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At long last, Canon has created the Olympus EP1

Started Jul 24, 2012 | Discussions thread
antoineb Veteran Member • Posts: 6,653
Canon will probably have squished Oly in 2 years

Your analysis is not wrong, excepting of course larger sensor and better IQ.

What you're missing however, is the fact that Canon is a much more powerful brand. And that it has a lions market share in DSLRs and lenses, and that the M allows you to use those lenses with full functionality.

So I'm betting that in less than 2 years Canon will have squished Oly in mirrorless just as they did in DSLRs. The more so because they'll likely will have released some nice lenses, and at least one enthusiast body.

Good for Oly that by moving early they hopefully made some decent money. But now they don't stand a chance.

Panny are another matter they've got bigger financial means and a stronger camera brand (except in the US)

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