I made a Mirrorless roadmap of the possible camera/lens announcements. As usual follow MirrorlessRumors if you want to read news about ALL systems. Thanks!
P.S.: I got some info about the possible Nikon mirrorless system. I will post them soon at MR. If the rumor is correct than Micro Four Thirds doesn’t have to fear that competition. THANKS to the anonymous source that gave me that! I hope to correctly interpret the message 😉
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When oh when will there be a replacement for my E-P1…
Wondering the same thing here. Getting more and more tempted by the GH-2 every day, but I love the rangefinder style PENs and Olympus colour and IBIS. If the G-3 comes along and beats the GH-2 for photo quality, I may switch to Panasonic. Fed up of waiting for Olympus.
G3 + 25/F1.4
Do you mean the 25 mm will be shipped as kit lens for the G3?
I have been told the 25mm will be a kit lens option…but it’s not FT5 yet!
Do you have any info about G3 body?
No details yet. But I should know the release date soon..
heh, details released, announcement made, 6 months wait, G3 “available”, 6 month wait, G3 in stock.
Is there the slightest possibility that Panasonic is preparing a foveon type sensor?
Thanks. I’m waiting for more news. It’s time for me to upgrade from G1 so any information is valuable for me 🙂
Olympus = wait -> it is like for the child to come, it also takes 9 month.. :-).
most important is, that it will be good products (like they already are).
by the way: can somebody tell me why SONY is the only one who have the cool sweep panorama function?
cool panorama function?
what are you, 12?
maybe panasonic is not so cheesy…
FWIW, the Olympus XZ-1 has an automatic panorama mode, where the camera glues the pictures together. Olympus cameras have had a panorama mode for about 10 years, where the camera sets markers in the EXIF, and the software that came with the camera would glue it together at post processing time. Now that the XZ-1 has the auto feature, I suspect the E-PL3 will have it.
Stravos Check this, and try that with other p&s
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28060810@N06/5401265380/
I think Fuji and Ricoh have sweep panorama as well … in their P&S.
I never talked about P&S. I think these effects are cheesy and that if you like them so much you can do them with software on your computer. The camera maker is not obliged to include it in-camera.
Yeah I don’t understand it too. Panorama is so cool. Maybe algorithm s too hard to code, even Sony produce anomalies in panorama output picture.
The 25/1.4 will have to be incredible to outdo the 20/1.7, I think it will be impossible to better that lens except maybe for a little vignetting wide open. They had better developed a 40/1.4 or a 12/2.0.
the 25/1.4 will almost certainly produce better results – it’s faster and much more usable for portraits.. on the other hand it’s not going to be a pancake style lens and im sure all gf1 owners highly appreciate that form factor..
1/2 stop and a slight bump (to 50mm equivalent) hardly makes a difference for portraits… certainly not enough to upgrade since that costs tangible money. It is incredibly strange they plan to “double dip” before a real 50/1.4 (as in portrait length for m43) emerges.
You also forgot such an important features as “pet” and “auto-smile” detections 🙂
Sure, anyone can include auto-panorama, or auto-hdr in the camera. However, it’s hard to achieve a good result without possibility to manually adjust the shift between frames, or mask out artifacts before merging frames into a single panorama or the HDR image. I would always prefer to do such post-processing in the computer with Hugin, for example: http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
+1 “They had better developed a 40/1.4” !!! Panasonic !
yes yes.. i will buy the 40/1.4 in an instant !!!
By a Voigtlander Nokton 40/1.4 + M adapter. Period.
The Voigtlander is definitely a nice lens for many types of shots (I have the 35mm version), but anyone buying an M-mount lens needs to consider the typical minimum focus distance of about 0.7 meters. Didn’t sound so bad on paper. In practice, a lot of people find it to be a dealbreaker. I’m also lusting after the old two-tone black/silver Canon rangefinder lenses from the 50’s and 60’s. They’re gorgeous, but i know i’d have the same rangefinder frustrations, so i’m not going to bother.
Yes, it could be an issue in some cases. But it is the same with DSLRs. The MFD of Canon EF 85/1.8 is 0.85m, Canon EF 85/1.2L: 0.95m.
I use a Canon nFD 50/1.2 on my GH2 and GF1, its MFD is only 0.5m and works very well as a portrait lens.
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=50mm+f1.2&w=50604678%40N02&s=rec
You should look into the Nikon 5cm ltm (there are f1.4 and f2 versions, I have the f2), it has a minimum focus distance of less than 1.5 feet. I think the old Nikon RF lenses are unique in this sense.
It is based on a pre WWII Sonnar design, is amazingly well made (but relatively heavy) and renders beautifully. I really like the bokeh of this lens, and the transition from focus to OOF. I find it is very suitable for portraits but not so good for shooting low contrast scenes.
Very nice photos, Miklos! Funny – I also have the Canon nFD 50 f/1.2 for my GF1 and I love it, especially for portraits. That closer focus makes all the difference in the world for me when I’m not taking portraits. I have found the SLR lenses infinitely more usable, despite the larger size and huge adapter. From what i’ve read, if you want a rangefinder-sized lens, with a small adapter, and close focus distance, one of the best bets is the old Olympus Pen F lenses. Anyone have any experience with those on m43? Any issues to be expected?
hd72 miklos I use the nFD 50/1.2L on my GF1, it can be great, but not always, bokeh is good from f2-f4, not below or beyond: https://picasaweb.google.com/frankgvisser/CanonFD5012LBokeh#
@frank The bokeh can be pretty busy with mine… I’ve learned to avoid leafy backgrounds, and also situations where purple fringing will be apparent. It’s been great for indoors, though. I’ve always wondered if i should have paid extra for the heavier “L” version of the lens, but based on your photos it wouldn’t have solved my problems after all. Thank you for sharing those!
these are also with the fd 50/1.2L, they are from last year when I did not how raw worked yet so the exposure is a little off on some:
https://picasaweb.google.com/frankgvisser/SGravelandMetDeGf1EnDeFd5012L#
Any rumors or ideas on pricing for the 25mm/f1.4? Similar to the 20 and 14 price points or more like the 45mm/f2.8?