Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan

Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by CydeWeys on Monday December 21, 2020 @08:50AM (#25494890)

The focus motors are just flat out better in expensive lenses. By contrast, I have a $200 Panasonic pancake lens with a terrible focus motor in it. It's slow, noisy, and hunty.

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by da02 on Monday December 21, 2020 @11:57AM (#25496742)

Which Panasonic pancake lens do you have that is slow & noisy? How's the image quality despite the low-end motor?

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by trm42 on Monday December 21, 2020 @01:28PM (#25497777)

Sounds like the m43 20mm f1.7, which is known for its good IQ, pancake design but annoyingly slow AF :)

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by rodgerd on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:04PM (#25500166)

I was very disappointed when they bumped it to a version 2 and don't appear to have touched the motors or electronics. I'm very fond of the FOV from this focal length, but I have a hard time springing for a lens that will make... me... wait... so... long... for... focus... lock...

Especially when it doesn't have a nice manual focus ring à la the Olympus m43 lenses.

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Re:Nikon Is ending 70 years of camera production in Japan by CydeWeys on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:48PM (#25500629)

Yup that's the one. It's fine for streetscape snapshots and taking photos of people who will stay still, but the slow AF makes it hard to use for anything fast-moving or unpredictable.

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