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G16 replaced my G15: some thoughts

Started Oct 15, 2014 | Discussions thread
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Re: Lenses are the next big logical leap

cgarrard wrote:

However, what I said is possible with today's tech. A brighter lens around a 1 1/7" sized sensor can be both brighter and have excellent optical characteristics.

'excellent' if you don't look at the corners; otherwise a lens that is brighter and better optically would be significantly bigger, and the market simply does not accept that. The trend is brighter / smaller lenses with compromised corners.

There were no real advances in optics that suddenly allowed brighter/better lenses; it is mostly accepting more native distortion, vignetting etc. and correcting that in software. Something has to give.

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