The problem for Olympus is that Canon and Nikon have pretty much cornered the DSLR market, and since lens mounts are usually proprietary, a lot of people who have already committed to Canon or Nikon will stick with what they already own: It's a huge reinvestment. But, if Olympus can built a good enough camera to get people to switch, they could build themselves a good market. Olympus has historically built some damn good cameras.
One thing they need to do is drop that damn xD card. At least this camera handles both xD and CompactFlash, but they'd be better off supporting SD instead of xD or at least add SD.
agreed, SD is fast and cheap, just like my mom, and the cards work in more than just a camera or digital photo frame (or PS3) so bring on the SD so I can stick it in the side of my TV
You're talking about third party lenses which have been reverse engineered and are not licensed. There are also adapters to allow you to use lenses intended for one brand of camera on another but again this is not licensed and you lose functionality.
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The problem for Olympus is that Canon and Nikon have pretty much cornered the DSLR market, and since lens mounts are usually proprietary, a lot of people who have already committed to Canon or Nikon will stick with what they already own: It's a huge reinvestment. But, if Olympus can built a good enough camera to get people to switch, they could build themselves a good market. Olympus has historically built some damn good cameras.
One thing they need to do is drop that damn xD card. At least this camera handles both xD and CompactFlash, but they'd be better off supporting SD instead of xD or at least add SD.
agreed, SD is fast and cheap, just like my mom, and the cards work in more than just a camera or digital photo frame (or PS3) so bring on the SD so I can stick it in the side of my TV
Last I have checked, Nikon and Olympus were licensing info about their lens mounts and only Canon maintained the proprietary status.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_EF_lens_mount#Third-party_lenses - info comes from Wikipedia, tread with caution.
You're talking about third party lenses which have been reverse engineered and are not licensed. There are also adapters to allow you to use lenses intended for one brand of camera on another but again this is not licensed and you lose functionality.