Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Over a year ago when I was still a consultant to Kodak I mentioned that the optical engineering manager assured me that it was almost impossible to differentiate pictures taken with APS-C and Micro 4/3 formats. This was from the guys who developed the sensor for the M8 and worked on the M9. He told me that the reason that many manufacturers didn't adopt the M4/3 format was that it required signing up for the entire package, lens mounts, image distance, etc. as well as format size. You had to join the club. Only a few major manufacturers including Olympus, Panasonic and Leica opted to do so. APS-C required no such commitment. My post was received with great disinterest on the LUG. The blather about full frame and legacy lenses continued. It's a new world guys. Smaller cameras are the wave of the future. Goodbye to Speed Graphics, Rolleis, even Leicas. iPhones rule. Larry Z - - -? Jim is absolutely right when he says:? "Already M4/3 is very hard to distinguish from APS-C for most applications. And the fact remains that larger sensors mean larger lenses. Neither of the top 2 manufacturers of APS-C DSLRs has ever made a serious attempt at a high quality lens line for their cop sensor cameras. I'm talking about a full range of high speed primes and fast zooms, so if the users of APS-C cameras want really good glass, they're forced into the full frame lines. Only the m4/3 consortium have made a serious attempt at a complete system with premium glass optimized for the smaller sensor. The jewel-like Olympus 12mm f/1.8, the 75mm f/1.8, Panasonic 8mm fisheye and 7-14 are the result. Extremely compact lenses of extremely high optical quality."