Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]interesting Geoff... price? On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:38 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > I recently mentioned that I took note of a new camera from Samsung which is > a very compact camera (NX10) meant presumably to compete against the new > crop of Olys and Panas. It has an APS-C 14.6Mp CMOS sensor (which means > that > mFT lenses wouldn't be suitable) and a huge AMOLED screen on the back as > well as a built in EVF. > I just read that Novoflex have announced a series of adaptors for them > including Leica R > I'm just sayin' > > (M won't be possible owing to the flange distance which is longer than that > of the mFT cameras). > > RAA (Rabs Acronym Appendix): > Samsung; a progressive Korean electronics manufacturer who also co-operate > with Pentax. > NX10; a new MILC (Mirrorless Interchangable Lens Camera) aka EVIL. It is > tiny! The sensor size is similar to the Nikon D300 class. > Oly and Pana, those other guys selling buckets of new clever cameras for a > lot more money than normal dSLRs (here the NX10 price is around half of > that > from Oly and Pana). > APS-C (sensor) a popular dSLR sensor class that typically produces a crop > factor of around 1.5x > 14.6Mp CMOS; a popular sensor type that contains a plethora of pixels and > may support LiveView. 23.4 x 15.6 mm in this case > mFT; micro four thirds format popularised by Oly and Pana > AMOLED; Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode, a new superior screen > type that is MUCH brighter and clearer than conventional LCDs while using > less power. The S2 has a tiny one. > EVF; Electronic Viewfinder, something you have when you can't afford or fit > a Leica viewfinder in your design ;-) > Rabs; A New York based pro photographer who is known to be less than fond > of > mFT sensor sizes. > > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information