urban_alchemist
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GoneSavage
not actually
Am I the only one excited about having zeiss lenses available for micro 4/3?
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
"Concept model..."
Good luck with that. I've got a concept model, too.
Samsung has product out the door and Panasonic and Oly are getting ready to ship their third-generation m4/3 products.
Good luck with that. I've got a concept model, too.
Samsung has product out the door and Panasonic and Oly are getting ready to ship their third-generation m4/3 products.
f16sunshine
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Pah !! That **** is fugly.
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Well, hopefully is as a far from the final result as the Olympus mockup was from the final PEN.
palec
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I can't find any information about Zeiss lenses for m4/3 in the article.
GaryLH
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Count me
Hopefully they will jump into this game whole heartedly. It just give all of a us more choice, especially in lens selection...
Gary
Pickett Wilson
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When you see a camera company releasing a rectangular box with a lens on it as a mockup, it means "we don't have a clue what we are going to make, but we are trying to get some publicity."
GaryLH
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palec
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The title is misleading, Sony Nex is not m4/3 camera but APS-C (like Samsung NX). No direct lens compatibility promised.
GaryLH
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You could be right.. I originally spotted this on engadget site. In theirs the write up they mentioned m4/3...
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/21/sony-intros-alpha-dslr-concepts-micro-four-thirds-model-include/
Given this is in the concept stage, only time will tell which way this will all go.
Gary
palec
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The link they provide to Sony's press release contains mention of APS-C, so says:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022103sony2010.asp
http://sonyalpharumors.com/continua...mors-and-news-from-the-sony-pma-presentation/
and Sony's own press release linked from engadget:
http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_r...digital_cameras/cyber-shot/release/56463.html
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1002/10022103sony2010.asp
http://sonyalpharumors.com/continua...mors-and-news-from-the-sony-pma-presentation/
and Sony's own press release linked from engadget:
http://news.sel.sony.com/en/press_r...digital_cameras/cyber-shot/release/56463.html
Pickett Wilson
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Actually, the m4/3 landscape is relatively sparse. You would think a lot more companies would jump on that bandwagon. Hard to judge the actual market, though.
GaryLH
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urban_alchemist
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I think it's pretty unhelpful to label this forum "Micro4/3" - especially as new competitors to the format seem to be launching every day. With Samsung and Ricoh now as direct competitors and, it seems, Sony soon to launch, how about re-branding it "big sensor, small body"?
As for me, just as I was about to plonk down money for a GRX, this just makes it even more difficult to choose.
As for me, just as I was about to plonk down money for a GRX, this just makes it even more difficult to choose.
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scho
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I like the "EVIL" acronym. Actually, best distinguishing features of this new breed are not format size (eg. m43), but rather absence of a mirror and an EVF instead of OVF.
jarski
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probably worth wait PMA over before plonking any money.
perhaps Sonys camera will be more adapter friendly than what Samsums NX10 supposedly is..
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
I will say that I'd far rather have a Sony sensor than a Samsung. Sensors are one of the remaining areas where Sony absolutely kicks ass. The marvelous sensor in the Pentax K-x is reportedly a Sony.
hkrz
Long Life Itch
You have them already
, even officialy. You probably have seen this:http://www.four-thirds.org/en/products/matching/index.html
Where you can match classic Zeiss lenses with m4/3 bodies
aizan
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i like to call these cameras aps-c compacts. covers all the bases, like whether it has a built-in EVF, an accessory EVF, a fixed lens, interchangeable lenses, or lens units. maybe they will eventually make a full frame compact (i'm leaving rangefinders out), but for now it's aps-c and micro 4/3.