Albert asked about the 4/3 system:
What would be the "zoom" factor? 1.4ish? So my 50mm would be a 70mm f1.8?
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See the official web site <http://www.four-thirds.com/about.htm> where
you will see that the sensor is approximately 18x13.5mm vs. 36x24mm for
35mm film. The 18 vs. 36 horizontally is a 2X magnification factor for
OM lenses provided that they can be fitted. Myself, I could never come
to a conclusion whether the disappearing item at
<http://www.dpreview.com/news/0303/pma2003/olympus/esysgroup.jpg>
was an OM adapter or a teleconverter. Since the camera is so late, I
think that if there is a plan for an OM adapter they would already have
leaked that news to keep us from defecting to the competition. I still
want one even if it does turn my 24mm shift into a 48mm shift.
I have found it interesting to speculate on the likely resolution that
will be announced. The E-20 sensor is only 8.8x6.6mm so the 4/3 sensor
has over 4 times the area. At the same pixel density as the E-20 the
4/3 sensor would be 20+ megapixels. Of course, Kodak already had a 4/3
sensor at 5 megapixels when the 4/3 announcement was made last year. My
own guess is that it will be 9 megapixels. Sufficient resolution to be
higly competitive with 35mm film and pixels larger than the E-20 for
better speed and noise control.
I guess we'll all know in about three weeks.
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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