Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You guys are only fanning the flames, man. He's gonna come over that hilltop like a lion now. What you're essentially saying is: this is a totally effing great -- stupendous -- step up from point and shoot digital pocket cameras, why it's so well done, it's almost if you close one eye just about as good as a good APS-C. Which is true. What Mark is saying is: this is not a serious camera because no amount of features or good technology can overcome its sensor size issues and if you're serious as an artist or a professional you should be talking about something else. Which is probably also true. Though, to do justice to the camera and to artists in general, a serious artist can make something lasting out of a stick and a rock. So the m4/3 cameras are at least good enough to make very good pictures with. Just not at big enough size/high enough res to pass muster professionally. I still expect to hear screams and broken bones in the dark of night however. Vince On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:33 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers at casefarms.com>wrote: > I bought a GF-1 because it seemed the most economical way for me to be > able to use some of my existing lenses -- which quite frankly were > gathering dust -- as well as replace a 5-year old Fuji P&S. > > Micro Four Thirds is better than I anticipated and it has rekindled my > interest in photography. I'm sure an EP-2 would have done the same. > > The image quality from micro Four Thirds format is pretty darn good. > Where it's lacking, compared to an FX format camera like the D700 is the > low light capability. Still, Micro Four Thirds is OK at 1600 and really > good at 400-800. Thus light gathering capability isn't a strength (OTOH, > after years of shooting Tri_X, it isn't necessarily a weakness either). > > Resolution is excellent for such small sized cameras. Image quality is > closer to an APS-C camera than a P&S, but camera size is closer to a P&S > than an APS-C camera. > > On top of all that there seems to be a lot of R&D surrounding the format > right now. That's resulting in good optics, good camera features, and > generally more options from which to choose. > > Dave R > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >