Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I have no interest in the "Nikon vs Canon" or "everyone else vs Olympus" brand wars.
Godfrey, have you noticed I changed the topic line for not spoiling your thread, which had a different taste? I was just telling Jaume the reasons (including the market strength of the different brands) which lead me think the m4/3 has more chances of market success than 4/3. As you know, better/worse technology can either have a major impact on sales or a negligible one. Some sale wars are won by a better technology, but most are won by a better perception and spread on the market. I understand this does not interest you so much. Fine. Then please stay away and allow Jaume and me and anybody interested to comment on that boring stuff. BTW, I more or less agree with your other statements below.
Dario Micro-FourThirds is FourThirds revised for all electronic viewing systems. That's all. All electronic viewing systems are simply more effective for the size of the format than optical reflex view finders. The shorter mount register possible with an all electronic viewfinder is also a better fit for the format, allowing much more flexibility in lens design at lower cost. I suspect that within not so much time *all* the manufacturers (including Nikon, Canon, Pentax too) will have their take on this for the current "APS-C" sensor format standards. It makes the most sense. SLRs will become a niche product for more specialized needs and larger sensor cameras where the moving mirror reflex design is technically less expensive to make and has more value. I have an interest in the technology, in what makes sense for different purposes, and in diversity in the available technology being offered. Diversity means choice, more choice is better: from diversity comes health and strength. -- 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.
