Some Simple 4/3 Questions

A great LOOKING little package. It appears this advancement by Panasonic & Olympus will lead to some interesting camera kit configurations. However, the kit shown is now a "portrait" kit... that lovely little Nokton 40 is now an 80! :-(

This technology advancement is definitely moving in the direction I'm interested in... being able to use the lenses I already own on a compact digital camera capable of high IQ at high-ish ISO. However for me a roadblock remains... the high 2.0 crop factor. I like to use wide-angle prime lenses. To use the G1, I'd have to abandon my existing 25, 28, and 35mm lenses and buy the CV 12 and 15. So I continue to wait for the DMDC ("decisive moment digital camera") - a small compact camera with ISO noiseless up to 400, no shutter lag, a big bright viewfinder, and a full-frame sensor. As I've said before, I think we'll see such a thing sometime in the next five years. And the G1 is pointing in the right direction! 🙂
 
i'm not willing to wait 5 years, might not have 5 years, so i am playing with the g1 now.
the kit lens is great, the 45-200 is making some fine images (mine is on the way) and i already have 4 wondeful zeiss m lenses that i can play with as soon as the adapter arrives.
my 21 will be a (slow) 42 and i can live with that on the street.

maybe stephen will send me a 12 to play with ...😉

joe
 
The kit lens is great and will cover the 28 and 35mm equivalent focal lengths.

I'd caution anyone considering a G1 who doesn't already have M lenses -- unless the size advantage that an M lens offers is your ultimate priority, SLR lenses are generally cheaper and will focus closer. They are of course usually bigger/heavier.

So far, my favorite alternative lens is the 24/2.8 Nikkor, which is about the same size on the G1 as the kit lens. It focuses much closer than any 24mm M-mount lens does, and has floating elements for close range correction, which to my knowledge, no M-mount lens will have. Also has great bokeh. 🙂
 
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I can attest to the ability of the 4/3rd format to render shallow DOF. Much better than the typical digital P&S sensors.

Apparently most people don't care about this, but I do.

I am waiting for one camera, the size of Ricoh GRD, Sigma DP, Panasonic LX3, that has the 4/3rd format sensor in it. Fixed lens.

It maybe from Olympus, or if Panasonic is smart, that's what the LX4 will be.
 
Pherdinand said:
Another, perhaps weird question:
Is autofocus working and okay for manual focus (M) lenses and adapter?

I mean, if they move the chip, why couldn't it work...? 🙂
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The Contax AX film SLR cameras worked this way.

http://www.focalfix.com/reviews/film/contaxax.shtml

Since the Lumix G1 doesn't have to move a mirror and prism assembly along with the 'film' (sensor) plane, I suspect it could be done.

Will it be done? I have no idea. I think you have a very cool idea, though.
 
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