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not so convinced about "good color rendition/preservation" as stated in the review, ISO 200,800 darker then other values, colors are different then other cameras in the review and especially highly...

There is one: no one makes money here & big companies don't like open source, brings no revenue... Money is the only driver, period.

ebrandon you wrote:"I'm comparing this lens to the Voigtlander 15mm f4.5, OM 18mm f3.5, Nikon AF-D 20mm f2.8, OM 21mm f2, Contax G 21mm f2.8, Canon EF-S 10-22mm, and Sony 16-80mm all of which I...

Thanks ebrandon for your lens comparison. I almost clicked "buy" sigma 19mm just before I saw your test which convinced me that (after very careful examination) that sigma gives too little...

http://kurtmunger.com/minolta_af_35_80mm_f_4_5_6_shutter_cap170.htmlseemed ok for family photos over 20 years ago, LOL   poor quality, not worth experimenting

not bad but lacks sharpness, definition and depth, good camera though overall

decent but noisyyyy

Real life is not as colorful as these pics... unfortunately life is quite flat. So what do you expect... hot dogs jumping out of the picture barking?

Thanks HermanTheGerman for pointing it out. All I'm thinking about now is it's glacier performance...

Really nice pics, natural... I can handle "the lens softness", not bad at all. For the size of the camera it's really nice. Bit pricey though for a small camera... but in line with...

The answer is simple. One you have provided yourself. Second is : because you can... or should be able to as per manual. People do strange things with cameras, pros too... that doesn't mean they...