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Just pre-ordered the....

Started Aug 22, 2012 | Discussions thread
Michael Barker Senior Member • Posts: 1,966
Re: Just pre-ordered the....

Glad to see some love for the P7700, cause it has one of the best all-round spec sheets.

In my view, 28-200mm f/2-4 @ 1/1.7" is just as cool as 28-100mm (equiv), f/1.8-4.9 @ 1" which is just as cool as 24-80mm f/1.4-2.7 @ 1/1.7". Different set of uses, slightly, but all very cool.

It's not getting a lot of love because the meme of the year is that 1" sensors have "just enough" image quality and that the perfect compromise sensor size for depth of field is somewhere around 1" or Micro 4/3 size.

But arguably, 1/1.7" quality has been adequate for quite a while, and if you really want shallow depth of field, 1" is too compromised already especially at f/4.9.

One could go round and round in circles on such subjects! Anyway, hope the Nikon works out for you.

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