2007/9/5, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> I think he misses the point that the XA cameras were pocketable with
> the same photosensitive frame as a pro camera. The difference was the
> lens and the level and control. There is no way that the image from a
> digital digicam equals that of even a low priced DSLR with the
> difference being both the lens and the sensor.
Isn't there any APS-C digicam?
But there should be a 4/3 one, and a 4/3 rangefinder… or is this just
stupid for some reason?
> Actually I think there is a way Oly could go. Considering that it is
> thought that the full frame CMOS sensor in the new Nikon D3 is made
> by Sony, it is likely that Sony will shortly announce a full frame
> camera potentially dealing a body blow to Oly's third place
> aspirations.
So if they do? It will be huge and expensive. I see no blow here.
> So if there is another Oly
> camera 6 months down the road, it could be a FF. Like the D3 it could
> be made to automatically mask the viewfinder when mounting a smaller
> format lens. That would preserve the utility of the lenses already
> issued. That would free up the 4/3 sensor for entry DSLRs and a
> possible high quality pocket cam.
No need to free them for that, just make more of them.
Unless Olympus wants medium format — 35mm sensors are the new medium
format — there is no sense going 35mm.
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