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>which is only like 85mm equiv.
Which is all you really need for most of the photography most people do. F/5.6 focused close for a headshot *will* blur the background on one of these, and 85mm is a good portrait length. Otherwise, not much use for most people. "If your pictures aren't good enough" etc. etc. Jog your lens in a little past the distortion to a normal focal length and get your ass into the action.
I use a small sensor bridge camera almost exclusively. I've shot with top-of-the-line gear before, and it's nice, sure, but for what I do and my style this is perfect: small size, silent shutter, I always have enough depth of field, I appreciate the full-coverage EVF, and it doesn't cover my face up or get in my way when I'm moving through a crowd. The particular model I have (Panasonic FZ8) I never notice any distortion- technically it has some, but it's not noticable- and I only get CA's wide open on the very far tele end I next to never use, and then only when shooting towards the sun.
The noise doesn't bother me; it's not noticable at 100 or 200, noticable but inoffensive at 400, and just fine at 800. You do realize people have shot with slow films and gotten good results? The example I've thrown out is David Alan Harvey, who shot his "Cuba" book on ISO 50 film, with a fastest lens of f/1.4. That means the fastest shutter speed he could get was the same as f/2.8, ISO 200. It's a matter of learning to not be a bitch and work with the equipment to get good results.
It doesn't work for you because of some of the particular flaws of your camera and an intense allergy to noise, but don't write off a whole class of cameras just because you don't like them.
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