Aleo Veuliah
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- What you value more on our m/43Brands.
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Poll: What you value more on our m/43Brands. (comment please)
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Photo Grapher
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I voted for the Panasonic Lumix Leica and Fuji.
It is a great association in my opinion. Panasonic has made a great effort since the beginning and mostly on lenses that are all of high quality without having a bigger background on making lenses like Olympus have. Anyway both brands are excellent.
Ilda Sofia
It is a great association in my opinion. Panasonic has made a great effort since the beginning and mostly on lenses that are all of high quality without having a bigger background on making lenses like Olympus have. Anyway both brands are excellent.
Ilda Sofia
duartix
Veteran Member
I couldn't care less about brands or branding. What I value the most is not there: The Lens System!!!
I also value some other things very highly (most of them exclusive to m43)
* Panasonic video IQ
* Size.
* IBIS
* Electronic shutter.
Aleo Veuliah
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i'm not one who generally cares about brands, but imo something that makes m4/3 exciting is that panasonic and olympus both launched cameras and lenses together. it gives the system more cameras and lenses to choose from, and the result is that we have more choices to work with.
Andrewteee
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I value good prints and creativity in personal expression.
Aleo Veuliah
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Yes. that is already included.
Impulses
Forum Pro
Yup, by the end of this new year I'll probably have two Olympus lenses (if I can convince my wallet to part with enough money for the 9-18) and two Panasonic lenses (excluding the kit lens, three counting it). Probably wouldn't have bought into the system if it wasn't for that variety and versatility, might've gone the NEX or Fuji route otherwise.
Even the variety of body styles played a role, as I bought my mother a G6 knowing she'd like it better than the smaller models but also looking forward to the fact that we could share some lenses. She'll probably end up with more zooms and teles, possibly a macro, which I'd rarely use, but might definitely borrow.
I think it's probably kinda hard to market that when the average consumer often buys a DSLR and never picks up any additional lenses... Then if you start talking about size most would just tell you they're fine with their phone. Still though, Sony does a heck of a lot better at it than Panasonic... At least you can see they're trying to market NEX. Different subject altogether...
Aleo Veuliah
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Yes, and after Panasonic managed to make sensors with the same IQ. It is amazing what concurrence can do. Cheers to that.
highwave
Senior Member
I would have loved to see more brands in m43
picture this,
- A foveon sensor m43 body
- Fuji building a lot of fast f1.4 lenses
- Leica building a rangefinder high class m43 along with dedicated hand built m43 lenses
- Sigma building any lens they want for the system without this apparent F2.8 restriction
- Canon developing their EOS-M system in m43 and gracing us with some very long focal length fast primes
I guess the one I was really highly hoping for was the Leica m43 rangefinder. It makes more sense than their APS-C T model they'll be bringing out soon and it would have really boosted the m43 ecosystem.
But anyway we have Kodak and Blackmagic on board now. You can't win them all.
picture this,
- A foveon sensor m43 body
- Fuji building a lot of fast f1.4 lenses
- Leica building a rangefinder high class m43 along with dedicated hand built m43 lenses
- Sigma building any lens they want for the system without this apparent F2.8 restriction
- Canon developing their EOS-M system in m43 and gracing us with some very long focal length fast primes
I guess the one I was really highly hoping for was the Leica m43 rangefinder. It makes more sense than their APS-C T model they'll be bringing out soon and it would have really boosted the m43 ecosystem.
But anyway we have Kodak and Blackmagic on board now. You can't win them all.
If Oly nor Panny can't make any money selling MFT gear, why on earth would others follow them?
There is also no way Canon would ever adopt MFT.
If there is one camera system that all the makers really are watching, it is the Sony A7/A7R. That is a FF camera that comes in at a low price, yet is targeting owners of all camera brands. Buy one and Sony will send you a Canon or Nikon adaptor for your existing glass. And these lenses all work without a crop factor to worry about.
Now Sony have made the A7 with enough weaknesses ( slow speed in use mainly ) that other makers must be wondering if they could offer their own version with the ability to win over users of other brands holding rival lenses they could use on their camera.
I can imagine Nikon or Canon offering their take on the Sony A7. But I can't imagine them bothering with MFT.
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