Re:Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
by tachion on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:01AM
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There is fairly new Zeiss camera that implemented the whole "camera OS" with Android and even included mobile Lightroom editing capabilities. I guess it's as close as it gets right now.
My theory is that the main Japanese companies are extremely conservative and they don't pick up such changes easily - see how Canon and Nikon completely missed mirrorless and suffered huge market loss to Sony.
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Re:Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
by gerikson on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:05PM
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Nikon made a mirrorless camera series (Nikon 1) that was very capable (the on-sensor AF was great). But they chose a 1" sensor (2.7x crop)
Canon's M-series was similar, they didn't go all in on "pro" features, instead focussed on a consumer market that was shrinking rapidly.
The problem wasn't the technology, the problem was the fear of cannibalizing their own DSLR sales.