Meatyard
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I think there's gonna be one. If there is- what's it gonna look like and cost? Any guesses.
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Panasonic Micro Four Thirds offering at Photokina?
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JosephScha
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It will look like an FZ60 to me! I can hardly express how perfectly this announcement matches what I was hoping for. APS-C sensor in a body smaller than any DSLR is or could be, and taking smaller lenses than existing DSLRs. If they (I pray) put a high resolution EVF into it, it will be perfect for those of us who didn't aspire to carrying a large DSLR and large lenses, but did want better dynamic range and high ISO performance!
Did I mention that I'm extremely happy about this?! Bring on the product! Best FZ60 dreams are coming true!
Did I mention that I'm extremely happy about this?! Bring on the product! Best FZ60 dreams are coming true!
barkingburro
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BJN
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I doubt Olympus is going to have a new mirrorless 4/3 camera at Photokina. Typically when we get press releases like this it's to generate a buzz for a system concept, not a functional camera. It will take years for much of a system to be fleshed out - witness the current 4/3 system's evolution.
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BamaPanda
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Something tells me that this may proceed faster than we have seen with the Oly 4/3 system. If cost can be lower on a specific m4:3 model, and it is marketed correctly - I see something like this being a great seller.
Just my intuition, mind you - but if there is a working model at PKina, it probably signals a quicker deployment.
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Just my intuition, mind you - but if there is a working model at PKina, it probably signals a quicker deployment.
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boyzo
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If this is true (FZ60)
and its Ultra zoom and 12X zoom aperture at the Tele end will be like f6.3
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and its Ultra zoom and
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Simon Joinson
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Of course the huge sensitivity advantage of a 4/3rds sensor over a 1/2.5" sensor would negate some of this.
SJ
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With any luck, it will be a smaller, slimmer L1, perhaps even with an additional external VF like the LX3. Olympus are heavily pushing the 'size of compact camera' angle, and Pana are seeming to aim at the classic camera crowd with the LX3. Perhaps the Pana m4/3 camera will be a convergence of those two directions.
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JortS29
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But I agree. With about 2 stops advantage for the larger sensor, you'd end up with higher shutterspeeds than say, the FZ50 (F6.3 minus F3.7
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aVolanche
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But the problem there is that there is not an f6.3 superzoom on the planet that is any good wide open.All the lenses we are seeing(18-200,18-250,etc. need to be stopped down).So you lose a stop to about f9 (f6.3 + one stop) to get decent optical performance......unless there is a lens breakthrough.The FZ50 is already excellent at f3.7 with no need to stop it down.So it will likely be F9 minus F3.7.......somewhere around 2 1/2 to 2 2/3 stops which will quickly eat up the larger sensor's advantage.
The current Oly 4/3 sensor is starting to degrade by iso 800 and not good at 1600.If you consider Oly iso 800 and FZ50 iso 100 as comparable(for an example),the 4/3 system has only a 1/3 to 1/2 stop advantage......And that isn't much.It will be interesting to see the quality of the lenses and sensors!
Also,I can slap a 1.7X teleconverter on the FZ50 and lose no light.Try 714mm and f3.7 on a larger sensor!
morninglight
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Ah, a fan of P. Glass (Einstein on the Beach)
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Heikki Kultala
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You are forgetting the excellent 14-150 which is quite good even at full open, and does not have to be stopped down.
aVolanche
Senior Member
Seriously,how many folks will pop for an $1,100 lens for this camera?
JohnnyReno
Leading Member
Micro8 -- Size of a CL. 3 dedicated primes(24, 40, 75 eq.) Electronically coupled optical rangefinder. Blah, blah, blah...
I can dream, right?
S.G.
I can dream, right?
S.G.
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for testing as we 'speak'!
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