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Re: [OM] How long before we see the micro 4/3 concept used by everybody

Subject: Re: [OM] How long before we see the micro 4/3 concept used by everybody else?
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:27:45 -0600
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:41 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If you are referring to the Leica 35mm viz 24x36 aka FX format, then
> what of the lenses they sold over the last ten years? And those they
> are currently selling for m4/3?
> would they fit?
> Nope!

They would have to develop new lenses for FF, sorry, 24x36.  As m4/3
development is just getting underway, and the commitment is not yet so
deep, and lens making is something Olympus does very well on their
own, lens making is perhaps the easy part.

> I'd bet they care more for those buying than for those keeping
> lenses ...
> The tragedy of heritage.

No question about that.  But this would not be about reconnecting with
the heritage so much as taking the mirrorless camera to the next
level.  Undersell the big boys by $1000 and it would attract new and
heritage buyers alike.  Why shouldn't a professional mirrorless body
be FF?  Someone eventually will do it, so why shouldn't Olympus be the
first?

Joel W.
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