Back in January Astro joined the Micro Four Thirds system and said they would make a new 4K camera. The full specs of the camera are now available at astrodesign.co.jp. It is a camera made for Geometric data capturing for academic, commercial, military, etc. application Social property scrutiny and maintenance for road, tunnel, bridge, etc. Cinema and broadcasting. Definitely not a mass product and something 99,999% of the 43rumors readers will not buy. But hey, it’s a mft camera and we need to welcome the small Japanese company! 🙂
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I live in the Middle East, have lots of friends involved in Oil & Gas security. They’ll be interested, especially if it has full electronic control of lenses.
Oh! GH3 + wifi 😉 haha
Checked the website, it has electronic control of aperture, focus and shutter speed. Only rated to operate to 40C, it reaches over 50C here in summer!
It should be able to zoom the lens provided that the lens has powered zoom, like the Olympus 12-50mm, Panasonic 45-175mm, etc. Some m4/3 bodies, like the Panasonic G5, can zoom these lenses already: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1cxzLUQiIE&noredirect=1
Sorry, but why do you need to get a pricey camera body and a pricey lens if all you want to do is power zoom the lens with a tiny toggle switch? Heck, your sub-$200 point-and-shoots will gladly do that for you. And they come with a zoom lens already, too.
“we need to welcome the small Japanese company!”
Welcome Astro!
+1 Welcome Astro to the future of digital imaging! 😉
+1 Ласкаво просимо! 🙂
Trivia: Astro is a 5-minute drive from Canon HQ.
I welcome any company into m43! Still camera, Video camera or lenses at any price. From low quality to ultra high quality. Everyone that invests into the system will make it stronger.
I love my GH2, Pany 12-35, Oly 45mm and all the old legacy glass.
We all have our “perfect lense” we are waiting for… We’re not going to get it if there is only 1 mfg in the system.
I would love to see a 25-200 F2.5-4. But I don’t expect to see it from Oly, Pany or Zeiss. Probably Tokina or Sigma would make something like that???
Great news for m43!
Don’t want it, don’t need it.