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Compact vs Mirrorless

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Compact vs Mirrorless

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  1. On 2/5/2023 at 10:34 AM, ChrisRoss said:

    Currently you have a olympus 60mm macro which will do 1:1 which is a frame 17.3 x 13mm.  If you refer to the Nauticam N50 port chart I linked above it gives the min frame size.  A G7XIII can do down to 23 x 13 so not as good as you currently have.  The RX-100VI/VII can do a smaller frame of 14.3 x 9 but only focuses 84-94mm from the port which means you have a big gap between what it can with the diopter and the bare lens.    In other words you are stuck around the 14 x 9mm frame size with a big gap to the bare lens.  You would be really hard pressed to match the experience using the 60mm macro if you change to a compact. 

    As for the EPL-10, the AOI housing for that really is quite compact, but the AF won't be a match for the EM-1 MkII.

    I see, thanks for the detailed answer. I believe I'll have to stick with the EM1.2 for now.

  2. On 2/5/2023 at 10:34 AM, ChrisRoss said:

    The RX-100VI/VII can do a smaller frame of 14.3 x 9 but only focuses 84-94mm from the port which means you have a big gap between what it can with the diopter and the bare lens. 

    That's why most UW photographers stick to the RX100V(A) - here the full zoom range can be used.

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