There's no problem with ultrawide imaging on m4/3 or 4/3 cameras.
Panasonic already makes available a 7-14mm f4 that crops out to 14-28mm f4:
Panasonic 7-14 f4 arrived - FM Forums
Panasonic's new to this Game and they already have a straight aperture ultrawide zoom. I guess it would compare to Pentax 12-24mm f4? Well except the Pentax crops out to 18-36mm. Pentax does have a fisheye 10-17mm that crops out to 15-35mm but its a fisheye & not rectilinear design.
Olympus (also) has one for 4/3 mount, a bigger version and designed 7-14mm f4.
Both are Highly Regarded
So with either micro 4/3 or 4/3 you're one lens purchase away from covering ultrawide imaging.
Then lets say you buy a GH1, and it comes bundled with a 14-140mm HD & Image Stibilized lens. So a person buys one additional lens, the 7-14mm f4 and for many this is a very complete set up. Two lens one camera, HD capture, multiple format choices covering a 14mm-280mm perspective.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0905/09051503panasonicgh1preview.asp
So now Pentax wants to consider entering in m4/3~like arena. I've said it before with vapore~ware Samsung NX, this race started in September 2008 when G1 launched. Panasonic already has glass, color choices and Samsung and Pentax, well they have plans and ideas.
Digital Camera Timeline: Digital Photography Review
One year later ,after G1 launch, Panasonic has THREE interchangeable mount m4/3 digitals.
Here's GH1 Review, which replaced the "preview"
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicdmcgh1/ Originally posted by andi It says m4/3 STYLE camera, I hope it's a Pentax mount.
They already have small lenses, why to reinvent the wheel?
Just release a small GF1-like camera with a Pentax mount and combining
it with the pancake lenses you have a winner.
I was considering GF1 but the lack of the available small lenses killed it
to me. They only have one pancake - 20 f1.7 coming up, on m4/3 it's a 40mm lens.
There is even a bigger problem with wide lenses on m4/3 than on a 1.5x camera...
Last edited by Samsungian; 09-16-2009 at 09:18 AM.