pegelli
Well-known member
Some good points Peter, allthough I have a few different thoughts on some of what you say
1) M4/3, agree with most of what you say and I surely hope Olympus will survive. And it won't be difficult to dominate that segment if you're the only one left However I doubt they will be able to convince everybody of the strength as you describe them so in my mind it will remain a niche, albeit a very capable niche.
2) APS-C, agree it's good enough for 95% of the applications. Fuji probably has better lenses but for me the attraction of Sony is that you can use their lenses across APS-C and FF. It probably has to do with familiarity, but the Fuji bodies don't excite me, but obviously that's very personal. I would love to use the Fuji lenses on my Sony APS-C body, but alas the mounts are not compatible.
3) FF, now with all major brands going FF and the format being popular there's going to be such a watershed of FF mirrorless lenses sold the coming 3-5 years that I don't think the format will die soon. And if you're careful putting your system together it doesn't have to be very heavy. Also using all kinds of older manual focus lenses at their designed format is an attraction to me, but obviously that's also a small niche application.
4) MF, I think nobody needs to go, I consider it a low volume/high margin enterprise so as long as the current brands keep their customers happy enough in my opinion they all have room to stay. I even guess it's a more profitable niche than M4/3.
So in my mind I would like to paraphrase Mark Twain "The report of the death of any format or brand is an exagerration". Obviously some will die but to determine who that is at this moment is speculation and everybodies guess is as good as another.
1) M4/3, agree with most of what you say and I surely hope Olympus will survive. And it won't be difficult to dominate that segment if you're the only one left However I doubt they will be able to convince everybody of the strength as you describe them so in my mind it will remain a niche, albeit a very capable niche.
2) APS-C, agree it's good enough for 95% of the applications. Fuji probably has better lenses but for me the attraction of Sony is that you can use their lenses across APS-C and FF. It probably has to do with familiarity, but the Fuji bodies don't excite me, but obviously that's very personal. I would love to use the Fuji lenses on my Sony APS-C body, but alas the mounts are not compatible.
3) FF, now with all major brands going FF and the format being popular there's going to be such a watershed of FF mirrorless lenses sold the coming 3-5 years that I don't think the format will die soon. And if you're careful putting your system together it doesn't have to be very heavy. Also using all kinds of older manual focus lenses at their designed format is an attraction to me, but obviously that's also a small niche application.
4) MF, I think nobody needs to go, I consider it a low volume/high margin enterprise so as long as the current brands keep their customers happy enough in my opinion they all have room to stay. I even guess it's a more profitable niche than M4/3.
So in my mind I would like to paraphrase Mark Twain "The report of the death of any format or brand is an exagerration". Obviously some will die but to determine who that is at this moment is speculation and everybodies guess is as good as another.