Nikkei Electronics Asia: Manufacturers Getting Serious About Mirrorless Designs

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Sony, on the other hand, has announced it is considering making its interchangeable lens standard an open one , to assist growth in its mirrorless camera business. The disclosed strategic plans are built around the NEX-5/3 released in June 2010. In-house investigation has already begun on disclosing the E-mount connection standard used with NEX-series interchangeable lenses to third parties, according to Masashi Imamura, SVP, Corporate Executive of the firm (Fig. 3). Sony hopes to gain a more complete line-up of E-mount lenses by disclosing the standard.

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Olympus is also developing a high-grade compact , and showed a mock-up at the show (Fig. 6). It is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2011. Detailed specifications have not been disclosed, but it is likely to mount an imaging device larger than those found in common compact digital cameras.

Olympus high-grade compact mock-up with Zuiko zoom lens picture: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20101124/187573/?SS=imgview&FD=-750864913

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Cooling an Urgent Issue

Another problem has surfaced with the switch to larger imaging devices, not only in SLRs, but in mirrorless and compact digital cameras as well: handling heating. The problem is especially urgent when it comes to cooling while shooting video. Sony went so far as to issue a warning about the problem for its α55/33 interchangeable-lens digital camera, using an APS-C-size imaging device, on Sept. 27, 2010, and updated the content the following Oct. 7.

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