Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Godfrey is there a significant delay in the viewing system? > I used a Nikon Coolpix 5700 for several years in my job and while it was a > very good piece for static images - which is all I shot on the job - it was > all but unusable for any ac

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Ken Waller
release and the image capture - was simply intolerable. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" Subject: Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera) Micro-FourThirds is FourThirds revised for all electron

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Jaume Lahuerta 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 interprete

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 01:46:04PM -0400, Miserere wrote: > > I agree with your conclusion, Dario. I have a large print (about 35x46 > cm) taken with a 6MP P&S; nobody ever guesses it wasn't taken with a > DSLR. I've got an 8x10 in my portfolio of motorsports images taken using a Canon Powershot

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Miserere
On 22 October 2010 13:04, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > >> Dario's answer is: lens 'ecosystem' and IQ is not that important. > > IQ is important, but it is not always the main factor in determining > success. The other problem with IQ is that it's an intangible quantity that cann

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Dario Bonazza
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Dario's answer is: lens 'ecosystem' and IQ is not that important. IQ is important, but it is not always the main factor in determining success. Sure IQ is important for us. But we are a minority in the market. Furthermore, if we had to rank the current cameras in order

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Steven Desjardins
. " So, in conclusion...I don't like where the industry is going !! ;-)" I think this is the most accurate statement many could make. I have adapted to my E-p1 and would not hesitate to buy another EVIL/ILC. Since i am obviously not alone, their will be a market for these kinds of systems and the

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original > De: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Enviado: vie,22 octubre, 2010 17:54 > Asunto: Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera) > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > > I agree with you and Godfrey

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > I agree with you and Godfrey in that m4/3 is what 4/3 should have been from > the > beginning. It couldn't have been. The development of sufficient quality electronic viewfinders is only now coming to fruition. > But I think that we diffe

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original > De: Dario Bonazza > The 'micro-systems' arena is a different game, open to different ending. > Think >of the following: > 1 - Canon and Nikon are not yet playing there (while they were rulers in >APS-C), > 2 - m-APS cannot find one ot two de-facto standards, l

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Dario Bonazza
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have no interest in the "Nikon vs Canon" or "everyone else vs Olympus" brand wars. Godfrey, have you noticed I changed the topic line for not spoiling your thread, which had a different taste? I was just telling Jaume the reasons (including the market strength of the

Re: OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Micro-FourThirds is FourThirds revised for all electronic viewing systems. That's all. All electronic viewing systems are simply more effective for the size of the format than optical reflex view finders. The shorter mount register possible with an all electronic viewfinder is also a better fit fo

OT - 4/3, m4/3 (was: OT: new camera)

2010-10-22 Thread Dario Bonazza
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Interesting discussion... If Canikon comes out with their own 'Nex'-like...I am afraid that all those buyers will be attracted again by their powerful brands (as they are when jumping to entry level DSLRs). Sure, but... See below. But I agree in that a m-APSC standar