The 10MP sweet spot is available now on 2x3 sensors. There is the
Sony, and the D200 and probably the D80 being announced this week. If
you really like the 4x3 format you will cut off the ends and get
about 8MP, or not enough difference to worry about. If you are
waiting for 10MP 4/3 camera you may have to wait another generation,
I think, unless you expect to pay a price similar to one of the
current 12 MP cameras which can give you the resolution you want with
the ends lopped off.
There is just not that much difference between 8MP and 10MP. There
are enough comparisons in the dpreview.com reviews to make that
clear. Plus there are other differences. The Canon 350D gets more
resolution out of its 8MP sensor than the Oly E-330 gets out of its
8MP Panasonic sensor and the Oly has moiree at the limit unlike the
Canon.
Limiting yourself to a_camera_ with image stabilization seems to
really restrict your choices when cameras without it can offer it in
their lenses. 90 percent of the DSLRs sold currently are Canon or
Nikon. They offer that feature in selected lenses where it makes
sense and the few comparison tests have shown that it works better
than sensor plane stabilization. In addition, all indications are
that the next two years will be a competitive bloodbath. If you can
guess which of the makers of the remaining 10 percent of the market
will survive that, you need to be trading stocks and making money.
Most people seem to be betting that Sony will bite into Canon and
Nikon a little bit and
So far Olympus and Panasonic have not solved the noise problem as
well as some other makers. I don't think that is as serious an issue
as some, but the ability to take previously impossible pictures is a
persuasive argument from Moose. Hoping that Oly will make a great
leap forward by coming up with a higher resolution sensor with
smaller sites and lower noise may be expecting too much of a small
company whose research budget is geared to production that is a
distant third to the big two makers.
I think Moose made a very rational decision getting his 5D. It gives
him the resolution and low noise that he wants and you seem to be
saying you want. Plus it has the ability to mount just about any lens
made. And he is using it now.
The lens. The Panasonic with Leica lens has a price of $1900 which
will be less on the street. A real Leica 28-90 zoom lens costs $3900
at B&H. That makes it obvious that any resemblance between the two
lenses is just in the logo they sell to Panasonic. Doubt you will
see any difference in the images from the Oly lens that costs the
same without paying anything to Leica.
Why not a Canon 20D with an IS lens? $1500 at B&H. No waiting.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
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