FR 寫:
I dare to differ , both of those lens had pretty excessive optical fault when you talk about the native optical performance. The JPEg look good not because of the lens, but the camera JPEG engine, and if one is applying Soft correction, then plenty other lens are quite up to the task. What one must distinguish is how the lens do vs how the camera do ...
And no, the lens matter, but its not mattering in a kind of the way you say it. Its not a matter of whether its Zeiss or Leica, Nikon or Canon, Sony or Panasonic. Its whether a lens can perform or not and how well it does.
A good lens still do much better than a so so lens on digital as it did on film, in fact its more so since today's photographers are too much concerned with 100% crop and chiming.
As for the E-PL1, I would reserve judgement until we see the real thing
Ha FR, I can't agree with your dare to differ. I know the optical design weakness of the 2 lens, but now with the jpg engine as u said, what used to be big problem in film camera becomes nothing on a digital camea. This is what we want! Whether it is correction by lens, or by coasting, or by software, to me is the same. Results-Priority.
First, I only take jpg and I never enjoy after photo post-editing (but during photo editing is fine). Even in film age, I do not enjoy the development part. All I care is the outlook quality of the photograph, not how it achieves the outlook quality. Again, in the film age, it matters a lot whether it is using aspherical lens to correct barrel distortion, or using ED lens to correct achromatic distortion. In digital age, all these have become much less meaningful (note I did not say it is meaningless, just much less meaningful). A simple +1 saturation can increase the colour richness ... so why spending too much R&D time on researching the expensive multi-layered coating material or technology?
Like it or not, we have to accept that the digital age has changed the lens design concept. The distance between good optical lens and bad optical lens is much less now on a digital camera than on a film camera.
EP-L1, personally I have no interest and would rather prefer the panasonic G1. (not GH1 as I hate taking video)