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Re: [OM] How long before we see the micro 4/3 concept used by everybody

Subject: Re: [OM] How long before we see the micro 4/3 concept used by everybody else?
From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:38:11 +0100
Just teasing you Joel sorry.
I have the same hopes with a Leica R9 Diesel, never to come,  
official ...

Best from Metz
Ph

Le 25 nov. 09 à 15:27, Joel Wilcox a écrit :

> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 7:41 AM, philippe.amard  
> <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> If you are referring to the Leica 35mm viz 24x36 aka FX format, then
>> what of the lenses they sold over the last ten years? And those they
>> are currently selling for m4/3?
>> would they fit?
>> Nope!
>
> They would have to develop new lenses for FF, sorry, 24x36.  As m4/3
> development is just getting underway, and the commitment is not yet so
> deep, and lens making is something Olympus does very well on their
> own, lens making is perhaps the easy part.
>
>> I'd bet they care more for those buying than for those keeping
>> lenses ...
>> The tragedy of heritage.
>
> No question about that.  But this would not be about reconnecting with
> the heritage so much as taking the mirrorless camera to the next
> level.  Undersell the big boys by $1000 and it would attract new and
> heritage buyers alike.  Why shouldn't a professional mirrorless body
> be FF?  Someone eventually will do it, so why shouldn't Olympus be the
> first?
>
> Joel W.
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