09-20-2010, 08:28 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1285010186' post='3005']
They will be smaller, of course. Leica M lenses were always smaller than Leica R just to give you an obvious example.
Even long tele lenses can be a bit smaller albeit to a lesser degree of course.
A Panasonic G1/2 handles pretty much exactly like a DSLR. And what makes a micro-system user a "lesser" photographer ?
The result is/can be the same. There were many world-class photographers using a Leica M just to come up with this example again.
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I did not say a "lesser photographer". BUt only photographers who choose a system for compactness and not for capabilities will go for a small camera over a DSLR with more capabilities lens wise.
So yes, in the big group of "photographers" (as opposed to snap shooters), there will always be a small group that goes for compact, because of what they photograph. Just like there always will be a small group within the big group of "photographers" who will go for big and exotic solutions.
In the time of the Leica M the camera capabilities were anyway VERY different from what they are now, so one can not make a direct comparison to those times.
Now, sure, street photography often can be done fine with a Leica M or other compact system. And there are also MANY fields of photography where such systems do NOT deliver in today's advanced photography.
They will be smaller, of course. Leica M lenses were always smaller than Leica R just to give you an obvious example.
Even long tele lenses can be a bit smaller albeit to a lesser degree of course.
A Panasonic G1/2 handles pretty much exactly like a DSLR. And what makes a micro-system user a "lesser" photographer ?
The result is/can be the same. There were many world-class photographers using a Leica M just to come up with this example again.
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I did not say a "lesser photographer". BUt only photographers who choose a system for compactness and not for capabilities will go for a small camera over a DSLR with more capabilities lens wise.
So yes, in the big group of "photographers" (as opposed to snap shooters), there will always be a small group that goes for compact, because of what they photograph. Just like there always will be a small group within the big group of "photographers" who will go for big and exotic solutions.
In the time of the Leica M the camera capabilities were anyway VERY different from what they are now, so one can not make a direct comparison to those times.
Now, sure, street photography often can be done fine with a Leica M or other compact system. And there are also MANY fields of photography where such systems do NOT deliver in today's advanced photography.