Originally posted by Mistral75 Both lenses below are 50mm f/1.4 with short backfocus. Times change...
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Richard Wong Very clear example of how things have changed.
I look at my relatively tiny ancient Leitz collapsible 50 mm F 3.5 lens and particularly when it is attached to my equally, relatively tiny Leica llf body...this combo is very small, very handy to carry in a jacket pocket and of course it's a 35mm camera...full frame I suppose, if it was digital.
Of course I have to carry around my Sekonic Studio Master light meter, which almost as big as the camera...so that kind of loses the advantage the small camera, but then on the other hand, I've got an old, smaller Sekonic meter that takes up very little space.
Full frame digital...small, very robust body, small lens...mirrorless, pocketable (large jacket pocket)...AF and maybe a moderate wide angle to 250mm or so, zoom. Also affordable. Lot's of appeal for an older guy who is starting to think, size does matter...small size, less weight, easy to carry. Maybe there will be something out in a 5 years or so. I like my K1/28-105 but....