Den 22. okt. 2010 kl. 21.39 skrev Godfrey DiGiorgi: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM, DagT <li...@thrane.name> wrote: >> My main problem with FourThirds is that they use a smaller sensor, >> theoretically giving up at least one step in the ISO range, but for what? >> The dslr cameras are larger than the Pentax cameras and they have almost no >> compact lenses so I´m wondering: why the reduced sensor size? >> >> I always liked Olympus, but when they haven´t gained anything in the dslr >> range I suspect that they have been heading toward the microFourThirds all >> the time. The dslr are just an intermediate period. Nice to have when it is >> there, but not something you choose if you plan to use years buying new >> lenses and cameras slowly. > > All I can say here is that I think it remarkable that the Olympus E-1 > ... first released in 2003, sold until 2007 ... still produces > amazingly competitive quality in its photographs today. I still shoot > with it, I bought another new lens for it just this year, and I don't > at this time intend to sell it anytime soon. Photos submitted and > accepted into the last two juried exhibitions I entered were made with > the E-1 and obtained acknowledgement.
Well, that´s great but it´s not much of a proof either. In the right circumstances any 6MP picture with the right lens would be acceptable if the content of the picture was good enough. You know, most of Cartier-Bressons pictures are not as sharp as a 6MP picture but they are still accepted at exhibitions. I think the fantastic gypsy pictures of Koudelka would be good enough at 3MP.... > The FourThirds SLR lens line is very complete, the pro-grade and > hyper-pro-grade series are as good as you can get, any many people > will be shooting with the E-1, E-3, E-30, E-5 and other bodies for > years to come. The Panasonic L1 was/is another tour de force in camera > design. Despite any reservations with the sensor size at the beginning > of my time using these cameras, their quality and the image quality > they produce evaporated such concerns very quickly. I admit that ISO is not a big issue when there is hardly light enough to see the subject. > "... Equipment often gets in the way of Photography. ..." So true. That´s why I concentrate on size, convenience and non-intrusive equipment and how it affects the subject rather than pixels, noise and impressive features. That´s why I´m a little disappointed by the FourThirds-system. DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
