I guess this means that the Fuji sensor doesn't like symmetrical wide-angles as well ...
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The results are pretty terrible.
I think that this camera and most aps-c mirror-less camera would prefer retro-focus lenses (long rear nodal point).
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I think that this camera and most aps-c mirror-less camera would prefer retro-focus lenses (long rear nodal point).
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Well, it seems as if the M9, NEX 5n/C3, GXR/A12 and probably also the NX200 do a decent job here.
The NEX 7 and X-Pro1 are on the other side. The NEX 3/5 are somewhere in between it seems.
Will this affect the sale of X-pro1 significantly? If X-pro1 can use only Fuji lenses and quite a limit number of other brand lenses, then many people would hesitate to buy the camera, I think (given its rather high price).
However, it is still not quite clear how bad the situation is. For example, how will modern Zeiss WA lenses perform on X-pro1? How will Nikon and Canon WA lenses perform on X-pro1 (suppose converters exist)?
Frank
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Will this affect the sale of X-pro1 significantly? If X-pro1 can use only Fuji lenses and quite a limit number of other brand lenses, then many people would hesitate to buy the camera, I think (given its rather high price).
However, it is still not quite clear how bad the situation is. For example, how will modern Zeiss WA lenses perform on X-pro1? How will Nikon and Canon WA lenses perform on X-pro1 (suppose converters exist)?
Frank
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I reckon that converted SLR lenses will perform fine.
I'm not so sure about native WAs though. The images from the XF 18mm f/2 that we've seen so far were rather poor IMHO.
It seems that Biogon (and the Elmarit) will make the Nex 7 and the X-Pro1 suffer <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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The X-Pro1 has no AA filter (or IOW cancelled AA filter)... The usual suspects are the microlens design and the new color filter array I guess.
By the way, is the Fuji 18mm a symmetrical lens?
Serkan
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It seems that Biogon (and the Elmarit) will make the Nex 7 and the X-Pro1 suffer <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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The X-Pro1 has no AA filter (or IOW cancelled AA filter)... The usual suspects are the microlens design and the new color filter array I guess.
By the way, is the Fuji 18mm a symmetrical lens?
Serkan
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It is not just only about the AA though. Even the Fuji has a cover glass on the sensor.
The 18mm doesn't have a symmetrical design.
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