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Lens notes for Micro Four Thirds

Lens notes for Micro Four Thirds

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Lens notes for Micro Four Thirds

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SLRs are great for their exceptional image quality, thanks to their very large sensors, the ability to interchange lenses for more shooting flexibility, their professional level of controls, their exceptional viewfinders. All in all, if you're serious about taking a good picture an SLR is very often the way to go. The problem is very often you don't want to take your SLR with you just because it's so big. It doesn't fit in a pocket. Maybe it's going to be drag if you're carrying other things. That's what we have point-and-shoot cameras. Smaller sensors that make for a smaller camera but still today's point-and-shoot cameras can deliver excellent image quality. They're really small and easy to work with, very pocketable. But they're lack of certain flexibility. They can't change lenses. You don't have a real viewfinder. A few years ago some camera manufacturers got together, recognized this problem and created something called the Four Thirds Standard, which specified a image sensor…

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