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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
09-30-2018, 06:01 AM
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As I understand it the 45-150 outta similar to the Olympus 40-150 which I owned for a brief time. It was ok, nothing special. The Panasonic 45-175 on the other hand is a very nice compact telephoto. Highly recommended.
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Forum: Canon, Nikon, Sony, and Other Camera Brands
09-28-2018, 01:58 PM
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m43 is a huge ecosystem with more than just Olympus and Panasonic supporting it. YI and a few others are on board but the main thrust is certainly Panny and Oly - particularly in AF systems. Micro Four Thirds Lens Compendium and Roadmap There are over 70 autofocus lenses available for this mount btw.
As for size, well 1" sensor enthusiast systems still exist, albeit in fixed lens designs since Nikon shut down their interchangeable lens 1" system. So m43 isn't the smallest used but the smallest ILC. The size comparison to APSC is interesting. The crop from m43 to APSC is smaller than the crop from APSC to FF. Some of the lenses are similar in size but typically there is a pretty large size advantage as long as you aren't trying to get equivalent aperture for DOF at the same angle of view. As an example look at the DA* 50-135 vs. the Panasonic 35-100 or the DA* 16-50 vs. the Panasonic 12-35. But the real savings occur when you look at the slower lenses. The Panasonic 12-32 or 35-100 f/4-5.6 are downright tiny - and sharp. The smartphone set is satisfied without ILC flexibility so the markets are quite different. The smartphone is for the traveler with limited lens needs and a desire to have the camera always on them and connected. Personally I don't see the FF Panny announcement any different than Pentax going FF. Yes it diverts resources - but like Pentax's APSC world the Panny m43 world is pretty mature. Where things break down size wise is when they go for much wider apertures or long fast lenses.
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