On 9/9/2013 5:25 PM, Doug Brewer wrote:
I think Ctein is a perfect example of someone who's really good at one or two things and therefor thinks he's really good at all things.On 9/8/13 3:19 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:On Sep 7, 2013, at 9:43 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote:Sure, but there's nothing like the 8mm fisheye you can get for APS-C for 12mm/e. For most purposes, you're correct that's sufficient, but people who really care about extreme wide-angle are likely to be less satisfiedwith m4/3."For most purposes ..." Don't be ridiculous.A fish-eye lens is a specialty lens, and the ONLY wide-angle lens focal length not listed in native Micro-FourThirds mount. Perhaps that's because there's a superb fish-eye lens in FourThirds SLR mount, which work on mFT bodies with any of the four available, dedicated Panasonic and Olympus FourThirds to Micro-FourThirds mount adapters for 100% full function operation.Olympus Zuiko Digital 8mm F3.5 Diagonal Fisheye Lens: http://four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/single.html#i_008mm_f035_olympusB&H Photo: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/405508-REG/Olympus_261010_8mm_f_3_5_Fisheye_ED.htmlYour comment sounds like it fits one of the categories in Ctein's most recent column on "The Online Photographer": http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/09/bad-science-vs-good-science-a-guide-for-the-layperson-part-1.htmlCheck out the "God of the Gaps" category. ;-) GCtein is the weakest part of TOP. He appears to only write to try to convince people he's really smart, and it's tiring. I've gotten to where I just ignore the days he contributes.Disclaimer: I read the linked article, and it was more of the same.If Mike J. had written it, I think he'd probably jump on "God of the gaps" folks as those in the photo world who dismiss a lens line because it doesn't have a specific lens. You know, make it relevant to the readers.
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