Comments on: MicroFourThirds finally becoming competition from Sony???

By: Ranger 9

Ranger 9 — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:20:26 +0000

[sigh] What was going to be great about Four Thirds was the promise of interoperability among lenses of different manufacturers… but now all the new players that want to move into the “Micro” space seem to want to do it with proprietary lens mounts.

It’s the DSLR nightmare all over again — you can’t use Lens Brand X on Camera Brand Y or vice-versa. We tolerate it because we’ve been stuck with it since the 35mm-SLR era (rangefinder camera designers always have been more sensible) but it seems unbelievably stupid to people outside photography; just the other day someone asked me, “If you prefer the Nikon camera but the Canon lenses, why don’t you just put the Canon lenses on the Nikon?” I explained it didn’t work that way, and he said that made no sense. HE WAS RIGHT!

What especially irritates me is that I’m already somewhat invested in Micro 4/3… but Sony’s proposed 16/35/60 lens lineup is exactly what I’d want, and nobody seems to be getting there with µ4/3 lenses…

By: tregix

tregix — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:15:00 +0000

A fake for sure.

Just look at the dimensions, height is 79mm, which means taller than the GF1 but on the other hand the screen (3”) takes all the space which is not the case for the GF1 which also has a 3” screen.

100% fake.

By: Random

Random — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:13:29 +0000

As pointed out in the second comment on photorumors this seems fake.
But on the other hand it it entirely clear that Sony COULD make a camera like this and that a camera like this COULD be a total game changer for m4/3.