07-01-2011, 10:02 AM
[quote name='Martin_MM' timestamp='1309447771' post='9639']
I´m not getting overexcited. Sure, it is big step ahead that finally there are high-quality fast primes with a really portable body capable of producing high-quality images with relatively affordable price on the market. Unfortunately, that´s still only micro 4/3 system so:
1) 12mm/f2 still gives ridiculously deep depth of field, roughly equivalent to 24mm/f4 lens on Full Frame Cam. So in other words, FF cam with 24/f1.4 lens is absolutely in diferent league in this regard.
2)45/f1.8 = 90mm/f3.5 on full frame. Hmm, that is "better than a spit into an eye" (as the phrase has it) but still: Far, far behind my 85mm/f1.4 on D700. [/quote]
Apples to oranges. Yesterday I hanged around with 1Ds Mk III and 85/1.2. Images were - as you can expect - superb in all aspects, paper-thin DoF included. That said, there's a price to pay. Money, size, weight. The MFT system was purposefully built from the ground up to target these aspects, while knowingly scarifying others. Basically, it's a whole different ball game.
[quote name='Martin_MM' timestamp='1309447771' post='9639']
I´m just eagerly waiting for somebody to put the full frame sensor into a relatively light (of course it will always be bigger than m4/3) body and offer some fast primes with that. Currently only the overpriced M9 does that... Maybe Fuji with X200 model is a possibility in the future...? ;-)[/quote]
Undoubtedly, FF MILC is the holy grail. Like you, I'd love to have one but unfortunately, the only one exists today is very pricey and lacks AF.
FWIW, there are rumors of [url="http://photorumors.com/2011/04/06/rumors-of-fuji-x200-and-x300-are-already-floating-around/"]X-300 with interchangeable lenses[/url]. One can always hope....
I´m not getting overexcited. Sure, it is big step ahead that finally there are high-quality fast primes with a really portable body capable of producing high-quality images with relatively affordable price on the market. Unfortunately, that´s still only micro 4/3 system so:
1) 12mm/f2 still gives ridiculously deep depth of field, roughly equivalent to 24mm/f4 lens on Full Frame Cam. So in other words, FF cam with 24/f1.4 lens is absolutely in diferent league in this regard.
2)45/f1.8 = 90mm/f3.5 on full frame. Hmm, that is "better than a spit into an eye" (as the phrase has it) but still: Far, far behind my 85mm/f1.4 on D700. [/quote]
Apples to oranges. Yesterday I hanged around with 1Ds Mk III and 85/1.2. Images were - as you can expect - superb in all aspects, paper-thin DoF included. That said, there's a price to pay. Money, size, weight. The MFT system was purposefully built from the ground up to target these aspects, while knowingly scarifying others. Basically, it's a whole different ball game.
[quote name='Martin_MM' timestamp='1309447771' post='9639']
I´m just eagerly waiting for somebody to put the full frame sensor into a relatively light (of course it will always be bigger than m4/3) body and offer some fast primes with that. Currently only the overpriced M9 does that... Maybe Fuji with X200 model is a possibility in the future...? ;-)[/quote]
Undoubtedly, FF MILC is the holy grail. Like you, I'd love to have one but unfortunately, the only one exists today is very pricey and lacks AF.
FWIW, there are rumors of [url="http://photorumors.com/2011/04/06/rumors-of-fuji-x200-and-x300-are-already-floating-around/"]X-300 with interchangeable lenses[/url]. One can always hope....