steveoreno
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My wife would love this, being our "official photographer" I can buy lots of other fun stuff with those bucks though.
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New Camera - Light L16
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How good and 'fast' are the lenses and what is the sensor size? Yea, size does matter. When manufacturers play games with compact lenses, optical integrity might suffer and cramming too many pixels on a small sensors also leads to IQ issues.
Of course technological advances can and have been working to mitigate IQ issues, but I am not quite sure I have seen something great there yet, but since this camera fires 10-16 different sensors and combines them into one image, maybe they have found a workable solution. Sounds good on paper - multiple compact lenses, and a sensor array on these lenses to simulate one large sensor, with software doing some hefty lifting.
However, is this what you want? One single 52MP image at a fixed always the same focal length made up of a combination of 16 different images at different fixed focal lengths and then cropping as needed? Sounds like one prime lens made up of 16 prime lenses, which could be fine, although, I don't know how versatile. Are you really getting the benefit of 16 different primes? Sounds like you end up with one image only, but what focal length?
As they say in engineering circles - garbage in, garbage out. I am most interested in seeing how good the individual lenses and sensors are. Low light IQ is most susceptible, with small sensors, and compact lenses, but if you mostly shoot in broad daylight, and never print large prints which most never do, you may not notice, especially for online photo posts.
Having said that, you should buy the camera, Tyler, and write a full report and review of it, then you should let me borrow it so I could do the same!
Of course technological advances can and have been working to mitigate IQ issues, but I am not quite sure I have seen something great there yet, but since this camera fires 10-16 different sensors and combines them into one image, maybe they have found a workable solution. Sounds good on paper - multiple compact lenses, and a sensor array on these lenses to simulate one large sensor, with software doing some hefty lifting.
However, is this what you want? One single 52MP image at a fixed always the same focal length made up of a combination of 16 different images at different fixed focal lengths and then cropping as needed? Sounds like one prime lens made up of 16 prime lenses, which could be fine, although, I don't know how versatile. Are you really getting the benefit of 16 different primes? Sounds like you end up with one image only, but what focal length?
As they say in engineering circles - garbage in, garbage out. I am most interested in seeing how good the individual lenses and sensors are. Low light IQ is most susceptible, with small sensors, and compact lenses, but if you mostly shoot in broad daylight, and never print large prints which most never do, you may not notice, especially for online photo posts.
Having said that, you should buy the camera, Tyler, and write a full report and review of it, then you should let me borrow it so I could do the same!
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Deal!Having said that, you should buy the camera, Tyler, and write a full report and review of it, then you should let me borrow it so I could do the same!
I've made my reservation. FYI, if anyone is interested, I have a Friends & Family Code with will give you an additional $400 off the launch-month price. Not sure how long it's good for but the code is FFGC88. B)
Glass is where it's at. Once you get a decent body, the real outcome will be based on someones time learning the "art" and using good lenses.
Considering the cost of that pie-in-the-sky (not yet released) model from the OP, there are a ton of options out there you can have in your hand today.
Again, I'll remind everyone that Pentax is out there, has a long history with pro photography, is competitively priced, and the new and used lens markets are very robust.
https://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/cameras?subcategoryId=cameras
Considering the cost of that pie-in-the-sky (not yet released) model from the OP, there are a ton of options out there you can have in your hand today.
Again, I'll remind everyone that Pentax is out there, has a long history with pro photography, is competitively priced, and the new and used lens markets are very robust.
https://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/cameras?subcategoryId=cameras
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gixxerjasen
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That sure does make it tempting. If I thought I had the skill I'd probably jump on it. Likely though that'd be the equivilent of Rossi handing me his race bike, I'd still be stoopid slow, and in this case, I probably wouldn't turn out photos any better than come off my phone. I'll be interested to see what you can make it do though.I've made my reservation. FYI, if anyone is interested, I have a Friends & Family Code with will give you an additional $400 off the launch-month price. Not sure how long it's good for but the code is FFGC88.
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