Jorgen Udvang
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Unfortunately, it's not for real
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Unfortunately, it's not for real
So then make it a little bit less nice! The build quality of a Bessa R3A suits me fine, and that is a current production, very reasonably priced camera.Reason it will never happen, take a look a the price of a Leica M9, then divide it by two, and you've have roughly the price of an OM1D. When The OM-1n went out of production in the 1980's, the body was costing Olympus over $400.00 to make. The cheap plastic bodies of today and the relatively cheap magnesium cast bodies of the higher-end DSLR's are much cheaper to fabricate than the brass and chrome and steel bodies of the past.
Isn't the Bessa based on the same body as the OM 2000 and the Nikon FM10, and the Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 and probably some more cameras that I haven't heard about?So then make it a little bit less nice! The build quality of a Bessa R3A suits me fine, and that is a current production, very reasonably priced camera.
It's based on the same shutter assembly and film transport subframe, but the rest of the body was reworked for the rangefinder and shorter mount register required for LTM and M-bayonet lens mounts. All of these SLR cameras were built by Cosina for their respective brand manufacturer*as an OEM, a cost cutting maneuver for the very bottom end of the film SLR market.Isn't the Bessa based on the same body as the OM 2000 and the Nikon FM10, and the Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 and probably some more cameras that I haven't heard about?
Well yes - not sure what you were expecting . . I suppose it might have been an SLTThat was the OMG thread about, Jorgen. The "OMG" comes from an actual Olympus teaser/invitation.
It looks like it (OMD) is a retro looking but pricier GH-2.
I guess you're probably rightWell, as usual, the next Panasonic camera, the GH-3 is the one to look forward to.
again . . doesn't float my boat though.The GH-2 is a superb tool!
Hmmm - I'd say that Leica's MF lenses are up to the digital requirements of today - and so are most of the Contax, Zeiss, . . . there are lots!If this OM-D or however it is called would have a FF sensor, then it would be good. But that would also mean a new mount, as I guess nobody would really like to do just manual photography today, plus all the MF lenses - no matter which vendor - are just not up to digital requirements of today. So this would mean another lens line from Olympus ....
.... come on, I think this is just wishful thinking