Sources form Digicaminfo unveiled that a new APS-C premium Ricoh GR camera is going to be announced soon. It will be very close to the current Nikon Coolpix A camera that uses a 28mm f/2.8 lens. Also Panasonic will announce a high end compact camera in late April. it will have an integrated viewfinder but no large sensor like the Ricoh Nikon or other APS-C premium compacts.
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Wooooohoo, Panasonic is finally releasing a successor to the LC1! 🙂 Let’s hope it will be as good as the Fuji x20.
Wooooohoo, Panasonic is finally releasing a successor to the LC1! 🙂 Let’s hope it will be as good as the Fuji x20.
What about this:
-Sensor as large (at least) as the X20
-Wide angle at 24mm (better at 21)
-Tele end about 90mm f/2.0
-Good viewfinder, tiltable screen, external micro input.
All this under $800 and Panasonic gets my money.
I am not sure In understand this fixation on the28mm FOV
a 40mm FOV would be much better as a one FOV , street photography camera
Harold
for you. a 28 is my favorite for street and all GRD have been 28.
Harold GLIT: I’m with you. 40mm is very flexible. Not too wide for to distort faces on closeups, but gives you more creative choices than rather tight 50mm focal lenght.
I understand that Ricoh makes 28mm eq. lens for their GR, as their GR-cameras have always (except GR21) had 28mm lenses. It’s their heritage. Nikon’s choice however was a bit odd for me.
How can you say Panasonic will announce a high-end compact camera, when the sensor is even smaller than APS-C – that doesn’t even make sense. A M4/3 sensor can never be high-end, as the image quality and depth of field control is not there. It is sad enough that we have to accept the compromise with APS-C, which is much better than M4/3. In another year or so, there will be no need to buy such a small sensor camera system. So, Olympus and Panasonic will need to rethink their plans for the future, as nobody in their right mind will want to buy them.
All these small formats like 35mm bother me too. And medium format is just that, medium. Where’s the true lens movements? And I trully need all the megapixels I can get out from 4×5″ sheet. Go big or go home I say.