In what many see as the next big evolutionary step for digital cameras, Panasonic and Olympus made a bold move with their introduction of the Micro Four-Thirds system, an electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lens (so-called “EVIL”) system that eschewed the mirror assembly found in traditional SLR cameras and offering image preview via a live view feed only.
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In a release that they’ve hyped for weeks now, Olympus finally pulled the covers off their first Micro Four-Thirds format camera, the E-P1.
For those of you not already in the know, Micro Four-Thirds is a new interchangeable lens system developed by Olympus and Panasonic which is the first mirror-less digital camera system to feature interchangeable [...]
By Nathan Yan
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Posted in Market Analysis, News
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Also tagged 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6, 17mm f/2.8 pancake, Canon G10, digital camera, Fujifilm F200EXR, high quality compact, M.Zuiko, Micro Four Thirds, mirror-less SLR, Olympus, Olympus E-620, Olympus E-P1, Panasonic, Panasonic G1, Panasonic LX3, Sigma DP1, Sigma DP2
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The Photo Marketing Association’s Annual show – PMA 2009 – recently came and passed. For those of you who don’t know, PMA is like the E3 of photography, where companies making everything from cameras to printers bust out the goods and new releases. It, along with the bi-yearly Photokina in the Fall, are when the [...]
By Nathan Yan
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Posted in Market Analysis
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Also tagged Canon 5D Mark II, DSLR video, Micro Four Thirds, Nikon 35mm f/1.4 AF-S, Nikon D90, Olympus E-620, Panasonic GH1, PMA 2009, Samsung NX, Sigma, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 HSM, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4 HSM OS, Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC HSM, Sigma 50-200 f/4-5.6 HSM OS
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