Talking of lenses and prices, this is the first lens I’ve seen that’s (hand) made in Scotland:
https://omnarlenses.com/omnar-bertele-5cm-f-2-mc-flb/
By the people who run this website (I didn’t know they were Scottish, either):
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It’s strange that I don’t have the same enthusiasm for my phone photos even though I’ve captured some very nice shots with it. I think a lot of that is knowing that I don’t have the same editing latitude that I have with my “real” cameras.
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Yes, I feel similarly. When I look at some of my favourite photos over the last couple of years, a few of them have been taken with my phone, but I still somehow relegate them to the level of “phone photo” and don’t feel as proud of them.
Phones are modern marvels, and I really am impressed by what they can do. But perhaps the fact that they do so much by themselves is why I don’t feel as proud of the photos. Even though I still edit the RAWs, I still can’t sculpt them in the way I can with photos from a larger sensor, like you said.
I think it’s for similar reasons that I decided against going for the Olympus TG-5 that someone was selling near me. I liked the idea of a pocketable camera that could stand up to the elements, but ultimately the sensor is just like a phone sensor, so I don’t think I’ll enjoy the editing/processing experience as much.
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I am going to preorder the GR iv, debating if I’d sell the III, my gut says keep it, but I’m not sure why. I don’t need to accumulate stuff.
It’s hard to sell a camera sometimes. You get attached to them. I still have my Canon DSLR lying around, but I never use it.
… and similar comments.
I am sure someone here would like to buy it from you if it is in good condition…
High megapixel counts make some sense to me fle these fixed-prime cameras, as they enable deep cropping, to compensate for the lack of zoom. But without IBIS, that’s a difficult proposition (same as the GFX100, I suppose).
I don’t really buy that to be honest. After all, they did put IBIS into the GR III. It’s a comparatively weak IBIS (3 stops IIRC), but it’s still extremely useful. Especially for a tiny camera such as this, which is often used one handed, at arm’s length.
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I keep my GR on a strap (well string) during hot summer days. I find it to large for my shorts but then I’m European so my shorts tend to be smallish and I don’t even want my phone in them.
Any other time of year the GR is small enough to bring without thinking.
Regarding the GR Vs RX discussion they are both small cameras but they have different priorities. The GR is all about handling whilst the Rx seems more about IQ both withing a tight size envelope . The Rx has a wonderfully lens but everyone seems to hate the handling.
The coming GR seems to be a rather small upgrade but rumours suggest they will be made in China to avoid supply issues. They probably decided to make a few changes to it with the move of manufacturing.
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Except apparently OM System. I mean, they probably can add more megapixels, but they don’t seem to want to, and there are some good reasons why. Cramming more pixels on the M4/3 sensor could add more noise, diffraction issues and they might have to update some lenses to properly resolve the resolution. And of course, their computational features could suffer without a bigger processor to handle the extra MP…
I’ve definitely come around to the idea that they don’t need to add too many MP on to their sensors, but the problem they have is one of perception. The perception is that their sensors are behind the times and inferior. They could do with some updates, yes, but I’m not convinced they need to go high resolution.
Apparently, they are considering in-camera AI upscaling, but I’m not convinced. Do we really need to upscale in camera? Why not keep the images lower resolution and then you have the option to only upscale the ones you really want to after importing on to your PC? Upscaling every image in-camera seems unnecessary. After all, how many images are we going to print out in a large format where the extra resolution matters?
I think they should look at improving their Handheld High Res Shot feature to make it more versatile. This could be a really nice differentiator from the other brands and retains the benefits of their smaller res sensors (smaller bodies, faster processing, cheaper, etc…)
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