Well, this is not my attitude at all. Actually, I am not one of the ones who dies for 'full frame', except maybe for its promise of excellent high ISO response, so I don't have any special problem with systems different to 35mm.
I am sure that the m4/3 is a very promising system for many reasons and I am glad you like it so much. It is just that I think that its ability to admit a wide range of lens mounts is a bonus but that it has its drawbacks, as Luiz says. Did everybody know this already? Well, the conversation that I mentioned with my work colleague was only a few weeks ago and I consider myself as someone which is quite up to date with amateur photo equipment...however, I just forgot that (m)4/3 was a different format than APS-C and that his old lenses would act as if they were longer that they are, not only in their original 35mm cameras, but also longer than in the APS-C digital cameras that he already owns. So, I thought, if I forgot, maybe others can forget too. For some people, like you, this isn't a problem at all, but for others, like my colleague, it may be, since he will have more portrait and tele lenses and less wide ones and probably no super-wide ones with this new system (and he is not willing to buy new lenses to fill the gap). But, well, I admit that maybe it is just me and everybody else here had this perfectly clear before this conversation started. Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- De: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Enviado: jueves, 15 de enero, 2009 18:14:18 Asunto: Re: Panasonic G1 ... example photo @ ISO 1000 I understand what you're saying. I just hate the constant "it must be 35mm or it's shite" attitudes I see so repetitiously promulgated on the web. The other point of view is also worth thinking about. A number of lenses that had great center image circle performance but poor edge/corner performance have a new life on 16x24 and FourThirds format cameras. Like that aforementioned Pentax M50/1.4 ... wide open, it's edge/corner performance is pretty poor on 35mm, but it works satisfactorily on FourThirds wide open (still best at f/2-2.8 of course). Beyond that, I'm certain that anyone on this equipment mailing list understands that both Pentax and FourThirds DSLRs are a different format from 35mm film SLRs. I see no reason to mention it every single time some new lens or camera comes out. Godfrey On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:26 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > OK, I see your point but I'll try to explain mine, which I think is > complementary rather than contrary. > > It seems that a lot of the interest in this camera / system is the ability to > use any kind of old lenses on it through adaptors. Regarding this, I have a > colleague at work that collects all kind of old lenses, specially m42 > screwmounts, and uses them with the *ist Ds that I sold to him and in a EOS > 350D. I told him about this system and his response was "yes, but they will > look as 2 x focal length, so no more wide angles. I am not interested on > this". > > And then I remembered about my Pentax A24/2.8, that was one of my favorites > when shooting film since it gave me a field of view that none of my other > lenses could give. However, I have almost never used (except for comparison > tests) in digital due to its 'new' field of view. > > That's just what I wanted to say: be careful if you are considering this > system in order to use your old lenses on it because the 'conversion factor' > (or whatever you want to call it) is greater that on APS-C. Having said that, > I realize that for some people this may be an advantage, but for others, like > my colleague, it was a clear disadvantage when using his old lenses. If you > like a lens just for its pure optical quality, then fine, it will preserve > it. But if you like a lens for the combination of optical quality and field > of view (which was my case with the 24mm), then the game is over. > > Just wanted to make sure that, whatever category the readers fit, they know > in advance about this. > > Regards, > Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
