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Take that Nikon and Sony! Canon just announced that they will join the Micro Four Thirds coalition! Canon Uruguay just released an official press release: “Canon confirms that mirrorless has no reason at all to exist. In our opinion it’s a waste of time to develop our own CSC-ILC-Mirrorless-EVIL system. But during a latino party we had yesterday our southamerican manager told us that every second camera sold in Japan, every fourth camera sold in Europe and every fifth camera sold in US are mirrorless. So we quickly decided to join the Micro Four Thirds coalition. We still had no time to send a text message to Panasonic and Olympus to share our decision. So please guys don’t tell them anything until we made them a call.”
In a second statement Canon Japan stated that the “first camera to be announced will be the [shoplink 21245 ebay]Canononet analogue camera[/shoplink] which will have a MFT logo on it and a built-in MFT adapter. That was the fastest, easiest and cheapest way to release a camera“.
P.S.: I don’t remember, what day is today? 🙂
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april first! 😉
Boooo! I got excited. FT6 = rumor meltdown!
I to 😉
Sweet! I just sold my gh2 😉
Do you really sold your GH2 ? Why ?
Doh. Happy April Fools’ Day pple!
Happy 01.04 to you, Admin!
funny!
Canon Uruguay :))))
I read somewhere that Canon is planning to release what they call an “All-Purpose Rangefinder Interchangeable Lens Camera”.
yes, model 1 of that product line?
Its April Fool Day man. So this isnt real. =P
I would have used FT-5 instead of FT6 to make it look more real and meaningful.
Dislike, it is too boring…
Happy Days!!!
Finally Olympus will have some real competition to force Innovation. Maitani’s spirit hopefully will rejoin Olympus. It is ether that or Olympus will die. Pray for the first!!!!!
I just thought of something that sucks. This Form/website is now going to be full of INFERIOR!!! Canon users. LOL
GOD DAMN April Fools day, I totally forgot about it. I only read the title.
+1000,000,000 Admin
I received letter from someone I know, who has a dog that was photographed by someone with a Nikon camera. This is exciting news: Canon joining MFT is apparently a counter move to Nikon, who just announced that they will abandon DSLRs. They will cooperate closely with Holga in the development of a digital interchangeable lens version of the famous 120N model. My source says that Nikon spokeswoman Mi Fi said: ‘we’ve noticed two trends in digital photography. In the first place, the pin hole image has made revival since the introduction of simulation filters by some manufacturers. However, at Nikon, we like to make the real thing. Secondly, the retro camera design is clearly what photographers want today. We are certain that with this move, Nikon is able to deliver to photographers the tools they need to become popular on Facebook’.
I expect that further details about new products will be announced in Autumn. But in the mean time Nikon will already stop producing current product lines, since they do not want to be left with worthless inventory.
This is definitely a very real Rumour!
Is there any emergency aid program for photo equipment stores with massive amounts of Nikon cameras in their shop windows?
The first trick of the day that almost got me, well done Admin!
Not only Canon! After General Electric, other home appliance manufacturers are likely to make m4/3 cameras: Bosch, LG, Ariston and Zanussi will all make cameras with the same mount. Negotiations are ongoing with Hoover, Whirlpool and Gorenje.
Zanussi? At least it will be water proof:]
Yes, and besides you’ll be able to wash your camera and lenses in compatible washing machines regardless of the manufacturer – totally interchangeable. Now, that’ll be the way to remove dust from the sensor :).
“We still had no time to send a text message to Panasonic and Olympus to share our decision. So please guys don’t tell them anything until we made them a call.”
Why don’t they just send them a fax or leave a message on the answering machine?
Hey.. you missed this : Nikon is joining MFT (FT=7)
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&thread=38110674
Olympus will introduce Nano Four Third cameras to encounter the competitions emerging recently! EP-2 and EPL-2 is the last generation of MFT cameras from the company! The new NFT camera will be a “pro” model incorporated with the latest nanotechnologies…Hopefully, my trusted sources will confirm this rumor within the next few decades.
LOL
+1
Almost…, then the date dawned on me…
Like the picture.
What’s the point of this if you reveal it in the post by reminding people what day it is? You’ve missed entire purpose…
Good, but it would’ve been better April fools joke if u wrote “GH2 is in stock”
nice joke in theory, but i also thought the text could have been written more serious-sounding. I had been fooled for a moment by the “Nikon joins m43” forum thread on the dpreview forum, but here the joke’s too in your face, imo.
Really~~”FT6″?~~its better be a joke~
We have loads of GH2,s in the UK, just got mine last week, great camera.
I was shocked! How could you, Admin! Now my hands are shaking and my focus is disaster!
Best joke I read today! 🙂
I really like the FT6 category!
FT6 means it’s a joke? 🙂
Cheers.
Thanks for the joke, but all too obvious from the start. I would write something a lot more plausible and catch a lot more readers. 😉
I doubt anyone fell for that beyond 3 seconds…
… except me
… and I sent the news to my friends ! 🙁
I noticed the FT6 and though: “That means that was already be confirmed?”
And only notice the joke when read the last sentence… lol…
(FT 6) could be true because of 1st April
Too obvious 🙂 You should have written a FT4 that Fuji will introduce a version of its acclaimed X100 that has interchangeable lenses using the NEX mount. Now _that_ would have stirred the pot!
According to latest news from Canon Uruguay, contract with Panasonic is already signed – Canon will use Pana’s proven 12-megapixel senzor, but with his own Digic VI processor (future Digic V is optimized for DSLR only).
There are no compatibility issues with procesor, because their current 18 mpix senzor is exact copy of pre-production version of Panasonic’s senzor (which they developed in cooperation with Panasonic to compete with Sony), but on bigger space (therefore more megapixels).
Digic VI is first procesor which will use full potential of this exceptional senzor, because current Panasonic/Canon/Olympus procesors are purposedly cripled to achieve “smooth” evolution to ensure business for several years.
We can expect FF performance.
Thank you so much for your very interesting background story!
Agreed, an announcement of a Fuji X100 with interchangeable lenses would have started a stampede, as would one of a full-featured Olympus mFT(built-in EVF, flip 3″ OLED, GH2 sensor, AF assist, all the obvious stuff)in a svelte and sexy body bundled with an f2.0-3.5 24-50mm equivalent lens for under $1000.
Let the line start here! And happy April Fools Day all.
Argh !
I fell for it ! 🙁
fooled me totally. my heart skipped a beat waking up to this.
Cool 1. April J O K E 🙂
(But would be nice it it would be true once)
You had me with the headline (not the text, of course). But thanks for the smile and laugh!
It’s ironic that this is an April-fool story, because the camera pictured is a Canon P… probably the most beloved of Canon’s Leica-mount rangefinder cameras. It was compact, solid, pretty to look at, easy to use, built with superb quality and finish, and gave great picture-taking results. A mirrorless camera with these qualities is exactly what many people are waiting for, and that’s no April fool!
April Fools or not, Canon going backwards and joining a smaller sensor group is always gonna be a joke. 🙂
No..Netos….Canon wouldn’t be going backwards….they would be ummm…err…..ahh….”rounding out” the bump between their point-and-shoots and their DSLR’s!! ….yeah..yeah..that’s it! 🙂
Thanks for the laugh…and to remind myself not to take any of this too seriously.
(No…the better April Fools would have been to say…that ALL vendors have the Panasonic GH2 “Body-Only” AND “New GH2 Kit with Panasonic 14mm” in stock in both silver and black!!!!). LOL!
Yeah, my Canon Power Shot A570 has the same sensor as my 20D.
you got me. i had this story posted to facebook before reading the details haha. good one.
BWHAHAH!
The sad thing is, I’d buy one. That old Canon manual focus class is awfully good.
The best joke was a Canon guy in a Wild on Party in Uruguay….(I’m from Uruguay and I could never see a M43 live)
FT6 hahaha
Which GH2 stock problem???
In our country the GH2 is currently sold as DOUBLE BODY kit due to stock overflow, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8538812@N06/5535438160/
😉
This is a joke, right? I haven’t seen this rumor in Photo Rumors and Canon Rumors.
Are they going to make nuclear reactors also?
Uruguay, April 1, 2013 – The Daily Looser Express Journal:
“The Canon-Disaster – Retrospection of the 2011-tragedy”:
Canon missed the chance to join Micro Four Thirds Coalition 2011.
The Canon headquarters in Uruguay tried hard to find an entrance in the Four Thirds Coalition 2011, but finally they missed the mark due to the fact that a little Canon branch in Japan blocked with its 5 % veto. The independent Web-Forum” 43rumors.com” attempted to turn the imbroglio around but after a view trials it was beyond hope.
So after two years of constant diminishing market shares of Nikon and Canon, Olympus and Panasonic took over the small resting Pro segment of the Canikons.
The chief executive officers of Nikon and Canon declared that they made a fatal mistake not joining Micro Four Thirds in 2011: “We missed the opportunity to survive. We overestimated the loyalty of our Pro-Clientele. Now we have to admit that our customer base has shrinked to a few stupid bodybuilders in the Pro segment who did not realize that you can also achieve the same training effect for your muscles with micro four thirds lenses and cameras. It is only a question of “gear ratio”. If you pay regard to the fact that you have simply to stem two Olympus or Panasonic cameras and three fast prime MFT-lenses for one Nikon or Canon camera equipped with slow standard pancakes you will be on the safe side. As the saying goes: He who comes too late will be punished by life!”
… just kidding! April 1
I so wish this could be true 🙁
WTF! i got really really really excited about this sh*t. OH MAN you got me good alright you xxx! haha