Which was Thom's conclusion, if you notice. First choice for him was Sony A7 series, followed by µ4/3.
Neither of which he particularly likes, though, the former for its 'ugh, Sony' bodies, the latter for the sensor simply not being capable enough (ultimately limited by size) for his routine needs.
Probably ignores it because it make no difference to him routinely hitting the system's limits.
Yes there is more tech in the Oly. I guess I'm just wanting a FF digital camera the size of the Pentax. I see no reason it couldn't be done, except they might not be able to add every wizzbang feature possible to it. Modern camera design isn't really about making something that is usable, but making something that when its spec list is put up against its competition has all the 'necessary' boxes checked. I wish manufacturers would worry more about how a camera does what it does than worry about its spec list.
Would be nice. But even Leica can't do it. I do use a lot of those bells and whistles though.
I was thinking about Leica cameras as I wrote that. I've never held a digital Leica, but they have to be the closest digital camera to the Pentax in the pic even though they aren't a SLR. Sadly beyond the reach of most mortals. I have often wondered why nobody has developed a digital M or screw mount camera besides Leica. Only attempt was the Epson RD1.
I wouldn't mind an OM made to use OM lenses as a special release... I mean all the parts exist and they can use the body to guage the market.
Well a simple cut-away shows these bodies are chock full of electronics, and most of the "features" just sit on the electronics taking up very little space. The rest seems to be there to make the product function.
Can you buy a few different grips?
I don't often use the high frame rates, but some features I love are the ability to use black and white and colour, adjust the tone curve as I see fit, and I actually use the WiFi a lot when I travel to copy files to my phone while I rest from walking for a quick snapseed edit and I then email them to family.
funny thing also is the omd blows the FF film pentax away for image quality
moving forward has nothing to do with sensor size. maybe I should have added a super 8 video camera in the image I was really referring to camera size. Camera with 4 times bigger sensor is same size. Seemed kind of ironic to me.funny thing also is the omd blows the FF film pentax away for image quality
cheers don
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Olympus EM5, EM5mk2 my toys.
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/9412035244
past toys. k100d, k10d,k7,fz5,fz150,500uz,canon G9, Olympus xz1
Well, not, according to the famous Olympus camera designer Maitani, who "studied hands from all over the world".
Yes I have seen that before and it has zero credence today. Look at the shape of it! Pure marketing BS and shameless exploitation of tech staff for sales, even though there is nothing unusual in that.Well, not, according to the famous Olympus camera designer Maitani, who "studied hands from all over the world".
Yes! I had a T90 and basically all modern cameras can trace their design back to that camera. Fantastic camera that made all other cameras of the day look like a Model T compared to a modern car.Yes I have seen that before and it has zero credence today. Look at the shape of it! Pure marketing BS and shameless exploitation of tech staff for sales, even though there is nothing unusual in that.Well, not, according to the famous Olympus camera designer Maitani, who "studied hands from all over the world".
The point is that time has proven how wrong that statement is. Right for the day, and against the competition of the day....
Something like the Canon T90 in the 80's showed progress and exposed the old boxes as second-rate.
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Those people used those cameras because of the rangefinder viewing system, not because the bodies were ergonomic.
You mean it is not possible to put a grip on a rangefinder camera? Why?
Are you daring to suggest that Maitani was wrong in the Olympus advertising blurb of 1975?
Agreed. Below a certain size you are just going to make the camera more difficult to use. I have a GM1 and love it, but I realize that there are a lot of compromises in the camera due to size. If I just want to have a camera with me when I am doing something that the purpose really isn't photography I am fine with that compromise.
