Olympus obituary? Good article

On 12/09/2010 1:23 p.m., RichA wrote:
Some of it is pure speculation, but it makes some good points. The
starkest point in the whole thing is the contrast between the small
4/3rds sensor, and where everyone else is headed, 35mm sensor sizes.

http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?op...539&Item id=1

Everything else isn't headed to 35mm sensor sizes.
If anything , for slrs, there's been a huge rush from 35mm film format
to APS-c digital format, and 35mm digital format languishes with sales
volume even well below 4/3 (if u4/3 is included, though they are not slrs)
There are advantages to smaller formats. As the P&S troll reminds us in
every thread, you're not going to get 28 to 300mm in a larger format
with camera which fits in your pocket.

Me wrote:

If anything , for slrs, there's been a huge rush from 35mm film format
to APS-c digital format, and 35mm digital format languishes with sales
volume even well below 4/3 (if u4/3 is included, though they are not slrs)
There are advantages to smaller formats.

The major one is that FF units tend to be expensive because
- the sensor is expensive
- fewer people buy them

which causes of course fewer people to buy them.

A secondary one is that long reach can be fun and the crop
factor helps turning FF lenses into even longer ones.

As the P&S troll reminds us in
every thread, you're not going to get 28 to 300mm in a larger format
with camera which fits in your pocket.

Sheesh, you need bigger pockets.

For some P&S cameras out there you'd just take a fixed focus wide
angle FF system (and they can be pretty small, as anyone who used
a 35mm film based version knows) and crop to 300+ mm and still
get better results. :-)

And no, you won't get a 300mm P&S into your pocket either,
because that's at best a 50 or 60mm lens. :-

-Wolfgang

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:56:03 +0200, Wolfgang Weisselberg
wrote:

Me wrote:

If anything , for slrs, there's been a huge rush from 35mm film format
to APS-c digital format, and 35mm digital format languishes with sales
volume even well below 4/3 (if u4/3 is included, though they are not slrs)
There are advantages to smaller formats.

The major one is that FF units tend to be expensive because
- the sensor is expensive
- fewer people buy them

which causes of course fewer people to buy them.

A secondary one is that long reach can be fun and the crop
factor helps turning FF lenses into even longer ones.

As the P&S troll reminds us in
every thread, you're not going to get 28 to 300mm in a larger format
with camera which fits in your pocket.

Sheesh, you need bigger pockets.

For some P&S cameras out there you'd just take a fixed focus wide
angle FF system (and they can be pretty small, as anyone who used
a 35mm film based version knows) and crop to 300+ mm and still
get better results. :-)

And no, you won't get a 300mm P&S into your pocket either,
because that's at best a 50 or 60mm lens. :-

-Wolfgang

Only proving that you've never used nor ever held any of the superzoom
cameras with that focal length in its range.

Why must you constantly feel the need to display your complete ignorance
and total lack of any experience whatsoever?