I am too young to remember when the zoom ranges all started at 35mm, I
got into photography when the 28mm was the wide end of zooms. Now, I am
starting to see more and more 24mm as the wide end (Tamron, Sigma, and
Tokina as 3rd parties, C*non and N*kon all have them now also) and that
makes me very happy.
If the 4/3 brings what it promises, then I have a feeling that a
24mm-200mm zoom lens will be the norm, and it will be ultra compact
also. The Tokina 24mm-200mm tempts me enough to consider buying a N*kon
just to have that lens for travel, but I am not too sure of the optical
quality as I have seen pics from it and distortion is noticable. The
new Tamron 28mm-300mm is amazing; and if Tamron in a few years works
more magic and gets it to a 24mm starting point, then you can call me
impressed.
I'm hoping that the 4/3's is aimed at people like me, a part time
photographer and a fulltime vacationer and traveller, who likes to snap
pictures, carry the smallest amount of gear to get the job done, in a
small and convient format.
Albert
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