http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/ Engadget Comments for Voigtländer adapter expands lens pool for Micro Four Thirds cameras http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
"A major reason to choose 4:3 sensor proportions was similarity to the aspect ratio on standard definition television. Computer monitors also commonly use a 4:3 aspect ratio, as found in the VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA+, UXGA and QXGA standards."

A. I'm no longer interested in standard def only TVs
B. I'm no longer interested in 4:3 ration monitors.

I much prefer 3:2]]>Apr 27th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
But hey, if you don't like the 4:3 ratio, give the GH1 a look. Much like the LX3 before it, this model has an oversized sensor. Which means that it can handle multiple aspect ratios while retaining the same angle of view.]]>Apr 27th 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
Aspect ratio isn't important as end result concerned - it is important to the light which falls on the sensor: vignetting is simply non-existent on 4/3.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
I don't necessarily want to crop my photos. I try to frame them the way I want them when I shoot them. Personally I find a wider format more pleasing to the eye, just like I prefer wide screen movies...

Also, my GF prefers a hexagonal douche, not that it is any of your business...]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/ Personally I find a wider format more pleasing to the eye, just like I prefer wide screen movies...

I do not have any particular preferences myself - it's just my camera is 4:3. Could never understand people praising 4/3 for its aspect ratio.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
3:2 is not a golden ratio. Maybe if you spent more time learning math and less time jerking off, you wouldn't be such an idiot.


And don't respond with something smart like "Well, I didn't explicitly say 3:2 was a go..."; you implied it. ]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
Wow, way to be both incredibly rude and incredibly ignorant:

http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com/golden_rectangle.html
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1.5 != 1.6180339887 (approximately) no matter what you might think.


It's now apparent you have a language deficiency to go along with your lack of mathematical understanding.


And way to be predictable, too. ]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
There is sorta an in-between APS-C and compact. It's APS-C!

Okay, what I mean is that APS-C doesn't just refer to one size of digital sensor. But several. The 1.5x crops used by Nikon, Pentax, and Olympus. The 1.6x used by Canon. And the 1.74x used by SIgma. The compact DP1 and DP2 feature the last of these.

Anyways... but as I pointed out before, the GH1 has a multi aspect ratio sensor:
http://www.pbase.com/viztyger/image/109862819]]>Apr 27th 2009 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 28th 2009 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
$205 not so great. why does everything affiliated with leica have to be so much??]]>Apr 27th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/ ]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.cameraquest.com/adp_micro_43.htm

Still a little pricey, but most rangefinder lens adapters tend to be. ]]>Apr 27th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
I was buying 4/3 body solely for reason that it's new format and isn't flooded with the cheap glass (and it's turned out, Oly's optics is simply outstanding) forcing you to read likewise endless flood of all possible reviews, opinions and FAQs - all that just to find a decent fast zoom.

Some lenses on the list might be interesting, but I'd rather buy new lens from Oly or Panay: it would be a much better fit to my 4/3 body anyway.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
Realize that other than the Leica M8 and Epson rangefinders, *micro four thirds* is the only digital system that they lenses will actually work with. And it is the only one that actually gives you a TTL view.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/Apr 27th 2009 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
I went through threir catalog - http://www.voigtlaender.de/cms/voigtlaender/voigtlaender_cms.nsf/id/pa_fdih7pyk8x.html - and see nothing interesting to me. Wide angle primes are definitely interesting - but crop factor 2.0 of 4/3 would make them not so wide.

Nevertheless, catalog is quite impressive.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/voigtlander-adapter-expands-lens-pool-for-micro-four-thirds-came/
On the other hand there is a fine selection of fast glass. Something µ4:3 is lacking right now. And even regular 4:3 doesn't offer much of (something to do with the original patent apparently).]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:47PM