Olympus confirms micro Four Thirds cams coming in the next year
By Nilay Patel 
posted Sep 25th 2008 11:24AM
posted Sep 25th 2008 11:24AM
posted Sep 25th 2008 11:24AM
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"about design and style, not about a smaller black box"
Jikes.
DO NEED
Fashion cam market?
Yeah, fashion in the 70's if that is...
Boxed brushed metal with leather trimming isn't in anymore.
My Olympus Trip 35's "brushed metal and leather trimmings" is still so in. I would love for Olympus to make the digital counter part and I'll sink some of my hard earn cash for it.
Actually me, it's ALL about the smaller black box. I don't care how it looks (up to a point) if this is going to give me lots of added flexibility in a smaller package than those moosive dSLRs.
Mind you it all depends on price - I'd love that digital Leica M8 but with it retailing at just under £3k it's more like "No way M8..."
Marry me, Sara!
I am ugly, but flexible.
I want a smaller black box... :-(
lol!
As someone who uses Olympus SLRs this gets me kinda excited. A new lens system that will give me almost everything my SLRs have in an almost point-and-shoot sized package? And the lenses will be compatible with my current SLRs with an adapter? Sounds good to me.
I was thinking about buying an old Olympus 35RC... guess i can get this instead.
Yes! YES! Awesome - maybe Olympus marketeers read our comments on Engadget's last post? I'm in - just keep this thing under $1,000 please and include some good optics. Sweet!
did I say $1,000? I meant $500 - Yes, under $500 would be swanky.
OOO, pretty! I like it's design.
Will Olympus start making thinner lenses too? As soon as you put a traditional SLR lens on this slim body... it's no longer skinny.
A "pancake" like lens like that of D.Zuiko = yay!
Strictly speaking, this body doesn't use traditional SLR lenses (not without an adapter at least). The lenses built for this camera will actually have more in common with their rangefinder counterparts. And that is an advantage, because a rangefinder lens 1. sinks much farther into the body, and 2. doesn't need a complicated retrofocus.
This makes me happy. Please include Full-HD video capture similar to EOS 5D Mark II.
Want to know whats a Full-HD video made by a Canon EOS 5D Mark II?
Here:
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086
"Olympus confirms micro Fourth Thirds cams coming in the next year"
Fourth thirds? What is that in decimal?
Um. . .that would be 1.3. I assume your comment was supposed to be sarcastic, so I will also add, FAIL.
Micro Four Thirds
Yea, I know... I was quoting her... ahhh what's the point?!
Marty... you're a douche. People still "FAIL" others?
yes this is a beautiful concept camera. Cannot wait to see what the specs/IQ are... and hopefully it would come in under 500... Slap a pancake 50mm 1.8 on that bad boy and we're in action.. wish I didn't have to buy all new lens setup, but if the price is right I would make the jump.
I think my current package is pretty small, but could always be better, nikon d40 w/ sigma 30mm 1.4
I want it so bad!!!
Please don't screw it up. Give it a nice lens, low noise, decent manual controls, and make it feel like my D300 when I hold it (i.e. solid).
I think the idea is that you can have it equipped with a small lens and actually put it in your pocket for your daily snapshots, but pull out the heavy duty lens from your bag anytime when you need it.
I dunno why they have an Olympus rep saying such nonsense, but the true key here is pocket-ability and versatility. It is indeed about a more portable, smaller black box that manages to have some key bigger-camera capabilities thanks to an interchangeable lens system. One day it's your social snapshot camera, the next it could be your long-zoom nature camera.
Nice. Let's hope xD is not in 'fashion' in 12 months, Olympus.
Seriously, it's beyond a joke now. Otherwise, love your work. Love your user-initiated Pixel Mapping. Love your anti-dust systems. Love your lenses, in general. Love 'firsts' like Live View, etc.