That’s useful to know. I guess it would still be quite slow to zoom to whatever focal length you set on the lens. Maybe they’ll use a similar body for the S9ii or even a GX10? I guess this is the first use of the updated sensor with PDAF on a compact, though no IBIS, so it seems possible.
It’s hard to get over that overly protruding lens. Doesn’t go well with the body style IMO. But cool to see a modern compact camera that doesn’t seem to be just a lazy re-release with the EVF ripped out.
I want that lens on a m43 mount.
That’d be cool, but doesn’t seem like it could happen. It’s likely that small because it can go into the camera body and sit close to the sensor.
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Yes, I am wondering why these 3x zoom f/1.7–2.8-ish lens designs (also on the LX100, and something similar on the Canon GX7) are not adapted to interchangeable lenses. Even with extra bulk they would make sense.
Same here, I almost bought one back in the day, but I tried it out in person and hell no, I don’t want to be back in the 1990s when some digital cameras were being powered on like a bear waking from hibernation in the spring.
I think that they imagine that the lens OIS will be sufficient for most people. In a compact, it does not really matter whether it is OIS or IBIS, just the resulting stabilization. EDIT curiously, I cannot find the CIPA stabilization rating in the specs anywhere.
Yeah, this is probably the dealbreaker given its core use for travel and urban environments
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