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Things to look out for

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Alright we are looking at the micro 4 3rds cameras. and, Rob, earlier you mentioned a point which is just the size of these cameras. >> Yeah. >> I love the versatility here. Now, I'm going to walk over and actually grab a new lens. >> Okay, sure. >> And I just want to point something out, this lens, Rob, what do you think this is? >> well, it kind of looks like maybe like a 70 to 200 or somewhere in that range. >> Yeah, it's pretty light. >> Yeah. >> It actually is a 75 to 300, but on the micro forth thirds it behaves as a 600-millimeter lens. >> That's an important factor to keep in mind, we've talked about crop factor >> Yeah. >> On image sensors before, right? When you go from that 35 millimeter sensor on down, what you're doing is you're cropping in thus, extending the length of a lens. So, for example, if a lens is marked 50 millimeters, and it's on a 1.6 cropped sensor, it's 50 times 1.6. Now, in these guys, it's…

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