Amateur Photographer created a lot of noise with following “rumor”:
AP found an article inside the japanese trade journal Pen News Weekly…which again found an article inside Photo Trade Express…they had a small talk with an unnamed “Canonguy”…and what is he saying? “Canon is proceeding with the development of a mirror-less interchangeable lens camera to compete against models launched by Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung”
43rumors sources didn’t hear anything about a future Canon mirrorless camera but I bet that they are working on it.
[via CanonWatch]
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Canon and/or Nikon would be foolish to completely ignore new competition, especially when the new competition seems to be disruptive technology in nature. Having said that, Canon ‘proceeding with development’ could easily just mean a study of sorts to help them figure out if they even want to play in this market, so it shouldn’t be interpreted as ‘Canon will launch a mirrorless system by Photokina 2010’ or something. I personally don’t believe they’re that close to it, but I do believe we’ll see something from Canon in 2011-2012 with this technology.
Things will get interesting once the big boys throw their hats into this ring. I hope Panasonic and Olympus are prepared to take advantage of the market before that happens.
I don’t think the big boys will bring anything interesting to the table… Their locked on proprietary lens based IS systems don’t pull me in, one centimeter! 🙁
No global shutter? Well, I guess they haven’t taken note of cinematographer amateurs. Oh well, I guess I’ll keep my money until they get serious. Time and again, Olympus and Panasonic fail to realize their potential. Awesome system, little niggling details not quite right, not in time to keep pace. The GH series is impressive, but lacks that little bit of panache to make it awe-inspiring.
Anyway, I think Cannon and Nikon are already seriously late. I do not see any of them coming out with range of bodies, lenses, adapters etc. to rival m43 from the start. It would take them at least a year from the launch, which is very long and can be used by Panasonic and Olympus to broaden their m43 range.
Canon and Nikon built their own fortune over cautious moves in the DSLR market, they might again wait to say t h e last word in terms of specifications and prosumer appeal, so to smash brilliant amateurs like Panasonic, Olympus and Samsung.