Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm just curious - have you actually tried that "lemon of a sensor size" yourself? On Apr 10, 2005 1:38 PM, Don Dory <dorysrus@mindspring.com> wrote: > Feli, > Olympus is trying to turn the lemon of a sensor size into lemonade by > creating fast glass so that 800ISO at F2 is the same as 1600 as F2.8. > With the emphasis on limited DOF in the fashion world I give them a fair > chance of pulling it off. Naw, the soccer mom shooting soccer or > football will not be able to keep enough in focus at F2, and there are > some really good lenses from independent manufacturers that are 2.8, > quite good, quite cheap, and in the other guys mounts. > > Again, I think Olympus is in a niche market with the 4/3 system. A very > good system that only a few people will appreciate. :( > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Feli > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:40 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] For B.D. > > On Apr 10, 2005, at 5:07 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > > > Boy, there's a shocker!:-) There's only one problem with all of it, > and > > I say this as an Olympus whore - > Shocking, isn't it? ;-) > > > thus far, the smaller sensor does seem > > to translate into more noise at higher isos. It may well be that this > > can be overcome, but there seems little question that at this point, > > the > > Canon DSLR's provide the lowest noise levels. > > And that right there is my problem with the 4/3 system. I simply don't > think > they will be able to get the noise levels down, given the size of the > chip, > especially above 800asa. Both Nikon and Canon are struggling to keep > things clean with the slightly bigger APS size. It a shame because it > looks > like a very nice system They recently announced a 14-35mm (35mm > equiv: 28-70mm) f2.0 and 35-100mm (35mm equiv: 70-200mm) f2.0. > No one else is making fast glass like that. > > feli > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >