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Exotic lenses are being designed to extremes with resulting size, weight and cost penalties. But as a whole, APS-C systems are indeed smaller, lighter, and relatively less expensive. The Sony 50mm...

I just looked at the FF Sony 35mm f2.8 and noticed that the rear element is recessed into the lens housing, meaning it is projecting at a narrower angle. And though the lens is small it is not a ...

Sorry for the confusion. I have the small Nikkor 28 f2.8 D, which has a small exit pupil and honestly wondered how such a lens or even the Voightlander version could be possible given the position ...

Not sure who you’re replying to, so for my part I meant single focal lengths, 28, or 35, or 40, at f2.8. If designed to be small like the Canon 40mm f2.8, but for mirrorless, are you saying that a ...

Don’t know, but at those short distances small numbers get bigger. Anyway, as a reference, the two Voigtlanders, a 28 and 40, and the Canon 40, are what I consider pancakes. And yes, those three ...

Well, I was thinking of between 28-40mm range, at f2.8. And obviously a compromise in image quality design would have to be made. But the main purpose would be to have small, reasonably decent ...

By definition a pancake lens is small, both physically and in “speed”–f stop. So with the very short flange distance of the new Nikon Z cameras, if such a lens has a maximum aperture of 2.8 and ...

Well, second guessing is a way of keeping busy, or as a security blanket. But we’ll know for sure in a few months.

And yet the Zs are selling like cakes. Maybe there is some kind of secret Nikon marketing, like a subliminal “Buy!” imprinted on the product promo pictures with transparent ink that only an ...

Amazing what a camera can do to humans. Infantilism, pettiness, panic, condescension, opportunism, irrationality, menace*, fear mongering, fatuous predictions, all symptoms shown in varying ...

Considering the anymosity in some of the comments, one wonders if violence over camera brand allegiance is possible. Bizarrely, the answer is probably yes, it is possible. Sheesh.

Okay, I was comparing to the A7 III only.

Very little has been said of the EVF beyond the specs. Considering the high resolution of the EVF, these cameras should–hopefully–be really good at manual focus. Some small, manual focus lenses...

From the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/09/blue-light-from-phone-screens-accelerates-blindness-study-finds Perhaps we should change the color balance of our electronic ...

A more relevant comparison, in which the GX9 fares quite...

Funny how posts like this stir up the pigs from their fetid slumber.

PS. Yeah, I don’t like political correctness either.

PPS. Thank you for this, DPReview.

Yes, from 1" to 1/4000, also AUTO. And for the record, an ISO limit can also be set, including AUTO.

The cynic in me thinks the last paragraph is laden with the possibility of outright endorsement.

The folks pictured aren't the only ones smiling.

Tucson, Arizona 2018 EDIT: Not sure why the EXIF isn't showing. GX9, 12-60mm,  5.6,  1/125,  ISO 800,

No. On the GX9, the camera focuses first without stopping down, and when the shutter button is fully pressed, then the mechanics of exposure start. As others have said, it is a lens thing, with ...