You'd think they'd at least finish the 100mm macro if that's the only
one on the roadmap yet to be built.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/20/2010 8:04 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> From the Google Spanish translation of Moose's link. Bracketed entries
> from yours truly.
>
> re the 4/3 lens line, no new development means:
>
> "The famous 100 mm macro has fallen off the roadmap..."
>
> and following some commentary that Olympus is 3 years ahead in "no
> mirror cameras":
>
> "But it is also very important that the status quo is [a] broken SLR
> market. There are two brands that for years have been allocated 80% of
> the global market. We'll see over time. In Japan, no mirror cameras are
> already 40% [of the market] and the two companies leading the SLR
> segment [are] simply not involved in this new situation."
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9/20/2010 7:46 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> The only surprise to me is the frank answer. I think the writing has
>> been on the wall for some time now.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 9/20/2010 6:15 PM, Moose wrote:
>>> From TOP:
>>>
>>>
>>> Olympus to End Development of 4/3rds Lenses
>>>
>>> In an interview at Photokina, reports quesabesde.com
>>> <http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/entrevista-olympus-miquel-angel-garcia-photokina-2010,1_6792>
>>> (relayed to us via 4/3 Rumors), Miguel Garcia , Marketing Managing
>>> Director of Olympus Europe, has confirmed that Olympus has stopped
>>> development of future lenses for reflex 4/3 cameras. Although the E-5
>>> will not be the last 4/3 body, according to Garcia, Olympus will
>>> concentrate its future development on Micro 4/3. There will be a
>>> professional Micro 4/3 body in 2011, and the lower-end Micro 4/3
>>> camera will be updated as well.
>>>
>>> He mentioned that in Japan, mirrorless cameras have already captured
>>> 40% of the market, and he emphasized that Olympus has a big lead over
>>> some of its competitors in the development of these systems.
>>>
>>> About Micro 4/3 lenses for the future, he said Olympus has lenses in
>>> development that will be "spectacular for all levels [of
>>> photographers], not just consumers."
>>>
>>> As many here have recently speculated/feared.
>>>
>>> Moose
>>>
>>>
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