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Re: [OM] Oly confirms it

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly confirms it
From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:34:59 +0800
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In an interview at Photokina, reports quesabesde.com
> <http://www.quesabesde.com/noticias/entrevista-olympus-miquel-angel-garcia-photokina-2010,1_6792>

> ..., Olympus will concentrate its future development on Micro 4/3. There will 
> be a professional Micro 4/3 body in
> 2011, ...

What does that mean? Cetainly it needs good built-in viewfinder a la
Panasonic and
in-body shake reduction. Probably weather resistance. What else?

> 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.

As I see it, EVIL cameras are about to wipe out the SLR much as the
SLR wiped out
the rangefinder a few decades back. There will be diehards among both users and
vendors, of course, but in a few years the typical serious camera will be EVIL.
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