Jman13 wrote:
Thing is, NEX has shown that yes, you can make a small CAMERA with a large sensor. They have not shown that you can makes small autofocus lenses for said camera.
That is all just a matter of speed, focal length and image quality desires. Sony has chosen particularly telecentric lens designs, but smaller designs are possible. Samsung has shown that small lenses are easily possible with an aps-c sensor. The Samsung 30/2 is smaller than the Panny 20/1.7, despite being a little longer and equivalently faster, and the Samsung 16/2.4 and Sony 16/2.8 are much shorter than the m4/3 12/2. Even if you add the extra registration distance of the Samsung mount, the Panny 20 and Samsung 30 are close in size.
I see no reason why someone couldn\'t make a 16-50/3.8 zoom for an aps-c mirrorless of similar size to this new m4/3 zoom.
Jman13 wrote:
Thing is, NEX has shown that yes, you can make a small CAMERA with a large sensor. They have not shown that you can makes small autofocus lenses for said camera.
That is all just a matter of speed, focal length and image quality desires. Sony has chosen particularly telecentric lens designs, but smaller designs are possible. Samsung has shown that small lenses are easily possible with an aps-c sensor. The Samsung 30/2 is smaller than the Panny 20/1.7, despite being a little longer and equivalently faster. Even if you add the extra registration distance of the Samsung mount, the two lenses are very close in size.
I see no reason why someone couldn\'t make a 16-50/3.8 zoom for an aps-c mirrorless of similar size to this new m4/3 zoom.
May 21, 2012 at 02:56 PM
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