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Why do you not see more m4/3?

Started Jun 13, 2015 | Discussions thread
enossified Regular Member • Posts: 440
Re: Why do you not see more m4/3?

I don't think I saw anyone mention price. Both Canon and Nikon seem to have permanent rebate programs going so you can get an entry level DSLR with kit zoom for $500 (or a two-lens kit for $50-100 more). That's what I paid for my E-M10 during the current sale which started in mid May and ends in two weeks, but then it's back to $700. The E-PL7 goes for $600. So Canikon is significantly cheaper.

Then when you go to buy accessories, there's great third party support for Canikon...lenses from Tamron, Tokina, Sigma, plenty of flash options. Not so for MFT...Tamron has only one lens (superzoom), Tokina has only one lens (a mirror!!), Sigma has three primes and there are fewer flash options as well. Beginners looking for auto-everything are not going to snap up Samyang or adapted glass.

Why is MFT and other mirrorless more popular in Asia than USA? I think there is a market for smaller "enthusiast" cameras there. In the 1960s when Olympus debuted the original Pen half frame (actually single frame) cameras many other mfrs followed suit...Canon, Yashica, Petri, Agfa(!!), Ricoh, Fuji, Konica, Mamiya and Minolta all got into the act. These were very popular in Asia until super compact full frame 35s like the Rollei 35 and Olympus XA emerged. Olympus sold Pens up to 1986!

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