MFT family grows (5 new companies join). And new Olympus camera in Spring.
Micro Four Thirds is dead…long live Micro Four Thirds!
The MFT system is now five years old and despite all the strong competition from Sony, Nikon, Canon, Samsung and others it is still the most popular and complete mirrorless system. And the group of companies supporting it just became bigger with the entries of Blackmagic Design Ltd, JK Imaging Ltd, Photron Ltd, SVS-VISTEK GmbH, View Plus Inc. (Source: Olympus Japan). The one you know best is certainly Blackmagic while JK Imaging shake the last week with their announcement of a Kodak branded MFT camera.
Enough talking…what about real new products? Olympus is rumored to release a new semi professional MFT camera and a new fast zoom for Spring. And the upcoming CP+ show is not the place Olympus has choose to announce it. So sleep well these days, there will be no amazing announcement yet as Panasonic, Samsung, Canon and maybe Sony too will announce new stuff in March-April only.
Bora
5 months ago |m43 owners will have more choices of lenses and bodies. That’s awesome. We can have best of many worlds
ronnbot
5 months ago |More importantly, this addition of companies entering the mirrorless space doesn’t result in more mounts/standard. And in that vein, I always wished that Fuji, Sony and Canon shared the same mirrorless mount since they share the same flange distance (18mm) and sensor size (albeit with the Canon being slightly smaller at a crop factor of 1.6x instead of the standard 1.5x).
MdB
5 months ago |Your wishful thinking always makes me laugh, kid. Why dont you ask for that ALL companies have the same m43 mount as oly and panny and maybe they can form into one big company and make a camera that takes all lenses and call themselves Canikonoleiympenxsy? LOL
ronnbot
5 months ago |“Why dont you ask for that ALL companies have the same m43 mount… and maybe they can form into one big company”
Because that’s not technically feasible (due to different sensor sizes) and just plain ridiculous. As I said earlier, there was no technical reason for Fuji and Canon to use a different mirrorless mount than Sony’s NEX. If they shared the same APS-C mirrolress mount (like how others are sharing the m4/3 standard), it would have reduced R&D cost and benefited the consumers. But obviously and unfortunately, business/legal reasons (and pride?) wouldn’t allow it.
MdB
5 months ago |And theres no technical reason why every camera maker cant dump their mounts and make a universal mount…aaalll for you, kid. And while theyre at it, they should call their cameras the ronbot as well. Then they can merge and form one big m43 company to make you happy and then donate all their profits to leica. You are so delusional kid you dont even know it. Business and legal reasons and pride wont allow it? Now you sound like you know the reason behind other peoples business decisions. It ALL ABOUT YOU, INST IT? YOU KNOW HOW THE WHOLE WORLD WORKS DONT YOU? LOL .Kid, you really are either on drugs or you should get off weed, thats why they call it dope. Why the hell would two different business share the same mount? When you start a business youre in it to make money for YOURSELF, not someones else. But thats as far as ill go to describe logic to you, cause its sooo clear from your past posts logic is something you werent born with. You live in a fantastical world, were reality and fantasy dont meet, where delusionals become reality and should nots become why nots. You really need a shrink, kid.
ronnbot
5 months ago |@MdB: Do you lack reading comprehension skills? No one said anything about a universal mount but you and you call me delusional. You got serious issues. Also, you seem to think you know business. Is making and only sticking to proprietary stuff the best way to be profitable both short and long terms? Why did Sony moved from Memory Stick Pro to SD? Was that for me too? Thanks Sony, I guess. What about the C-mount, USB, CD/DVD, etc.? Is it better for companies to not use those standards? With your logic, no. You should stop embarrassing yourself.
MdB
5 months ago |Shut up you delusional twat. All you do when I read your crap is ask for stupid silly things that have no logic or sense. You must think all the companies work for you. DID I MENTION MEMORY STICKS AND SD? Maybe you need to go back to school and learn how to read, and while youre at it, take a course in logic too, seeing as how you aint got none…always asking for the stupidest things…hey im sure in your world everyone is using mirrorless cameras too. Hey dude, stop being a spoiled child and learnt o think before you type. Every comment you make here is about some delusional nonsense you have in that imaginary head of yours. Why dont you shut up for a change, no one wants to hear you constant delusional fanboyism, it’s disgusting.
ronnbot
5 months ago |Name calling, nice. I mentioned Memory Sticks as an example of a company (Sony) realizing it was more beneficial (for them as well as their customers) to support a standard like SD instead of only using their own proprietary technology. Your inability to comprehend this astounds me. Besides, I didn’t technically ask for anything. My exact words were, “I always wished…”; you may not know this but in the English language, people tend to use “I wish…” to express a desire for something they will probably not acquire/achieve. E.g. “I wish I was a billionaire”, “I wish you, MdB were smarter”.
So, I’m a spoiled and delusional fanboy for desiring Canon, Sony and Fuji to share a common mount for their recently released mirrorless systems, like how they currently use a common storage media (SD), like how a bunch of companies are co-using the m4/3 standard, C-Mount, M42 mount, PL mount, USB, CD/DVD, etc.? Amazing…
ronnbot
5 months ago |“hey im sure in your world everyone is using mirrorless cameras too”
Not at all, but this accusation implies to me that you view mirrorless with some angst. So why are you even here? Go pollute other threads with your name calling.
MdB
5 months ago |there you go again, ive pretty much told you why you should shut up and you just keep on talking. i tell you its green and you think its red. DELUSIONAL. So delusional you dont even know it…even though you know, cause I TOLD YOU SO.
ronnbot
5 months ago |I applaud your rebuttals.
MdB
5 months ago |Shut up, delusional for life kid. Dont applaud your delusions, go see a shrink.
MdB
5 months ago |I also applaud your hipocrisy and your selective fanboy memory. but that’s what makes you a fanboy, right? Delusional.
ronnbot
5 months ago |Wow. So far all your posts are vague and full of baseless conjectures as well as name calling.
How am I a fanboy? Is having the desire to have the ability to mount the Fuji 35/1.4 lens on a Sony NEX 6 fanboyism?
How am I delusional? Is it not possible for companies to share technologies/standards, let alone do so while being profitable? Is it not happening already? I’ve listed examples already.
How am I spoiled? Am I the only one wanting more cross-comparability?
MdB
5 months ago |There you go again, selective memeory and bullshit delusions. Having a desire to mount a Fuji lens on a Sony? Do you wish before you go to bed every night that you can put a bmw steering wheel on a bicycle as well? Maybe I’m worng, maybe your not delusional, maybe you are what other people called ” leanred retrdation”. Meaning, you werent born retarded, worse…you leanred how to be a retard.LOL
ronnbot
5 months ago |And yet another post lacking examples. You still haven’t answered any of my questions and resolve to name calling again. Is this the only thing you’re capable of?
MdB
5 months ago |And there you go yet again, defending you wishful retarded thinking and your delusionals. Why would i waste my time posting examples of your delusions when you do that quite well yourself? Why would i post anything when you dont even listen to any kind of logic? You just keep on deluding yourself, ask for an example and ignore your own BS. why would i answer your delusional and retarded questions? to talk logic to you would be like talking to a dog. Kid, even name calling doesnt wake you up, your so far gone and you don’t even know it. You’re on this site day in and day out asking and wishing for the most stupidest things. You ignore replies and you just see the world with your tunnel vision, devoid of all reason. You;re never worng arent ya kid? Thats why you keep posting your wishlist here day in and day out….like some feeb.
now youre talking about mounts on a zeiss and canon and canon pl and arri. You always got something new to say dont you kid? Like as if saying something new makes you more credible..as if sdaying that i’m calling you names makes you not delusional. You know what you forgot? You forgot ask for more wishful things kid, ask for canon to merge with leica, ask sony to make their mount the same as nikons, ask for bicycle wheels to be put on honda cars, that what you do best..feed your own delusions.
Id give you more examples kid but all id be doing is feeding your OCD.I feel sorry for ya kid, you got an answer for every wishful delsuional things you say. Better see a shrink, i cant do much for you.
ronnbot
5 months ago |“There you go again, selective memeory and bullshit delusions. Having a desire to mount a Fuji lens on a Sony?”
Again, where’s the delusion? Can I not already mount a Panasonic lens on an Olympus body? How about a Zeiss on a Canon? A Canon PL on Arri? Also, what did I forget?
Actually, this has been fruitless. It is obvious I can’t get a single intelligent response from you, so I’ll just cease.
MdB
5 months ago |funny how you never respond to my replies yet you always have new delsuional replies. funny how you say i ignore your responses yet you do the same yourself, by running your mouth about a new delusison and changing topics yet again. That is what ppl call HIPOCRISY, kid…and you have alot of it. In your world, you arent delusional, but your no more than a two faced delusional hipocrite…with selective memory. If i tell you the omd is 1400, youll say no, its 900 dollar NOW on amazon or whatever..you have an answer for everything do you? That’s what ocd delusionals think, kid, just like the way you think. You better not become some politician or some dictator or else the world around ppl like you are going to be so effed up. You are a prime example of why the world is so screwed up, cause its full of delusisonal twats like yourself who only listen to the one person you should’nt be…yourself, kid.