dkCambridgeshire Posted September 12, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Which Co. is making the lenses? Panasonic DMC-G1 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Digital Camera - Hands-On Preview - The Imaging Resource! Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 Hi dkCambridgeshire, Take a look here Panasonics Micro 4/3rds Mirrorless DSLR. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
cbretteville Posted September 12, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 12, 2008 The kit lens is labeled "Lumix" and not "Leica" meaning Leica hasn't had much to do with it's design if anything. - Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted September 12, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 12, 2008 So, you can see DIGILUX 4. Irek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted September 12, 2008 Share #4 Posted September 12, 2008 So, you can see DIGILUX 4.Irek Ain't it ugly ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted September 12, 2008 Share #5 Posted September 12, 2008 Ain't it ugly ! Yes but Leica could make it beautiful add a red dot and some Leica lenses and double the price. Seriously this could be far more interesting than the recent Sigma effort. Depends on the functionality of the viewfinder, AF and of course the quality of the images. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted September 12, 2008 More pictures here including the 4/3 to micro 4/3 adaptor Panasonic's Lumix G1: world's first micro Four Thirds camera - Engadget Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted September 12, 2008 Share #7 Posted September 12, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Oh, I forgot and the loudness of the shutter, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 12, 2008 Share #8 Posted September 12, 2008 What shutter? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboudier Posted September 12, 2008 Share #9 Posted September 12, 2008 More pictures (in real world ) here The red one is beautiful Imagine this with some fixed focal Leica lenses The new LC1 / D2 is here ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted September 12, 2008 First micro 4/3 (MFT ) 25mm f1.4 lena awaited ... wonder how long it will be before one is announced and how the size will compare with the existing "regular" 25/1.4 behemoth? Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapp Posted September 12, 2008 Share #11 Posted September 12, 2008 Which Co. is making the lenses? Panasonic DMC-G1 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Digital Camera - Hands-On Preview - The Imaging Resource! Cheers dunk Can we call a camera without a mirror DSLR??? At last, someone presents a more or less serious camera without prism and mirror utilizing the sensor as viewfinder. THIS IS REVOLUTIONARY, even if most people don't get it and it may not be perfect yet. Image quality of rangefinder cameras and viewfinder advantages like an SLR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam_m Posted September 12, 2008 Share #12 Posted September 12, 2008 DPR shows a lens road map showing a 20mm f1.7 for 2009 Panasonic DMC-G1 Hands-on Preview: 1. Introduction: Digital Photography Review Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecaton Posted September 12, 2008 Share #13 Posted September 12, 2008 Would be interesting if these micro lenses were usable with existing 4/3 bodies via adapter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share #14 Posted September 12, 2008 Would be interesting if these micro lenses were usable with existing 4/3 bodies via adapter. Would not be possible to maintain infinity focus ... unless had an extra lens element in the adaptor ... because the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lens flange distance is less than the regular four thirds (RFT) lens flange distance ... would be same problem Canon had with the FD to EF adaptor ... they did make one ... but believe image quality was compromised ... and even more compromised with the independent makes of adaptor which followed ... But maybe would be possible to make an adaptor for macro photography ie no infinity focus required Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irek Posted September 12, 2008 Share #15 Posted September 12, 2008 Some times ago I was thinking about rangefinder camera with electronic viewfinder on this forum. Now it looks that such system can be made. See the advantages when you can remove complicated rangefinder focusing system by electronic means. Irek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 12, 2008 Share #16 Posted September 12, 2008 But don't forget the disadvantages. A rangefinder is not an SLR. A camera with an electronic viewfinder is not a rangefinder. The rangefinder view of the world is the reason many of us use rangefinder cameras. Stick an electronic viewfinder on a camera and you have an SLR by any other name. Can a mirrorless camera be an SLR? The argument is about semantics not its use in practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted September 12, 2008 Share #17 Posted September 12, 2008 conceptually, i like the micro4/3 idea, but this body design is not even close to what i was hoping for (which was a small D2 with interchangeable lenses). this body is a generic, "ergonomic" (they think) DSLR-type body design. well .... there is always hope that Leica does it right, when the time comes. which is soon, i hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted September 12, 2008 Share #18 Posted September 12, 2008 The flange to film distance looks small enough to fit M lenses. In the first link, it shows this distance to be 20mm. What is the M distance? Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted September 12, 2008 Share #19 Posted September 12, 2008 well .... there is always hope that Leica does it right, when the time comes. ... where did you get the idea that Leica would drop it's M and possible R development to play in a patch that they cannot compete in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted September 12, 2008 Share #20 Posted September 12, 2008 I think M backfocus (= flange-to-sensor distance?) is 27.8 mm, so an adapter could be made. But hasn't Leica said that FourThirds sensor isn't in its future? And these are the only lenses on Lumix cameras that don't say "Leica." I doubt that Leica will have any part of this. But it looks like a great entry from Panasonic, probably through their association with Olympus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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