No I didn't but there will still be compatibility problems. The RF or "Live View" only lenses will not be compatible with the current system. Not my problem, I don't expect to buy one. If I'm going to buy a quirky camera it better be /really/ bizarre...
Adam Maas wrote: > 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. >> >> > > > > -- 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.
