Minister Niihori Kenichi (Canon Camera Business Unit) “said that Canon has no plan yet to develop a new system and still discussing whether this mirrorless system is just a hype / temporary phenomenon or the real thing.”
I bet Canon is already developing their system!
Source: Radiantlite
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Yes, Minister!
Well, once everybody think that SuperSonic Wave Filter is a hype when Olympus introduced that, but can you find a DSLR without similar function in the market now?
“Nikon was telling to anyone that nobody needs fullframe”… Nikon never did that. This is just another stupid rumormonger invention.
Here we go again: Nikon never said nobody needed full frame. Show us where can we read something like that, please.
For the blog administrator: DPReview has just tested the improved autofocus with the new firmware here:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1004/10042202olypenfirmware.asp
and has also quick-reviewed the Pen E-P2 here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympusep2/
Canon presented their results for Q1 2010 today. Their total profit tripled compared to Q1 of 2009 and sales of dslr’s increased seriously. So why in a hurry??
developing mirrorless cameras might eat up their entry-level DSLR market IMO.
Chow. then, there will be a double digital loss on 2012-2015, and then, rest in peace.
My local Nikon rep back in the day said (tactfully) that Nikon didn’t have any immediate plans to release a full frame camera, but to think that the R&D guys didn’t have one on the drawing board (at the very least) was naive and foolish.
It can’t be so bad, but it’d be a very short term decision if a company just devise their marketing strategy base only on historic results.
Canon will be much smarter to provide new generation, mirrorless rangefinder-like camera with a full-frame sensor. This body should provide more lenses compatibility. The distance from flange to sensor plane should set at 42mm to accept R/FL/FD lenses and use adapter to have a full work with EF lenses (44mm).
The camera body should have opposite electronic contacts (top instead of bottom) and interface through the adapter to work with the EF lenses via bottom lens contact by wiring from top. This will prevent metal lug from older lenses with contacts.
If this camera does existence and then it will blow every mirrorless camera included four thirds.