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From: Bruce on 11 May 2010 14:57 On Tue, 11 May 2010 14:53:31 +0100, "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >"RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:6c223cef-8c4a-4746-860d-ae4cacc74f7c(a)b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com... >> Metal bodies! At low prices! With APS sensors! >> >> http://dpreview.com/previews/sonynex5/page2.asp > >.. and yet another incompatible lens mount - crazy! > >There's a 4/3 standard - stick to it! The Four Thirds lens mount would be of no use whatsoever with an APS-C size sensor. And given Sony's massive (and currently underused) capacity for producing APS-C size sensors, there would be no sense in opting for anything smaller. Indeed, the better overall IQ, lower noise and enhanced control of depth of field are such strong assets of APS-C compared to Four Thirds that it would be sheer madness to throw them away by going for a smaller sensor.
From: Atheist Chaplain on 11 May 2010 19:57 "David J Taylor" <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:hsbnvf$p3d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "RichA" <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:6c223cef-8c4a-4746-860d-ae4cacc74f7c(a)b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com... >> Metal bodies! At low prices! With APS sensors! >> >> http://dpreview.com/previews/sonynex5/page2.asp damn that's UGLY!!! -- [This comment is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Church of Scientology International] "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ." Gandhi
From: Rich on 11 May 2010 22:51 On May 11, 7:57 pm, "Atheist Chaplain" <abu...(a)cia.gov> wrote: > "David J Taylor" <david-tay...(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in messagenews:hsbnvf$p3d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > "RichA" <rander3...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:6c223cef-8c4a-4746-860d-ae4cacc74f7c(a)b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com... > >> Metal bodies! At low prices! With APS sensors! > > >>http://dpreview.com/previews/sonynex5/page2.asp > > damn that's UGLY!!! > I don't think it is. It's "minimalist" but then I liked the look of the Olympus E-330 and Lumix L1. In fact, it looks a little like the Ricoh GRX.
From: David J Taylor on 12 May 2010 02:26 "Bruce" <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ls9ju5h1ek3180qh00npobort9q2nsc34k(a)4ax.com... [] > The Four Thirds lens mount would be of no use whatsoever with an APS-C > size sensor. And given Sony's massive (and currently underused) > capacity for producing APS-C size sensors, there would be no sense in > opting for anything smaller. > > Indeed, the better overall IQ, lower noise and enhanced control of > depth of field are such strong assets of APS-C compared to Four Thirds > that it would be sheer madness to throw them away by going for a > smaller sensor. Well, it's an other Sony own-brand special I, for one, won't be considering. A 4/3 sensor and micro-4/3 lens mount would have much more sense, making the package more balanced, perhaps allowing room for an EVF, and allowing the customer a much greater choice of lenses. The camera doesn't even have a built-in flash! Cheers, David
From: nospam on 12 May 2010 02:44
In article <hsdhm8$r50$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, David J Taylor <david-taylor(a)blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Well, it's an other Sony own-brand special I, for one, won't be > considering. A 4/3 sensor and micro-4/3 lens mount would have much more > sense, making the package more balanced, perhaps allowing room for an EVF, > and allowing the customer a much greater choice of lenses. they're not part of the 4/3rds consortium and i doubt they could be even if they wanted to. |