I found a few more details, mangled by an auto translator at
http://www.digitalcamera.gr.jp/html/HotNews/index-e/index-e010401-0430.htm
There are also photos of the Japanese text slides for this here.
4/27 ( Fri.) [News flash] Olympus
4/3 inch CCD loading A lens exchange formula digital single lens reflex
camera and PMA in February of the next year will announce !
- In Lecture in "Kodak E-Revolution 2001" under Holding, Mr. Kojima yuusuke
(DI Enterprise Promotion Part Manager) of Olympus Announces Officially for
the First Time in the World Today!
- Declare that it makes "it is the digital single lens reflex camera of a
dream for "photographer"."
- It is a lens + body and a Sales price is 200,000 or less yen.
- CCD is to the system centering on 4/3 inch size. 4/3 inch loading
5,100,000 pixel CCD "KAF-5100CE" (sencer size of 17.8x13.4mm) ] made from a
Kodak announced from it being an official announcement at the seminar of a
Kodak company is trustworthy.
- " If 4/3 inch CCD has CCD 4 times the area of 2 (popularity is won by E-
10)/3 inch and is a 4 micron pitch, its 16 million pixels are possible. A
lecture (with the same number of pixels) It is explained that there is a 4
times as many merit as this by sensitivity or the dynamic range."
- To the highly efficient model which maintained balance rather than the
present digital single lens reflex camera which has diverted the existing
lens for 35mm single lens reflex cameras by optimizing a lens for 4/3 inch
CCD at a base
- "4/3 inch CCD can be further driven high-speed rather than APS size. For
the reason, a workflow becomes light and explains that a merit can also
move a focal-plane shutter quickly far."
- Lens mount proposes common mount-ization used as the de facto standard
based on 4/3 inch CCD.
- By common mount-ization, create the competition market of each company
and expand a market. Also the merit that it is rash also in development
speed with standard-ization of mount.
- PMA announcement in 2002. It is to market introduction (sale) at
Photokina of autumn in the same year.
- At the time of sale, 1 or more models of main parts and a lens assume 5
levels.
- Develop a "mass power supply", a "grip system", "a mass strorage system
(optical magnetism type)", a "macroscopic system", and a "Viwer system" as
a system. It is also the correspondence to Blurtooth or communication as
future technology.
- Lens Exchange Formula Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera of Olympus with
which Development was Exhibited Formally Still More!!
- PC Watch
PMA in February of the next year will announce Olympus and a single lens
reflex camera digital camera.
(Reported by Yamada Kumio)
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