Chosun Juan
Given to Fly
There's no doubt that the 48.8mm [EDIT: or is it 51.6mm? as I have read elsewhere - L mount alliance release] dia/ 20mm FFD mount of the Leica L is a compromise that's not quite as good as Nikon's 55mm/ 16mm - which allows more optical train efficiencies (marginally smaller, lighter lenses), and not just (but mostly) for wide and/or fast lenses.
What it does do though, as I have said above, is give Panasonic a flying start in populating it's lens line up - particularly with Sigma on board and the work they have done for the very similar dimensioned Sony FE mount and the large range of lenses that already exist for that. With this choice of L lens mount, Panasonic will neatly leapfrog Nikon next year in the mirrorless lens range quantity available.
It seems that Panasonic are going to be quite the force. FF 4K60p is pretty cool and 8K is clearly programmed into the strategic road map for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ....
The only question for me is how well the Contrast Detect, and DFD AF system will work comparitively (relative to Nikon and Sony, plus Canon too).
The other thing after watching the vid is I'm still none the wiser on the EVF spec. Everyone is claiming 'leading' and 'top resolution' performance, but the Nikon / Sony / Canon offerings are a virtually identical 3.6MP, yet the Leica SL (Typ601) has been out with a 4.4MP EVF for over a year now ! :eek!: I wonder if the top spec Panasonic S1r sports that one too ?
Chosun :gh:
What it does do though, as I have said above, is give Panasonic a flying start in populating it's lens line up - particularly with Sigma on board and the work they have done for the very similar dimensioned Sony FE mount and the large range of lenses that already exist for that. With this choice of L lens mount, Panasonic will neatly leapfrog Nikon next year in the mirrorless lens range quantity available.
It seems that Panasonic are going to be quite the force. FF 4K60p is pretty cool and 8K is clearly programmed into the strategic road map for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ....
The only question for me is how well the Contrast Detect, and DFD AF system will work comparitively (relative to Nikon and Sony, plus Canon too).
The other thing after watching the vid is I'm still none the wiser on the EVF spec. Everyone is claiming 'leading' and 'top resolution' performance, but the Nikon / Sony / Canon offerings are a virtually identical 3.6MP, yet the Leica SL (Typ601) has been out with a 4.4MP EVF for over a year now ! :eek!: I wonder if the top spec Panasonic S1r sports that one too ?
Chosun :gh:
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