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G9 X the best replacement for a Panasonic LF1?

Started Oct 25, 2015 | Discussions thread
OP SturmUndDrang New Member • Posts: 13
Re: G9 X the best replacement for a Panasonic LF1?
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Lee Jay wrote:

SturmUndDrang wrote:

Is one way to think about this that the significantly extra pixels on the G9 X mean that digitally zooming with it gives almost the same image as I would get from the LF1?

84mm equivalent at 5472 horizontal pixels versus 200mm equivalent at 4000 horizontal pixels. If you crop 5472 to 4000, you'll be at 115mm equivalent, versus 200mm on the LF1. So, yes, a lot of reduced range at the long end.

Thanks for doing the math.

I'm interested in an LF1-type range (I'd really like 24-200) in a pocketable camera, and I'd give up both sensor size and lens speed to get it. But it looks like we're going the other way - toward larger sensors with faster lenses and narrower zoom ranges.

This is a super tough trade off for me. I not only shoot, say, 20% of my shots fairly zoomed out, I also shoot about the same (or more) in lower light. Also, I have missed fast scenes that a big sensor/fast lens would probably capture.

I realize that if you want to fully illuminate your sensor, then the lens that you can fit in a pocketable camera can only have limited zoom. But what if you give up always fully illuminating your sensor, so that at the more extreme zooms you only partially illuminate it--will that produce a better image than digital zoom or not?

Lee: whats your favorite pocketable camera now, and any technology coming down the road that excites you?

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