This would be quite a change but seems totally possible given the advances we have seen lately. Link: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.u...n_two_years_probably_news_295133.html?aff=rss
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Agreed. The thing Oly and Sony are missing on their announcements of mirrorless FT/APS-C cameras is the size of the lenses. That's a major selling point of the m4/3 system (which is made possible by the mirrorless design, not because the mirrorless design is the driving factor).OK, somebody explain to me, what's the big deal with a mirrorless FT camera compared to a µ4/3 camera? I want a more rugged version of the G1 with some improvements, I don't want a longer register distance. I guess there is something I don't understand here.
I expect that if/when they go completely mirrorless, the body will be micro-fourthirds mount and full access to the FT lens suite through an adapter, just as we do today with the G1 and other mFT bodies.OK, somebody explain to me, what's the big deal with a mirrorless FT camera compared to a µ4/3 camera? I want a more rugged version of the G1 with some improvements, I don't want a longer register distance. I guess there is something I don't understand here.
OK. Then we are thinking along the same lines.I expect that if/when they go completely mirrorless, the body will be micro-fourthirds mount and full access to the FT lens suite through an adapter, just as we do today with the G1 and other mFT bodies. (...)
Excellent analysis. Perhaps some of the new lenses could be primes -- although given the Olympus obsession with zooms for the FourThirds mount, that could turn out to be a forlorn hope.I expect that if/when they go completely mirrorless, the body will be micro-fourthirds mount and full access to the FT lens suite through an adapter, just as we do today with the G1 and other mFT bodies.
I doubt seriously that they will make a mirrorless FourThirds-mount body. There's no point to that .. you can't reduce the size of the body if you do, and you eliminate the benefits of the short register possible with a mirrorless body. In essence, the way I read this is that FourThirds system is evolving to a new lens mount spec with an all-electronic viewfinder/etc.
Same sensor format, same lenses ... plus new ones that could only be created for the shorter register mount. Pretty much how I've imagined it all along.
some of the lenses (Panas 7-14 mm for instance) do stand out as being smallerAgreed. The thing Oly and Sony are missing on their announcements of mirrorless FT/APS-C cameras is the size of the lenses.
but the market is about as deep as f1 on a 80mm lens, they will see (insert Homer Simpson voice) "mirrorless ... ouhhh" and follow the fellow with the one shoe (Life of Brian reference)That's a major selling point of the m4/3 system (which is made possible by the mirrorless design, not because the mirrorless design is the driving factor).