43 Rumors

that is so bad.
Fuji should produce sensors for 4/3. they are out of the game anyway and this would be their chance to do very good.
and for the rest I don’t care.

So the system is stuck with Panasonic sensor technology. We will see how Panasonic can fight against growing competition on EVIL camera segment.

Sigma’s design team is too busy discussing what button layout change they implement on the DP2 to sell it as a DP3. Unfortunately they are missing a golden opportunity to get in the m43 train with both bodies and lenses.

So that’s either their limited marketing vision or perhaps we are forgetting that m43 isn’t as Open standard as was 4/3 and they might not have a license for it. Maybe team Olympus/Panasonic have decided they can build this system alone (like they almost did with 4/3) and reap all the profits without a third dog biting for it’s share of the bones.

There’s just no need. Once the compact APS-Cs come out (Sony NEX3, NEX5, etc), micro4/3rds is an also-ran.

In a better economy, when people wanted many more lenses, it had a chance. But people will be sticking with 1 or 2 lenses in an economy like this, so the interchangeability between different brands of micro4/3rds lenses — the only advantage over compact APS-C cameras) is nearly irrelevant.

Since this is a FT3 rumor, let’s look at it as a half-full glass. Leica is already making lenses for m43. Sigma would be better off doing the same instead of making a body. Kodak hasn’t made a decent camera for a while, so I didn’t expect anything of them. The only regret I have is for Fuji not joining in, but since this is FT3, you could have made a FT3 rumor of them coming on board . I doubt it though, because they have slowed down their P&S releases lately, I don’t think they have R&D money to spare …

Re: Will

If you want bulky and heavy APS-C lenses then maybe the NEXx will be your cup of tea, but for little size difference you can use the same lenses with a small DSLR instead. I don’t see the compelling reason to buy something where most lenses for the system will stress the camera and shooter because they are mated to a tiny body like that. With m43rds you get to use smaller and lighter lenses or a can use a vast amount of larger legacy lenses if you are MF inclined.

No good…This is showing that Micro Four Thirds is dying…especially with competition from Samsung and Sony.

I still would like to see a real Leica m43 camera. I do not understand Leica’s marketing strategy. They do offer low price rebranded Pana point and shoot cams and they do offer ultra high price M- and S-system cameras. Why do they not offer something in between, based on m43 technology, capable to reuse M-lenses and exactly what a lot of photographers are looking for …

@Will:

I don’t understand why people like you think the bulkier APS-C EVILs are going to be the end of m4/3. A lot of the complaints about m4/3 are that it’s not small *enough*, so how does APS-C’s added bulk help any? Is the greater DoF inherent with m4/3′s smaller sensor (which could be mitigated with faster glass) really its problem? I’m inclined to think not.

You even say that people don’t care about buying interchangeable lenses, so why wouldn’t they just stick with a bridge instead of *either* system? By that logic, Sony and Samsung are equally “dead.”

Regardless of whether more manufacturers release bodies, m4/3 could REALLY use more, faster glass. Even without Sigma or Tamron though, m4/3 has 2 primary lens/body manufacturers, so even now lens selection is better than what will be available for Sony and Samsung (who will be stuck with only their single brand and no competition, at least initially).

Given that m4/3 lenses are quite expensive now, I wonder how expensive they would be if Panny and Olympus weren’t competing against each other?