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I'm an olympus fan and was slightly disappointed with the EP-2. I was hoping for a more professional camera and for now I'll stick to my E500, E410 and 50mm F2, 11-22mm, 50-500 bigma.

The following features are required by myself:

Built in flash (preferably with remote flash control for my FL36, how awesome would that be?)
EVF
Tiltable Screen

Movie mode. I'd be really annoyed if they did all these improvements and then removed a key feature!!

I'd be very tempted by the above set-up, otherwise I think the E620 may be more suitable.

What features do you want in the next micro4/3?

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Iain
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The E-P2 is nearly perfect for my needs. Its VF is a nice addition which enhances functionality aspects and tracking AF potentially solves the issue with moving subjects. What I still miss for usability is a decent construction and weather sealing. Now is the time for Olympus to concentrate on high quality primes for m4/3.
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lightcaptures said:
I'm an olympus fan and was slightly disappointed with the EP-2. I was hoping for a more professional camera and for now I'll stick to my E500, E410 and 50mm F2, 11-22mm, 50-500 bigma.
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I would like to see a more professional model as well, whether from Panasonic, Fuji or Olympus.
artisanat said:
The following features are required by myself:

Built in flash (preferably with remote flash control for my FL36, how awesome would that be?)
EVF
Tiltable Screen

Movie mode. I'd be really annoyed if they did all these improvements and then removed a key feature!!
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As has already been pointed out, all but the remote flash control is already available on the GH1.
artisanat said:
What features do you want in the next micro4/3?
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  • fully customizable auto ISO where you can select both the minimum and maximum ISO as well as the minimum shutter speed.
  • a higher resolution screen for checking focus/sharpness during post capture review. 460,000 dots is adequate, but the 920,000 dot display on my D300 was better.
  • all mFT cameras should use an oversized, multi-aspect sensor.
  • more direct access controls that don't require you to use a menu. For example, a switch to switch between aspect ratios like the LX3 has.
  • ability to be able to erase either the RAW or the JPEG file when recording both simultaneously.
  • further reduction in overall lag times.
  • even lighter camera bodies.
  • rugged and water resistant design without compromising overall camera weight and size too much.
  • an orientation sensor when using non-OIS lenses so you don't have to manually rotate images (not sure how Olympus handles this).
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I want:
  • Small camera body (GF1 is ok, smaller is better)
  • HD video mode (like GH1)
  • Built-in Flash
  • On camera body image stabilization
And also small lens !

Small small small and good :)
 
possible probably only by having a moveable sensor, which will focus the image regardless on what position the lensfocus is.
lightcaptures said:
I'm an olympus fan and was slightly disappointed with the EP-2. I was hoping for a more professional camera and for now I'll stick to my E500, E410 and 50mm F2, 11-22mm, 50-500 bigma.

The following features are required by myself:

Built in flash (preferably with remote flash control for my FL36, how awesome would that be?)
EVF
Tiltable Screen

Movie mode. I'd be really annoyed if they did all these improvements and then removed a key feature!!

I'd be very tempted by the above set-up, otherwise I think the E620 may be more suitable.

What features do you want in the next micro4/3?

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Iain
http://www.lightcaptures.co.uk

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Andrzej
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There are a few things I'd like to see. A fully electronic shutter (silent, no internal moving parts to shake the camera.) Fuji's EXR magic for real HDR in a single exposure. Maybe an extension of the dual channel philosophy to solve our continuous shooting problems.

But what I want most of all is some creative evolution on the subject of focus. All u4/3 lenses have this annoying drive by wire focus that makes manual focussing severely unintuitive. But at the moment, we don't really benefit from it - nothing the photog does got easier as a result - it just made pana/oly's job easier.

I think the pieces are there for them to make it so much better, though. Start with the simple - distance and depth of field displays while changing focus in manual focus. Go a little further and add MF focus settings for infinity and hyperfocal distance (ideally marked on a focus slider so you can see how far to stop down.

With AF, there is so much more u4/3 can do compared to any conventional system if we throw out the box, and maybe add a little processor power. Panasonic already has the camera tracking colored areas through the focus range, and normal CDAF runs the lens through the full focal range watching for sharp points. So what if we watch the whole sensor like the multizone mode, and instead of trying to guess which of the things it sees is the best, just tag them all, storing enough about each for the color tracking to work on it. Then the system puts a label on each, and the focus distance slider up with all of the labels shown at their respective distances, and you jog through them with progressive steps of the focus ring.

Suddenly, snapping to any object in the FOV is quick and easy - faster and easier than any camera I've heard of. If the dual channel continuous shooting piece works out, you'd gave a sports camera that if it can handle the framerates is superior to any on the market. (I was speculating about dual channel in another post. Basically, the EXR sensor has two complete independant sensors interleaved such that like color pixels are adjacent. They currently use it for pixel binning and extending DR by setting separate simultaneous exposures. Extending that philosophy, if you use only one half for continuous shooting in bright light, the other half can track the autofocus, provide an LCD/EVF stream, and even record video while shooting the stills.)

I'm probably going to be disappointed. They more I think about it, the more it seems like EXR is the answer to most of u4/3's challenges, at least potentially.
Walter
 
viztyger said:
lightcaptures said:
I'm an olympus fan and was slightly disappointed with the EP-2. I was hoping for a more professional camera and for now I'll stick to my E500, E410 and 50mm F2, 11-22mm, 50-500 bigma.
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I would like to see a more professional model as well, whether from Panasonic, Fuji or Olympus.
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Me too. A more professional model with high quaility proffesional optics.
viztyger said:
viztyger said:
The following features are required by myself:

Built in flash (preferably with remote flash control for my FL36, how awesome would that be?)
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Yes it would be.
viztyger said:
viztyger said:
EVF
Tiltable Screen

Movie mode. I'd be really annoyed if they did all these improvements and then removed a key feature!!
Click to expand...
As has already been pointed out, all but the remote flash control is already available on the GH1.
viztyger said:
What features do you want in the next micro4/3?
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  • fully customizable auto ISO where you can select both the minimum and maximum ISO as well as the minimum shutter speed.
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This would be nice.
viztyger said:
  • a higher resolution screen for checking focus/sharpness during post capture review. 460,000 dots is adequate, but the 920,000 dot display on my D300 was better.
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The current camera should have had this.
viztyger said:
  • all mFT cameras should use an oversized, multi-aspect sensor.
  • more direct access controls that don't require you to use a menu. For example, a switch to switch between aspect ratios like the LX3 has.
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Yes!!
viztyger said:
  • ability to be able to erase either the RAW or the JPEG file when recording both simultaneously.
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Yes!
viztyger said:
  • further reduction in overall lag times.
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Yes!
viztyger said:
  • even lighter camera bodies.
  • rugged and water resistant design without compromising overall camera weight and size too much.
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Very much needed for a camera that is made to be carried with you all the time.
viztyger said:
  • an orientation sensor when using non-OIS lenses so you don't have to manually rotate images (not sure how Olympus handles this).
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Yes!

Hopefully Olympous is reading these forums and will come out with such a camera along with the lenses.

Dave
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Good ISO1600 (gladly accept 8MP sensor for this)
Articulated Screen. (don't need EVF)
Multiple Aspect Ratio sensor like the GH1.

More Video Features. H264 or better yet MPEG-2 compression, different frame rates and compression amounts, optional WVGA resolution.
External Mic input.
 
I want a zoom somewhere between the 14-45 and the 14-140 Panasonic offerings.

It should be NO bigger than the present 14-140 and I would sacrifice range at the long end (make it say 14-90) in exchange for a little less super-zoom optical compromise and some extra speed.
 
I would like a digital camera that does not look like a film camera. Wear it like a visor and a flip down evf screen. The controls would fit on a seperate hand held unit. I am sure if one of the major camera companies spent millions on this idea the could 6 or 8 cameras to goof balls like me.
 
...I would love:

-proper external manual controls (shutter speed dial and apt dial like the Leica)
-more external controls in general
-IBIS
-weathersealing
-burst speed and buffer size on par with enthusiast DSLRs
-Shutter AND Aprerture priority mode like Pentax has

-smaller.... (would happily sacrifice LCD screen altogether... or have a detachable one, or best yet, bluetooth connection to use my smartphone as the LCD)

-expanding on above, total remote control of camera from smartphone over bluetooth
-fast lenses with real manual focus rings
 
I love some of the suggestions so far.

RE: the 3D stuff. I don't know how 3D that sony system would be without the seperation of 66mm between lenses. Actually thinking about it I'm sure it would be fine. As an optician I view the retina of the eye binocularly through a single Volk lens and that works fine. Could you connect two m4/3 cameras and use them as one unit, maybe using a special adaptor?

How about a touch screen at the back for selecting options and setting the focus point?

I like the GF1 and if I was to buy a new camera now that would probably be it but what can I say, I'm an olympus fanboy, therefore I'll wait. I really like the stylings of the EP-1/2 and hope they don't change it too much.

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Iain
http://www.lightcaptures.co.uk

 
Given all of the EP1/2 vs GF1 threads, seems like the logical next step would be for Oly and Panasonic to join forces and create a single camera that has the best of both cameras: Oly's JPEG engine and IBIS + Panasonic's faster autofocus and built-in flash. They could even offer it in two styles: Panasonic's basic black or Oly's retro silver/white.
 
Build me this camera:



with a micro-FourThirds lens mount, 12Mpixel G1 sensor and viewfinder, and weather-seal it. Make the body of lightweight magnesium. Put an optical wireless remote receiver on it, front and back. Add HD video with stereo sound recording (and a separate audio-in from the cable remote) if you like, as well as dedicated wireless flash capability.

Oh yes: make it available in a kit with 10/2.8, 20/1.4, 45/1.4 and 75/2 pro-grade, weather sealed lenses ...

That kit would be worth $3000-4000 to me. I don't ask for much. ]'-)
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Godfrey
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I love the ability to take a photo and send it via text message or upload it straight away but I hate the poor quality of my G1 phone's camera. It stinks, especially in low light and it doesn't have a flash. Then olympus and panasonic could sell competing applications for image manipulation and tagging and stuff.

Add to that:

in built 500GB memory for all my photos plus direct backup to an online (encrypted) storage site (500GB again) via wifi/3G.

night vision

DAB radio for when I'm bored

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Iain
http://www.lightcaptures.co.uk

 
I wonder that with all the electronics we have, people seem to be stuck on the traditional look of digital cameras.

I have an old Nikon CoolPix 4500 that I still occasionally use. It's pivoting body is incredibly useful for macro shooting and street photography. Since it doesn't look like a "real camera" I've been able to inconspicuously photograph people on the street in places where you're warned not to, like Guatemala.. .New York, too.

I'd love to see a Micro Four Thirds camera with a pivoting body like the CP4500 and if not that, then at least an articulated LCD screen, sort of like the Canon G11, if only it didn't stick out so much when unfolded.
 
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