You can't put the 2nd sensor on the front side of the mirror or it will
block the mirror and make it useless. If you put it behind the mirror
the mirror must be partially silvered ala OM-2s, etc. The 2nd sensor
can't be directly attached to the back side of the mirror or would
suffer from problems of oblique entry of light beams and would be the
antithesis of "telecentric" design. Also if the second sensor was
riding on the back of the mirror it would add a lot of extra mass.
I think I'll vote for a very high resolution EVF. When it does 1024x768
or better I'm for it. Get rid of the mirror.
Chuck Norcutt
Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> Hello fellow zuikoholics,
>
> In the Netherlands all financial advertisements have to add the comment
> results acchieved in tha past arè no warranty for results to be obtaine in
> the future". That said I allways think that "behaviour shown in the past is
> very likely to be shown again"with persons and companies.
>
> Now to my expectations in relation to Olympus and the next E-x (single
> digit/"pro-grade") model.
>
> Regardless of exact specifications I think it will be quite a leap forward.
> I expect:
> - Probably more than 10MP, I even expect between 12 and 16.
> - Faster AF, even at low light.
> - Less noise or maximum same as E-1
> - some sort of Anti Shake (I think shifting the entire sensor is more
> feasible than pixel shifting on the sensor)
> - Same build quality as the E-1
> - Probably same body size as E-1 to keep all accesoirs (even booster/grip)
> interchangeable.
>
> Why do I think it will be a real improvement? Well, based on former Olympus
> behaviour: Olympus introduced the OM-1 which was unique in its size at that
> time, but had not to many features the competition did not have. One or two
> years later the OM-2 was introduced with it's (at that time) unique
> features:
> - TTL/OTF light metering
> - TTL flash (further improved on OM-2n)
> - Same small design as the OM-1, virtually all accesoiries were/are
> interchangeable.
>
> Further back in time Olympus introduced the half-frame pen series cameras. A
> few years later a SLR version of the pen was introduced (as we all know the
> pen-F) which was really unique for that time.
>
> If Olympus continues this tradition of first introducing someting out of the
> beaten path, followed by the evolution of that design I think I might nog be
> too far off.
>
> As far as the 3-sensor idea goes, I think it will only be introduced if Oly
> finds a way to build it into a body of (roughly) the same size as the E-1.
> This sould require the light to be split 3-ways in the mirror-chamber with
> sensors in the back and to the sidez of the mirror-chamber. The permanent
> mirrors thet would be required in this set-up would have to deflect
> different colours to different sides. I am no optical genious, but I think
> that will be hard, if not impossible, to make, at least with technology
> currently know.
>
> we'll see in the (I hope near) future.
>
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