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6 Responses to “Your Micro 4/3’s camera + your existing lenses = limitless fun”

1. Posted on 07 Mar 2010 at 10:59 PM1keyboard

   Sony just announced its launch on mirror-less dslr. It seems that mirror-less dslr is getting more attention and popular among current dslr and p-n-s users. Would we start to see the beginning of the end of traditional DSLR and EF lenses in the coming years?

   http://zone-10.com/cmsm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=486&Itemid=1

2. Posted on 07 Mar 2010 at 11:07 PM2Richard

   I don’t think so keyboard but there’s always the possibility of a new design for a current DSLR influenced by some of the better features of the micro 4/3 line.

3. Posted on 12 Mar 2010 at 2:46 AM3Tyson Robichaud

   Hi Richard.

   Thank you for the link to the post. Personally, regarding the eclipse of a traditional SLR mirror/pentaprism set up, I can’t see current technology capable of replacing the view through a big bright viewfinder. (Some of) The current electronic viewfinders are good, but when you look through them, you know you are not seeing through the lens but a projection of what the sensor is seeing. I think that many of the entry level and even the step up cameras may go to a mirrorless set up eventually, and who knows what technology is around the corner or down the road, but I can’t personally see myself entirely replacing my dSLRs with something with an electronic viewfinder. I’d bet we might be having a similar conversation 10 years ago regarding film and digital though…

4. Posted on 12 Mar 2010 at 6:53 AM4Richard

   Tyson: Good points all. However had we been having this conversation ten years ago about digital vs film I’d have been squarely on the digital side. I was a very early experimenter with digital.

   http://www.richardsnotes.org/archives/2008/03/07/digital-camera-journal-2000/

5. Posted on 13 Mar 2010 at 12:09 PM5Tyson

   Aha! I’m excited to see what continues to happen with all digital systems. The rate of technological advancement seems to ramp up with each iteration and I have to say, I’m loving it. I think one arena we might see a good marriage between a mirrorless system and more traditional viewfinder might be in a rangefinder style camera. M10? Regardless, it does seem like there will be more and more cameras removing the traditional pentaprism and mirror going the way of a mirrorless operation with an EVF. It would certainly be an easy transition for those more apt to use the LCD to compose and capture coming from P&S’s. I’d imagine, if cost can be brought down and consumer response is as positive as it has already been, it will be more and more prevalent in the coming years. We shall see.

6. Posted on 13 Mar 2010 at 6:22 PM6Richard

   I’ll keep following your blog for the excellent commentary Tyson.

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