There will be no new Mirrorless camera today but there is still one possible exciting news to come. On Friday Olympus could release a new firmware update for the Olympus E-M5. It will improve the EVF performance and add one mysterious new feature that we suspect to be the “peaking mode”. The video on top shows you one of the trick used to have peaking mode on the E-M5. The firmware update will only “activate” it officially.
And there is one small interesting story. Sony killed the plan to release an A-mount mirrorless cameras. Apparently they decided to put all efforts on the E-mount FF. We have been told that we will have to wait almost one year before that camera may be announced. Development still hasn’t finished (so I have been told).
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If Sony killed the A-mount mirrorless then count me out. A-mount is what I’ve been waiting for.
Any rumors of firmware upgrades for earlier models? Even a low-rated one? Thank you!
I don’t understand the logic of a full frame E mount. The flange focal distance is barely adequate for an APS-C sensor. That means FF lenses for the same mount would be even larger than the current ones while keeping the camera bodies as thin. There would be also serious IQ issues in the frame corners unless Sony adopts the Leica microlens shift solution or something similar. The Alpha mount is much more appropriate for a large sensor camera given the lenses required. Ideally, however, Sony could create a whole new mount (FFD circa 35mm) which may be used as a universal platform for adapted manual lenses while providing a reasonable proportion between body and lenses.