Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're right Geoff these DPREVIEW people should have known better than to put a 4/3's format camera next to a camera with a sensor probably less than half its size; But bigger than most point and shoot sensors by half like that especially when you shoot 16/9 format which most people I know with the camera always do shoot at. So they both are going for a quality effect with larger sensors and paired down elegant body configurations which are very very popular now. It would make perfect sense for LUG people to have a problem with these cameras Two issues. 1. In the world of AF people are doing a different kind of grab shooting. The issue is not that the M8 has a mechanical view finder rangefinder but a manual one. Focusing is not something people are doing a lot of worrying about in the past years. 2. 80 percent of the photography being done now by everybody is by looking at a flat electronic sensor not looking through a hole. People it turns out hate looking through holes. So this manner of shooting apparently produces results which people like and like the manner in which they are doing it. I've worked that way having looked through holes my hole life and find it very freeing. Kind of like taking pictures in the future. They way I thought the future of photography would be like. In the year 2525. Mark William Rabiner > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:37:43 +1000 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The rangefinder shape / styling is back! - Olympus > EP-1 > > The new Olympus has a four thirds sensor (the kind you love) and > interchangeable lenses but is LX3 size. I'm sure you'll be able to get an > adaptor for your Nikon glass ;-) ;-) ;-) > Using the patented Rabiner Speak doesn't the LX3 have a half half half half > half half frame sensor with matching crop circle ;-) > Still in debate what we'll all call this new breed of camera. Oly wants us > to call it a Pen! The forums seem to like EVIL, (Electronic Viewfinder > Interchangeable Lenses) which I can't see catching on with the makers and > only fits the G1/GH1 actually. Maybe we'll have to settle for MFT from > micro > four thirds.