On 10/7/2020 4:25 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
Frustrated Moose wrote:
I suspect that would get me thinking about throwing both against a big rock,
hard.
I've been there, considered that.
There's an interesting - whatever - that's just a tiny dot in the VF. Just too
many moments like that. The Panny ZS200
is a little bigger and heavier than the XA, although it's got flash built in
and is smaller than XA plus A11. Focal
range, 24-360 eq. The 1" sensor starts to fall apart above ISO 800 - but wait -
so did ASA 800 film!
I don't think your comparison is quite fair because you are comparing
near-pocket sized cameras from two entirely different eras. The XA led
to the Stylus series, which typically had a short 35-70 zoom or
something similar. Eventually, we got to where we are at now. But when
the XA came out, there was absolutely nothing else quite like it.
And the reality is, if you are going to have a single focal-length
lens
Change that sentence to end with "camera". Then, I can say "I'm not". They can keep making "prime" digicams, and I can
keep not buying them.
, 28-35mm (ff equivalent) is the sweet spot. Nearly every
cell-phone camera (before the latest stupidity of multiples)
Speak for yourself. I like having two FLs on my phone.
is in that focal-length range. I always said that my dying grasp camera/lens
would be the OM-2S with 35/2.8 lens. I've varied that slightly to the
OM-3Ti and 35/2 lens, but the theory still holds.
Either one is OK, if I'm dead any minute, 'cause I won't care.
If I could only take one camera (film) and one lens, that would be it.
Fortunately, there is no one to force me to shoot film, or a single FL. :-)
And I'd want to throw it against a big rock once in a while, but we're
talking about the apocalypse anyway.
Then one can't charge batteries or develop film, so it's all moot.
Pre Apocalyptic Moose
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