Canon FD glass?

[Doug Jensen]

Asif, we'll have to agree to disagree on that topic. Let's come back to this thread a few years from now and see which lenses are holding their value better . . . Nikon or E-Mount? How about a $5.00 bet?
I can tell you without a shadow of doubt that I will not be investing any E-mount lenses. But by the same token, I probably won't be investing in any Nikon lenses either unless they are for shooting stills. For me, it's PL lenses from here on out for video.

[Alister Chapman]

Originally Posted by Steve Mullen

It indicates to ME that 1/2-inch chip may a sweet spot. Why is that important? Simple, I expect an affordable 4K2K camera to arrive around IBC. It will have a 1/2-inch chip and ND filters.

...with teeny, tiny pixels, so it won't be very sensitive and all the electrical noise and heat generated by cramming so many pixels on to such a small chip will likely lead to a noisy image. Add to that the difficulties of creating a lens with a spectacularly high MTF in order to give decent resolution with those tiny photosites and it looks to me like it would be a seriously compromised camera all about pixel count hype and less about image quality. Throw in big diffraction issues giving soft pictures at small apertures for the icing on the cake.

[Asif Khan]

Originally Posted by Doug Jensen

Asif, we'll have to agree to disagree on that topic. Let's come back to this thread a few years from now and see which lenses are holding their value better . . . Nikon or E-Mount? How about a $5.00 bet? .

I will take that bet, given even old Minolta A-mount lenses hold their value on ebay at least.

[Doug Jensen]

Well, I don't know a single video professional who owns Minolta lenses, either, so the bet is on! See you in 2015? :-)