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admin said 3 months ago:

Some reader is complaining why I don’t post Four Thirds rumors. The truth is that in three years on 43rumors there was only one Four Thirds product announcement (the Olympus E-5). So there wasn’t really a lot to work on that front. Of course I talk with my sources about the future of Four Thirds and I want to give you my modest view on the future of the Four Thirds system. Like it or not, ALL sources I have are telling me the same things:

1) The future is Micro Four Thirds, not Four Thirds. Olympus itself is promoting their m43 system when getting in touch with big stores and retailers. There is almost no effort to promote and sell the Four Thirds stuff.

2) Olympus new Four Thirds lens release keeps getting postponed without to set a precise time table. An example is the long announced and never released 100mm Zuiko lens. P.S.: The last three years only Samyang (Click here) released some nice lenses for the Four Thirds system.

3) Olympus goal is to merge the Four Thirds system within the Micro Four Thirds system. That means Olympus is trying to bring full support of Four Thirds lenses on Micro Four Thirds cameras. In concrete they are working to have super fast AF when using 43 lenses on m43 cameras. A solution could come by the use of a special adapter with built-in mirror and prism system (with phase detection AF). P.S.: Something similar (with the translucent mirror) has been done by Sony with the LAEA2 adapter.

In Summary, you shouldn’t be worried for your Four Thirds lenses. I know from top sources Olympus is working on making them fully compatible with the m43 system. But the release of a new E-7 camera now depends from how fast Olympus engineers can realize a professional m43 camera. If all works fine, we can may expect a sort of E-M7 professional camera at Photokina. But that’s just a speculation for now…

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

I was reading the live chat on Get Olympus on facebook. As usual a fair amount of questions were about the 4/3s support and the Get Olympus mentioned this, and I quote

“We know as much as you do at this point, Olympus has recently stated that they are studying a successor camera to the E-5 and another lens”

Sounds good?

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Not suprising, and as far as I can see, a wise choice, I think its better for olumpyus to met on mFT. Its a better platform to build on, and has had pretty decent sucsess

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

How about Pana ?
Four third cameras is not longer relevant , should pass the tasks to M4/3 , that is the future . I agree with admin , it’ll be a great success for a M4/3 cameras to mount all the 4/3 lenses with autofocus one day . By the way , I’ll skip the OM5 & wait for news about the very high end cameras from Pana , this might be it .

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lnqo-M said 3 months ago:

Ok we few know by E-7 come, if not we most hoard E-5.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Well a new m4343 lens adapter couldn’t come soon enough. 43 has much better glass with corner-to-corner sharpness, but if too much time goes by, everyone will forget and that good old glass will go to waste.

I’m a bit of a frustrated m43 user because most of the m43 offerings (standard zooms, wide-angle zooms) have been made small at the expense of corner sharpness. We desperately need an m43 12-60 and 9-18 equivalent or the ability to use those classics on m43 with good AF.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Now that they have a competitive sensor, PDAF adapter and focus peaking should be no.1 and no.2 on Olympus to-do list. Many of the best 4/3 lenses can be remade for m4/3, but can’t be made much smaller. By making a simple adapter, they’d be adding some 30-40 native lenses to the system, which would make it pretty much complete lens wise. Add focus peaking, and you’ll instantly have easy focusing on hundreds of MF lenses.

The rest is easy: make E-7 with OVF and E-M7 pro m4/3 which can use 4/3 lenses with PDAF adapter. Two similar bodies, one with OVF, the other with EVF, like Sony did a year ago.

A win win situation for 4/3 users, m4/3 users and m4/3 manufacturers.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Olympus future may be with mFT, but in transiting to this format they have alienated owners of 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx, 3xx cameras, instructing they should buy micro bodies, but not ‘adequately’ solving the issue of Autofocus. Yet Olympus have continually suggested that they haven’t dropped four thirds leaving users of above cameras in hope and in limbo, it has become a matter of ‘faith’.

Olympus need to hear that this is not acceptable.

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lnqo-M said 3 months ago:

Miroslav@ Admin say Olympus read us.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

I think they should release one final E-7 body as a full Four Thirds machine with updated sensor and updated Live View and video recording, but not many other changes in hardware. Mainly just a new sensor and new processor and new software.

Then they can take 2 more years to make Micro 43 bodies fully compatible with the big lenses.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

I hope, but somehow doubt it – we’ve been repeating this 4/3 lens compatibility request for couple of years now …

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

Olympus hasn’t given up on 4/3′s as they have brought another firmware update for the ZD70-300 lens a few days ago (for improvement to MF). It was a nice surprise to see another update for that good value lens.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

It might be a good possiblity. I wouldn’t mind if they brought out an E30 replacement with the sensor used in the E-M5 with either the same touch OLED screen, but fully articulaing or the same 920K display of the E5. I guess it might just remain a wish though.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

I can go with the idea of a PDAF adaptor, though prefer built in PD.. As regard focus peaking, not to sure of it, having looked at it in store I am not convinced of it’s accuracy, preferring the selection and accuracy of my eye.

As regards your request for a simple adaptor (surely we have this with MMF1, 2 or 3), which function very well with older lenses but not the newer SWF’s (where the need for PD lies). Back to the focus peaking question I use a number of legacy Zuiko lenses with an E-P2 with little or no problem with focusing (difficulty with long glass due to camera not resting against my face).

The rest I’ll agree with, an E-7 & E-M7 essentially the same camera covering both systems, catering to both groups of users, though I cannot see that happening, the same camera in two bodies!!!!! Bring both or either on I say.

Still using an E-1, E-620 and E-P2; supported with the wonderful C5060WZ.

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anonymous said 3 months ago:

“they can take 2 more years to make Micro 43 bodies fully compatible with the big lenses”

It’s already been done by Sony and Nikon. Maybe it would take two years if they hired me ( from completely unrelated industry ) to do it . I guess it’s just a question of will of their management to redirect R&D department. But if you people can wait two more years, I’ll take the job .

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