This looks like a good replacement for my Mynolta A1. With lens and
battery, size and weight between the two are nearly identical. The
difference is that the A1's lens covers 28-200 equivalent and the G1's
14-45 covers 28-90 equivalent. You'd need something like a 35-100 to
complete the picture. But I should think it would be easier to produce
a superzoom for this camera with no concerns about retrofocus design.
If Tamron can make an 18-250 (28-400) lens for an APS-C camera why not a
9-125 (18-250) for micro 4/3?
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> A bit late with the review, no surprises. EVF did not reflect ambient
>> light--upped the gain and no choice in the matter.. I think that was fixed
>> with firmware. Design/size and EVF have room for improvment.
>>
>
> The EVF isn't such a big deal for someone, such as me, who is quite
> happy composing on a twist and tilt LCD.
>
> For those who believe it's all about the image, the BIG news and
> surprise is how it stomps the E-520 in detail resolution and clarity -
> at all ISOs - using the exact same lens. Color looks essentially the
> same to me, but my color eye isn't as sophisticated as some here and
> there are no actual skin tones in the comparisons.
>
> The other shoe? Much better IQ than the A350 and as good as the 450D
> through ISO 800 - and within a hair's breadth at 1600. All this is with
> RAW files, I didn't look at the JPEG comps, as I would be shooting RAW.
>
> The pixel level purity, clarity, whatever you call the clear separation
> of color and brightness between adjacent pixels, reminds me a little of
> the 5D.
>
> This seems to me to be a real breakthrough for 4/3, of either mount
> variety. Panny seems to have finally hit their stride in sensor system
> design.
>
>> Much room for Oly to hit it out of the park. I'll pay close attention to
>> micro 4/3.
>>
>
> I just hope they have access to the new Panny sensor, and perhaps the
> processor, as well. I would love to see something less conservative in
> physical design, but not at the expense of losing what Panny has created.
>
> A small, flat body, but slightly thick, to accommodate T&T LCD, no EFV
> and a 20mm pancake lens (collapsing for pocket?) would be a killer for
> close-in candid,"street" shooting. OK, maybe a small, built-in fixed
> optical viewfinder for 20mm FOV.
>
> Moose in Love?
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