CJS, I didn't say, or mean, that you weren't entitled to your own opinion. Even if it is wrong
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I think that you have taken a couple of my comments out of context (for the sake of discussion only, I understand that
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Not all legacy lenses are big and heavy. For example the 25mm f0.95 (yes, f0.95, beat that Panasonic!) Angenieux is quite small even on a GF1, so are the Pentax 110 lenses. Also some of the real classics are just plain beautiful! I do agree with you, however, that the G1, G2, G10 and GH1 are better suited to the use of the larger lenses, but a lot of people get a kick out using "inappropriately sized" lenses on the more compact Panasonic and Olympus m4/3s camera bodies. Who's to say they are wrong?
We all know it is the person behind the camera that makes a good photo, but if we weren't interested in lenses with a good IQ, we'd all have the bottoms of milk bottles stuck to the front of our cameras, and there would be no market for anything other than basic kit lenses.
Speak to any 10 photographers and you'll get 11 different opinions about what is best, but just as you're entitled to your opinions and choice of photographic direction, so are others. If that means hanging a bazooka of a telephoto lens on the front of an Olympus EP-1, well, so be it. It certainly isn't the "wrong" tool for the job. Just a little "misguided", perhaps.
Vive le difference!
Paul