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i think canon’s entry to mirrorless can only be a good thing for m43. like others have mentioned mirrorless isn’t on the radar yet for big dept stores like walmart, best buy, etc in the US. but now that canon is involved, it will be. that means eventually mft cams will start showing up in the big stores and in the casual shoppers mindshare.

Hmmm… I don’t see how this is better than a NEX-5N which has a superior sensor, higher FPS, tilt screen and the ability to use the best EVF in the business?

Two lenses (of which we know nothing of their performance) does not make a system. How this adapts EF / EF-S lenses in the interim will be interesting with the hybrid AF, but an adapter is going to add significant depth plus size of the lenses themselves.

Really need to see a road map for their EF-M lenses.

Good to see Canon joining the party although its unappealing to me, they will get into their stride soon. Wish they would spend some more money on their sensor development though, Sony and Nikon have a clear advantage there and have had for some time.

Micro four thirds did not spring from the womb with 10 bodies and 25 lenses. It started with the G1 and a few lenses. Given time the Canon system could fill out enough to surpass m43. Canon has enough resources to keep developing it even if m43 outsells it right now.

I know a lot of people (of both sexes) that do not understand or care about the technical aspects of photography. They just want better pictures than they can get from their cell phones. Right now they tend to buy an SLR with a couple of lenses or one superzoom type lens, set the mode dial to the green full auto position and take pictures. And they do get much better pictures than they would from a cell phone. I had a woman email me some pictures she took of her dog playing in the snow last winter. She does not know or care that it was the PDAF system that allowed the camera to focus quickly enough, the large sensor that produced the low noise and rich color depth or that the camera chose a high shutter speed and wide aperture to freeze the action and blur the background. She just knows she has some really good pictures of her dog her cell phone could never had taken. I know a lot of guys at work with expensive SLRs that never leave full auto mode too. These people outnumber us enthusiasts by huge margin and do not care about a bunch of extra controls or accessories they will never use.

If the Canon can focus quickly, has the same image quality as their APS-C SLRs and has a good full auto mode it will probably sell very well, just not to us. Given time Canon will probably introduce high end bodies and lenses for enthusiasts but the current model will be everything a lot of people need or want. People in camera forums tend to forget we are a small minority and the world does not revolve around us.

There’s a video on canonrumors showing a mic jack. That’s a huge plus for me. Only other thing I want is HD crop mode like the t3i.

I guess its about brand preference now. Canon, Sony, Nikon, Samsung, m43, Fuji and Pentax with the tiny sensor.

I’m using an E-P3 with the pancake 20mm pancake lens, I get very good low light capability plus in body stabilization. IMO, best compromise of portability, low light, decent quality.

Yawn…