Back in February Olympus America’s DSLR product manager Richard S. Pelkowsk said: “I would say that within 24 months the E system will not have a mirror box at all". Then Olympus tried to convince everyone that the previous statement was not true and they will continue to develop "full size DSLRs" and this was the end of it.
Today Quesabesde opened up the old wound by saying that Olympus is planing to release a new camera at Photokina (E-5?) which will be the last FourThirds product in their product line. Developeing mirrorless cameras seems to be the main priority for Olympus:
"Focusing on development of cameras without a mirror and get competitive models in all market segments, including professional photography, seems to be the highest priority for Olympus"
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Im not sure how much a M43 camera will be embraced by pros. Maybe if it had fast Auto focus, a true rangefinder viewfinder, bunch of fast primes from 8mm – 100mm, dual slots maybe ?
i just dont see this going well. Hopefully the E5 rocks, i like the oly dslrs.
This summary isn’t very clear if you are not familiar with Olympus and if you don’t know the difference between 4/3rds and mirrorless.
I can’t tell the difference between these phrases, except that they seem to contradict each other:
“(It will be) the last FourThirds product in their product line.”
“Developing mirrorless cameras seems to be the main priority”
Isn’t 4/3rds mirrorless??
EVILs are Micro 4/3 actually…
will not be missed. only maybe by those poor chaps jumping on their full size E3 ads in almost all photo related magazines in germany right now
Keep in mind that all of the phase detect autofocus silicon can be behind the image sensor using the waste energy that is not absorbed by the sensor’s pixels. This can be possible with back-illuminated CMOS as well.
It seems like they will not develop DSLRs anymore; the new cameras will be mirrorless; but they will not be micro 4/3 s.
Am I right?
Going mirrorless is not the same as going micro Four Thirds. They can build new Four Thirds cameras that just have no mirror and operate in LiveView all the time. If they do that, they must be pretty confident about their contrast AF, though.
This is the way the whole DSLR business is headed in the long run, IMHO.
I also think that while Olympus may continue mirrorless Four Thirds for the short term, they will eventually either go all micro and release a fully-featured adaptor with full speed AF for “old” Four Thirds lenses, or they will introduce new Four Thirds lenses that protrude into what used to be the mirror box, and will be incompatible to Four Thirds cameras with mirrors. In any case, it wouldn’t be very hard to release mFT versions of all their FT glass. In essence, just make the barrel longer at the mount end.
You made a wrong translation of the Quesabesde website.
They are telling something completely different .
I sugest you to translate the spanish website using google translate.
This “news” is zero news as always, on your website.
In Romania we have a saying : “Deaf can not hear but it fits”. Same for you. You did not understood 100%, but tried to guess.
This is a short part of the “news” translated from Quesabesde website :
“”Despite this direction, it is unclear whether this SLR is imminent or not the last of the company. The sector itself is perceived interests of Olympus to make it clear that the Four Thirds System is still alive. Until you get a Micro Four Thirds model can equal and exceed the performance of each of the current SLR, this option will still exist, say the sources consulted by QUESABESDE.COM around Olympus plans. “”
As you can see it is completely different than what you wrote.
They are not sure if E-5 is the last DSLR. They think DSLR will still exist until an m4/3 will be equal in performance with an DSLR.
m4/3 is difference by 4/3, on flang distance 20mm on m4/3 and 40mm on 4/3, so we not talk by mirror and shutter, is the good room for uses many mondular.