I can't help noticing you're commenting about the 17mm without having actually used it, but you're probably right. «If distortion in MFT lenses can be automatically corrected in-camera (or in-raw), allowing other lens characteristics to be improved.» To be improved how? In post-processing? In the camera? I probably misread the part about other characteristics to be improved - hence my reply -, but now that I read it again I'm completely puzzled. Whether you need it or you can settle with a mediocre lens and let software correct its aberrations is up to you. Of course, making wide-angle lenses with no barrel distortion costs a lot of money - hence the S-K estimated high price. The native distortion on the Olympus 17mm Pancake lens is nearly up to fish-eye standards! The word 'cheat' pops to mind: making subpar lenses and disguising its shortcomings through in-camera software - that's what Olympus and Panasonic do. The truth is these lenses are not so great, and Oly and Panny rely heavily on in-camera correction in order to present acceptable results. Using the DxO Optics Pro reveals the distortion produced by these lenses: it's huge, but as it is corrected in-camera, we tend not to notice it and believe it's all OK. While the former is corrected in-camera, CA is corrected only in Panasonic bodies. Olympus and Panasonic micro 4/3 lenses are very prone to distortion and chromatic aberration. Look how many wonders Leica does in P&S cameras, look pictures of Pana TS3 waterproof camera, that is master quality in lens, and you see that on the shots that result out of it. The more light you want trough, the bigger the thing. The trick is to make lenses with high efficiency and small sizes. Now multiply the apsc or FF sensor by the same factor and you will end with a 30 cm pot on you dslr. Divide the size of the sensor by the diameter of the large lenses on Zeiss P$S cameras. If you look the distance that you can go away from the sensor in that bodies, you can imagine that, if you, multiply the size, you get a huge distance if it comes to FF frame size. In that small sensor P$S, the concentration of light on a small spot is easier to realize then covering a larger sensor area. But a small bitty lens for such a small sensor is less difficult to realize than a large dslr lens, then, it are different amounts you will produce and sell too. In addition, the portfolio was enhanced by lens attachments for Apple's iPhone last year. In the wide range of the Consumer market, the group has already been active with B+W filters. To develop and produce these high-end lenses the company is planning additional capital expenditures at the Bad Kreuznach location. Schneider- Kreuznach will launch the first lens of an all-new range of mirrorless system cameras this fall. We are placing a strong focus on the innovative market for mirrorless system cameras with their interchangeable lenses and have appropriate developments in the pipeline," Dr. The simple compact cameras business on the other hand is declining. Particularly the growing demand in the Automotive sector for highprecision test and measurement technology plus the overall Inspection market, for instance in the field of LCD and solar production, account for significant increases in the Industrial segment which the company expects to show continuing growth potential. "We have been making major investments at the Bad Kreuznach location and are pleased to see that the headquarters has recorded further growth," said Schneider Group's managing director Dr. Continual growth at the company's Bad Kreuznach headquarters contributed 51.7 million euros to Group sales, up 6 percent versus the prior-year period. Total sales of 85.5 million euros in 2011 were roughly at prior-year level. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH based in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and its subsidiaries have recorded an increase in operating results by around 14 %. New product range for system cameras in pipeline. Industrial business shows high potential. With sales at prior-year levels, Schneider Kreuznach records increase in profit. Press Release: SCHNEIDER KREUZNACH enters market for system camera lenses As part of its annual review, Schneider says it will introduce a range of lenses for mirrorless cameras 'this fall,' which we're expecting to mean around the Photokina show in Cologne, this September. The move will make Schneider one of the few independent lens makers building autofocus lenses for mirrorless systems, following the launches of lenses for Micro Four Thirds and Sony NEX from Sigma and a NEX 18-200mm from Tamron. Schneider Kreuznach has said it will begin making lenses for mirrorless systems, and has shown renderings of a 14mm F2.0 lens for the Micro Four Thirds system.
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