overpriced of course, but I actually think it could be a very >> creative tool. That K7 and all its wonders are often sitting in the >> bag at home. >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:21 AM, Christine Aguila<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Neato! Thanks for posting, Godfrey! Cheers, Christine >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey >>> DiGiorgi"<[email protected]> >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"<[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 9:58 PM >>> Subject: Pentax Q photos >>> >>> >>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/n00bs/5943610162/in/set-72157627083831739/ >>>> >>>> And there's a K1 in the set... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! > > --Marvin the Martian. > > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.

