Interesting that it's easier/cheaper to provide two lenses and two
sensors than to design or provide one zoom lens that goes down that
far! Nice move - i hope it catches on!
AndrewF
On 04/01/2006, at 9:38 AM, om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I'm not convinced that it's "game changing", but it's certainly
> neat and
> will pull a few new users into the fray, possible to buy one as a
> 2nd or
> 3rd camera.
>
> The 180 degree panorama is nice, but I bet it will see limited
> utility, as
> it's too gimmicy. "Real" panorama shooters will opt for bigger
> sensors and
> more sophisticated systems. Casual users may tire of the PITA
> printing and
> display of such wide panos. OTOH, I could be wrong....
>
> Touting the camera as an Ultra-wide in the press-release is
> stretching it a
> bit, IMO. It's only 23mm equiv. FOV. Now if it was a 15mm or
> 18mm, then
> I'd call it an UWA. It's a super-wide. But again, so many amateurs
> haven't experienced true wide angle shooting that it may see a lot
> of use.
> Most P&S users are used to "wide angle" as ~33mm, that anything
> wider might
> catch like wildfire. My wife uses a little Samsung P&S with a 28mm
> lens,
> and loves the extra reach it gives her inside.
>
> In the end, I'm just glad to see Kodak coming up with leading edge
> designs
> that offer something truely new and useful, rather than the same
> old spam
> wrapped in a new wrapper. Maybe the Rochester Yellow Father has
> some life
> left? Xerox seems to be hanging on these days pretty well....
>
> Skip
>
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Chuck Norcutt chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:45:35 -0500
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Another game changing design
>
>
> A while back I posted a note about the Sony DSC-R1 with the comment
> "Sony changes the game"
> <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dscr1.asp>
>
> Now Kodak is changing the game.
> <http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06010201kodakv570.asp>
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
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