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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 at 23:11:22 UTC
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AbrasiveReducer: Tell me it's needle sharp in the corners at 24mm. Or even 28mm. Then I'm sold. Otherwise, these cameras are just too similar from one to the next. They do everything but play music but the corner image quality at wide angle is just not there. And I doubt that extending the zoom range will make things better. Brick walls are not my favorite subject but I still want a small camera that can handle them. It can be done. Perhaps not with a zoom but it can be done.
Tell me of any expensive 5x range zoom that's "needle" sharp at the wide end. There is none. Get a wide prime, and stop down to 5.6. Stop kidding yourself.
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 at 01:49:01 UTC
sdyzpjt: The aperture sounds great: f2.0-2.8 -- just a little bit behind the great Olympus XZ-1 lens. Combined with the EXR-CMOS, the whole thing looks quite promising! With the built-in viewfinder and those mechanical dials? I definitely gonna buy it -- but if and only if the price is close to the competitors! (e.g. XZ-1, LX5)
This one ...vf !! manual zoom !! lens range same as XZ-1. Sensor wee bit bigger. Cam a bit bigger. What I was really looking for was one lil cam starting w 24 wide lens, and another cam to go to 200 mm., as both is not gonna happen unless very slow lens. One P&S in ea pocket..or take as needed. Still much lighter than bigger body w changable lenses. Nik/Can...anything better in Sept ??
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 at 15:01:08 UTC
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Birds were shot thru triple pane glass from inside the house.
Love it how the G1X has better IQ at 12800 than the D7000 etc. And I own the D7k too. lol.
nice pic !! really.
AbrasiveReducer: Tell me it's needle sharp in the corners at 24mm. Or even 28mm. Then I'm sold. Otherwise, these cameras are just too similar from one to the next. They do everything but play music but the corner image quality at wide angle is just not there. And I doubt that extending the zoom range will make things better. Brick walls are not my favorite subject but I still want a small camera that can handle them. It can be done. Perhaps not with a zoom but it can be done.
Tell me of any expensive 5x range zoom that's "needle" sharp at the wide end. There is none. Get a wide prime, and stop down to 5.6. Stop kidding yourself.
what is on the front of this lens ?
sdyzpjt: The aperture sounds great: f2.0-2.8 -- just a little bit behind the great Olympus XZ-1 lens. Combined with the EXR-CMOS, the whole thing looks quite promising! With the built-in viewfinder and those mechanical dials? I definitely gonna buy it -- but if and only if the price is close to the competitors! (e.g. XZ-1, LX5)
This one ...vf !! manual zoom !! lens range same as XZ-1. Sensor wee bit bigger. Cam a bit bigger. What I was really looking for was one lil cam starting w 24 wide lens, and another cam to go to 200 mm., as both is not gonna happen unless very slow lens. One P&S in ea pocket..or take as needed. Still much lighter than bigger body w changable lenses. Nik/Can...anything better in Sept ??
jcmarfilph: I smell huge price drop on LX5, G12 and S95. =D
Now the wait for a new bridge cam with 2/3 is about to happen soon.
thx RedFox for clarifying that. And with that fast lens, should be at the top of IQ for a pocketable cam.