Originally posted by gazonk Hmm. Fisheyes and macro lenses - good points. Handheld macros would be very easy with such a camera, that could be quite fun.
Exactly.
I could see this system working even with it's tiny sensor but weirdly for very specialist applications. It's tiny sensor gives you very deep DoF which many people have cited as a negative which combined with probably very poor high-ISO performance (comparative to DSLRs) is a valid point.
However two areas actually benefit (assuming light levels that allow close to base ISO shooting:
- Macro, as already mentioned
- Wildlife photography
A very high quality prime lens that is extremely fast for it's
effective focal length is an interesting idea. Clearly though there'd be some handling issues but shallow DoF is a problem with telephoto primes in some situations - this setup would give you options you wouldn't have otherwise (at the expense of others sure).
However, I am not sure these kinds of applications would be something the target market of this camera would actually be looking for.