Smaller, Lighter SLRs from Panasonic, Olympus

Smaller, Lighter SLRs from Panasonic, Olympus

Techtree News Staff, Aug 06, 2008 1614 hrs IST

Olympus and Panasonic have announced a new "Micro Four Thirds System" standard, which aims to create interchangeable lens cameras that are smaller than a typical D-SLR.


Photographers, especially enthusiasts, using SLRs available at the moment, often find their shutterbug equipment to be a real burden. This could soon be a thing of the past, as Olympus and Panasonic have announced a new "Micro Four Thirds System" standard, which aims to create interchangeable lens cameras that are smaller than a typical D-SLR.


The new system aims to introduce:

  • More compact camera bodies, with small lenses to match

  • 50% shorter mount-to-sensor distance; no more mirror

  • Live view and contrast detect AF

  • Movie mode

  • An EVF; no optical viewfinder

  • 6mm smaller lens mount diameter, with more electrical contacts

  • Support for existing Four Thirds lenses via an adapter

  • Same sensor size

  • "Regular" Four Thirds cameras will continue to be developed


  • There's no camera announced by either companies yet that will initiate this new standard in photography equipment.



    Once this new format becomes available, we will surely see a surge in photography enthusiasts who will be lured by these smaller, lighter SLRs that use the Micro Four Thirds System standard.



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