11-07-2011, 11:55 PM
[quote name='Sammy' timestamp='1320702733' post='12742']
If one shoots always 3:2 it´s always 3:2, there is no loss of anything but a bit of resolution.
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there is, if you shoot 3:2 on most 4:3 cameras then you get the 4:3 frame and crop it to 3:2 reducing your vertical and thus diagnal field of view. If you shoot 3:2 or even 16:9 on either the GH1,2 or LX3,5 then you maintain the same diagnal field of view. This means that you make the most of the lens and for landscape shots gain horizontal field of view.
So for example when i'm shooting a landscape photo on my LX3 and want as wide an angle as posible I set it to 24mm equiv and 16:9 which gives me the same horizontal angle of view as a 22mm lens shot at 4:3. (I then also process it in DC RAW so as not to have the forced lens correction in lightroom making the horizontal field of view more like 20mm)
To me this seems like a distinct and great advantage for Panasonic, I don't get why they don't premote it more and put it in more cameras? It would be even better if they'd extend it to provide 1:1 and 2:1 shooting and let you choose the crop later in RAW processing.... hmm prehaps I should just be buying an APS-C camera and putting a 4/3 lens on it...
If one shoots always 3:2 it´s always 3:2, there is no loss of anything but a bit of resolution.
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there is, if you shoot 3:2 on most 4:3 cameras then you get the 4:3 frame and crop it to 3:2 reducing your vertical and thus diagnal field of view. If you shoot 3:2 or even 16:9 on either the GH1,2 or LX3,5 then you maintain the same diagnal field of view. This means that you make the most of the lens and for landscape shots gain horizontal field of view.
So for example when i'm shooting a landscape photo on my LX3 and want as wide an angle as posible I set it to 24mm equiv and 16:9 which gives me the same horizontal angle of view as a 22mm lens shot at 4:3. (I then also process it in DC RAW so as not to have the forced lens correction in lightroom making the horizontal field of view more like 20mm)
To me this seems like a distinct and great advantage for Panasonic, I don't get why they don't premote it more and put it in more cameras? It would be even better if they'd extend it to provide 1:1 and 2:1 shooting and let you choose the crop later in RAW processing.... hmm prehaps I should just be buying an APS-C camera and putting a 4/3 lens on it...