Originally posted by jeffshaddix
Anyway, it seems the DP1M, with it's matched lens/sensor, could fit that nitch nicely, and the new screw-on Ricoh GW-3 will allow it to serve as an extreme wide angle lens as well. Sure it won't do color well past ISO 400 or so, but for a focal length this wide, I'd expect to use it at base ISO for landscapes, up to ISO 400 on the street, and as a B&W cam for indoor shots. The only real qualm I have is focusing without a through-the-lens viewfinder, but with the DOF given on a 19mm lens, I expect that won't be too rough.
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I seem to have missed this thread for a while, now that its resurfaced, here are my few cents.
Dp1m+GW3, been there, done that (even put up some samples on serious compacts)
Basically IQ degrades at the last 1/8 other edges.
The horizontal edges are fine though.
So in a landscape orientation, you'd get more 'height' but gain little on width.
For those thinking about the comparison, I do have the A7, DP1m, K30 (had K5), as well as the FA31ltd.
From looking at 1:1 on the images (even if they are not the same), I already know that the DP1m cannot be beaten for high res stuff.
If I'd zoom in to 1:1, I would see any text or fine detail/texture as readable on the dp1m.
With the A7 or K30 with the same lens, I'd be looking at an 'interpretation' of it.
This is even with deconvolution sharpening.
But as I have mentioned before, one is a specialized camera, the others are generalist.
Which is better depends on which side of the bed I wake up from for the day