Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Didier, you might be right For those who have one in spite of it all, these are real fun - and allow for R mount lenses (and others) to be kept in use and sometimes put at good use, while waiting for the R10, if ever. I couldn't get to the 25 mm 1.4 link, but I'm sure to be willing one all the same, just for out of focus planes (but autofocus & stab please), plus a 9 or 10 mm before they stop production as predictable.. Yours Phil...x Didier Ludwig wrote: >Hoppy > >But the L1/Digilux-3 is more a "Wanna-be-big" thing, a Potemkin's DSLR, >leading to a dead end IMO. > >Didier > > > > > >>Didier, I have no journalistic expertise nor pretensions. I'm absolutely >>with you on the perception that four thirds cameras ought >>to be compact alternatives to APS-C sensor DSLRs. I do understand the >>basics of tele-centric lens, however I can't fathom why a user >>might accept the limitations of the smaller sensor (noise, crop factor) >>without gaining an apparent benefit in system compactness. >>Perhaps I'm unduly influenced by a 35mm metal SLR upbringing. >>Whatever the reality/performance, I think that Olympus is acknowledging >>that perception with the E-400. I think only for Europe and >>Aus so far? Truly OM like in dimensions. >>Cheers >>Analog Hoppy >> >> > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >