Moose, as always, I am humbled by your knowledge and visual acumen! I need
to develop my skills in looking at photographs more closely, especially
before sending to this list. :-) Your response was edifying--thanks!
My general thought, as I ponder whether to jump into a DSLR system or merely
upgrade my aging and ponderously slow N*kon 995 with a digital P&S, is
comparing the image quality I can get for a given dollar investment, and
weighing that against the convenience. There's no doubt in my mind that had
I ~$4,000 (which, sadly, I don't), a 5D and one ~24-105 or so lens, plus the
Cameraquest adapter and Zuiko prime wides I already own, would give me the
best image quality for my architectural work, and, when I got it out or
hauled it along, superb quality for family and travel shots. Day to day
though, for $2000 or (very much) less, a GR-D or L*ica D-Lux 3 AND a F30
would probably do 80% as well for 95% of the shots I take--that is, mostly
family snaps and record shots of projects in construction, or houses before
we renovate them. And, like my GR-1v, would always be with me.
I just subscribed to Sean Reid's site last night. Great stuff on there,
including reviews of the M8, GR-D, 5D, D-Lux 2, E-1. And he shoots lots of
architecture. And he's a motorcyclist! So our interests overlap nicely.
Rob in Seattle
On 9/18/06 2:47 AM, "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rob Harrison wrote:
>> C.H., I also found those comparison images very interesting. Makes you want
>> to ask--"and the big deal is....what?"
> The big deal is that the F30 achieves it's results with a sensor that is
> 7.6x5.7 mm - 43.3 sqmm, while the 4/3 sensor is 18x13.5 mm - 243 sqmm.
> The E-1 sensor is over twice as big in each linear measurement and 5
> times as big in area.
<BIG SNIP, which includes a detailed and perceptive take on the images...>
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