Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5 announced - looks good!
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From: David Ruether on 22 Jul 2010 11:10 "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:i28otj$5uu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:mdqe46l3c6ffjt514ae042sgh1bp023vff(a)4ax.com... >> The LX5 has a 24-90mm (equivalent) Leica f/2.0-2.3 lens, 10.1 MP plus >> better sensitivity and more dynamic range than the current LX3. > [] > Good, yes, but those huge add-on lenses remind me rather of the ill-fated Sony DSC-R1 - large and ugly. Why spoil an otherwise > interesting 2/3-inch camera? > > David If "those huge add-on lenses" can get you to 18mm equivalent (LX5) or 19mm (R1) well (but I don't know how good the images are to the corners with the converters on...), and you want such a wide angle of view (I do), who cares? I sure don't! ;-) --DR
From: Peter on 22 Jul 2010 11:27 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:i29n22$b8j$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > > "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> > wrote in message news:i28otj$5uu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> "Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:mdqe46l3c6ffjt514ae042sgh1bp023vff(a)4ax.com... > >>> The LX5 has a 24-90mm (equivalent) Leica f/2.0-2.3 lens, 10.1 MP plus >>> better sensitivity and more dynamic range than the current LX3. >> [] > >> Good, yes, but those huge add-on lenses remind me rather of the ill-fated >> Sony DSC-R1 - large and ugly. Why spoil an otherwise interesting >> 2/3-inch camera? >> >> David > > If "those huge add-on lenses" can get you to 18mm equivalent > (LX5) or 19mm (R1) well (but I don't know how good the images > are to the corners with the converters on...), and you want such > a wide angle of view (I do), who cares? I sure don't! ;-) For some here, it's about equipment, not images. If that's their interest, so be it. I have rarely seen images made by the equipment carpers. They love of BS about equipment; quote reviews of things they probably never used; and give meaningless opinions about what is coming next. Just my observation. -- Peter
From: David J Taylor on 22 Jul 2010 12:36 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:i29n22$b8j$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... [] > If "those huge add-on lenses" can get you to 18mm equivalent > (LX5) or 19mm (R1) well (but I don't know how good the images > are to the corners with the converters on...), and you want such > a wide angle of view (I do), who cares? I sure don't! ;-) > --DR David, I find that my pictures cover the equivalent range 24mm - 450mm, and I would often like a little more at the wide end. My feeling is that the fixed lens camera works well if you can live with the built-in zoom range. If not, then you might as well get an interchangeable lens camera. If you are a wide-angle enthusiast, you might get a more compact solution with one of the micro-4/3 cameras. Cheers, David
From: J. Clarke on 22 Jul 2010 14:38 On 7/22/2010 12:36 PM, David J Taylor wrote: > "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message > news:i29n22$b8j$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > [] >> If "those huge add-on lenses" can get you to 18mm equivalent >> (LX5) or 19mm (R1) well (but I don't know how good the images >> are to the corners with the converters on...), and you want such >> a wide angle of view (I do), who cares? I sure don't! ;-) >> --DR > > David, > > I find that my pictures cover the equivalent range 24mm - 450mm, and I > would often like a little more at the wide end. My feeling is that the > fixed lens camera works well if you can live with the built-in zoom > range. If not, then you might as well get an interchangeable lens > camera. If you are a wide-angle enthusiast, you might get a more compact > solution with one of the micro-4/3 cameras. Not really. Remember the crop factor.
From: David J Taylor on 22 Jul 2010 16:22
"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:i2a4mt12icv(a)news5.newsguy.com... [] >> David, >> >> I find that my pictures cover the equivalent range 24mm - 450mm, and I >> would often like a little more at the wide end. My feeling is that the >> fixed lens camera works well if you can live with the built-in zoom >> range. If not, then you might as well get an interchangeable lens >> camera. If you are a wide-angle enthusiast, you might get a more >> compact >> solution with one of the micro-4/3 cameras. > > Not really. Remember the crop factor. That should reduce the size of wide-angle lenses as well. Talking of compact lenses, though, I don't see /any/ fixed-focal-length lenses which I would call wide-angle on this page: http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/lense.html 25mm (50mm eq.) appears to be the widest. To get 7mm (14mm eq.) you need a zoom. Nothing from Olympus, either: http://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/c/374/Olympus-Micro-Four-Thirds-Lenses.html Cheers, David |