Egami spotted a 12-35mm lens design patent for a Fou Thirds sensor camera. I want to stress that this lens is just for their fixed lens GX camera series! They will not make a Micro Four Thirds camera and join the system!
The current [shoplink 53281 ebay]Canon G1X Mark II[/shoplink] uses a Four Thirds alike sensor.
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Thanks for pointing out the obvious
LOL
I was going to say the same…
Felling better now.
maybe xc10 mark II?
canon is not stupid enough to produce a tiny sensor line.
aps-c is the smallest that makes sense for any mirrorless system camera.
aps-c cameras are not bigger than m43 camera.
well except the m43 cameras who are so tiny that you have problems with handling.
aps-c is the best compromise. m43 is as good as dead.
does panasonic really still use the 16mp sensor in the next gh7?
That was obvious. Canon only makes lenses for crap mirrorless systems like the EOS M.
Btw the M does not stand for mirrorless but manure, and they fully lived up to those lofty goals.
Sheesh. I wonder how you cope with things in life that really matter.
Certainly it was never 4/3. Why would the leading and most profitable camera company NOW join 4/3 8 years later, when everybody else who had signed up for it years ago abandoned it, save the obvious two makers.
Why would Canon give legitimacy to its competition? Why enter a shrinking segment?
I’m afraid most segments of photogear market are shrinking.
So what then would be the motivation to enter such a segment where you have zero market share, the competition has plenty of lenses to match any you might offer, the competition has plenty of cameras to match any you might offer, and which your entry into might just help a breathe a little life into their moribund sales?
I think Dmitry was saying that all segments are shrinking. Not just m43 as you implied.
You seem to be confusing FourThirds, microFourThirds and type 4/3″ inch sensor size (the one thing all three have in common).
No one suggested they would make a FourThirds or microFourThirds lens mount camera.
They have patented a lens design for a compact camera that uses a type 4/3″ inch sensor.
Well of course they’re not going to join M43. Did any reasonable person actually think otherwise?
So Canon is going to may a Panasonic LX100 competitor?
As it seems is Sony too. There are rumors of a type 4/3″ RX100 mark 4 (or perhaps a newer product name).
And Nikon still doesn’t have a type 1-inch or type 4/3″ compact zoom camera.
They already kinda do. The G1X cameras are that.
The more interesting observation is where will Canon get their sensor from? Will they make it themselves or will they use a Sony sensor.
Sony announced general availability of two type 4/3″ sensors (16Mpx and 20Mpx) recently.
Canon are currently using the Sony type 1-inch sensor in the PowerShot G7 X.
Canon know what they do. They choose 2x crop for some reason. A 2x crop fixed-lens camera may appeal to some existing M4/3 users, who want a fast standard zoom.
(Auto-reply) Therefore, Canon is somewhat joining M4/3, at least its market place, without actually joining M4/3