Oh! You definitely have to read the latest Imaging Resource interview to John Knaur and Peter Ewen (both from Olympus). They talk about the future of FourThirds, about the MicroFourThirds competition from Samsung and Sony and they talk about lenses and future improvements.
There is really a lot to read so take a break make yourself a coffea and enjoy!
source: http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1267027086.html
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nice read. i like the way they regard sony and samsung as healthy competitors to help them raise the bar higher. shows some class especially comparing how samsung rabidly markets thei mirrorless system by shooting down mFT.
also glad to know that FT cameras are still in the pipeline, though they indicated that they “may” release something by end of year. also read it from another forum from someone who’s a bit in the know, that the E-3 successor might not be in til later this year as there are still a few considerations to be finalized before it will be released.
Sometime the marketing types can be really annoying. Panasonic should be given the credit for being the prime innovator in the micro four thirds technologies. Olympus could not have done what they have without Panasonic blazing the trail with the superbly executed G1. Panasonic will again leapfrog to the front with the new cameras to be unveiled in March. If a GF1 sized camera with good internal viewfinder is offered, then Olympus will have a problem. Additionally, both Panasonic and Olympus will have to really work hard to keep their edge over Samsung and the NX10, which promises to be a very solid performer in the prosumer niche, and Sony is undoubtably going to bring some excellent product to market. It is doubtful that dSLR still has a solid 10 years of life left – EVIL systems will eclipse the big dSLR cameras and lenses very quickly. The glass will live on through the burgeoning adapter market, and full frame may be viewed as the future “medium format”, but if you don’t own it already you sure are not going to buy 35mm dSLR glass when you can do the same job with a format 1/4 to 1/2 of the weight and bulk.
So basically they are ignoring my existence.
No upper m43 model in the near future because that’s not what most people want.