Didn't read the announcement, eh? Micro 4/3rds is a new mount with a short register rather than an empty mirror box, a extension tube for regular 4/3rds lenses will be available to allow full compatibility (much like the Contax 645 adaptor for Contax N cameras).
-Adam On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:43 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not much point to a micro 4:3 system being a RF camera, if they follow > the specification the flange to sensor distance is fixed. The cameras > won't be much more compact if they have a large empty mirror box. If > they depart from the standard then the cameras won't be part of 4:3 > system and it's just a marketing concept. There are enough of those > already, and sometimes they really don't fool any at all. > > Anthony Farr wrote: >> Choice is good. More choice is better. My early years in photography were >> a time of many brands and many technical approaches. Recent years have seen >> a narrowing of these choices and I applaud any manufacturer who gives us >> variety. Foveon should be a choice that we can widely use, but a single >> brand stranglehold is killing it. >> >> This micro 4/3 concept could or should be the new interchangeable lens >> rangefinder. I'd look forward to some fast wide lenses, and some superfast >> standards. Lens speed for stills cameras has been stalled for decades, >> AFAIK Canon's 50(ish)/0.95 from the sixties is still the speed king. 4/3 >> mount SLRs require retrofocus design for their standard 25mm lenses which >> makes superfast lenses either too difficult or too pricey, but with a >> shorter register (I presume) the way would be open for this category to >> return. Yippee. >> >> Regards, Anthony Farr >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> Timber >>> Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2008 5:32 AM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: OT: New Olympus Micro Four Thirds announcement >>> >>> Probably most of you heard about the new Micro Four Thirds system. Long >>> story short: Oly/Pana is working on an interchangeable compact camera :D >>> >>> I believe this will bring a 'revolution' to low-price segment of >>> photography by creating a new 'category', the interchangeable compacts >>> (kicking bridge category in the rear) or it will fail and will be just a >>> bad experiment. >>> >>> What do you think? Will it influence the DSLR market anyhow? >>> >>> .t >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> >> follow >> >>> the directions. >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
