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Strange how this format has been a victim of opprobrium since it launched and to date . . . however the problem seems to be that all the lenses are quite good (very few without major flaws) but much too small and plagued with sample variation.
For instance, I would love to see a wide lens that doesn't have unacceptable flare issues.
I'd like to have a 17mm f1.2 that works properly (I'm on my fourth attempt to find one that isn't broken).
I'd like to have a 12mm f1.4 that isn't badly decentred (heading for my third).
I'd like the Laowa 7.5mm if it wasn't just ridiculously, pointlessly tiny and therefore vignettes like a glaucoma patient at all apertures.
I have a Mark 1 12-35/2.8 that is sharper than any other 12-35/2.8 in the world, as far as I can tell. At least it's a lot sharper than the one(s) used by DXO to build their lens profile, because the processor hugely over-sharpens, expecting a softer target.
And the lenses are expensive: the kit lenses are actually excellent, optically, which reduces the attraction of premium fast versions at 10x the price.
And by the time you've added a grip to make the little things useable, they're no smaller than FF, but your DoF control is hugely reduced. Everything is too small.
Having said that, I am fond of my slick little, quick little M43 B-kit. More so, I think, when I find useable copies of lenses . . .
For instance, I would love to see a wide lens that doesn't have unacceptable flare issues.
I'd like to have a 17mm f1.2 that works properly (I'm on my fourth attempt to find one that isn't broken).
I'd like to have a 12mm f1.4 that isn't badly decentred (heading for my third).
I'd like the Laowa 7.5mm if it wasn't just ridiculously, pointlessly tiny and therefore vignettes like a glaucoma patient at all apertures.
I have a Mark 1 12-35/2.8 that is sharper than any other 12-35/2.8 in the world, as far as I can tell. At least it's a lot sharper than the one(s) used by DXO to build their lens profile, because the processor hugely over-sharpens, expecting a softer target.
And the lenses are expensive: the kit lenses are actually excellent, optically, which reduces the attraction of premium fast versions at 10x the price.
And by the time you've added a grip to make the little things useable, they're no smaller than FF, but your DoF control is hugely reduced. Everything is too small.
Having said that, I am fond of my slick little, quick little M43 B-kit. More so, I think, when I find useable copies of lenses . . .