Olympus, the other Micro Four-Thirds Company, who initially made a big splash at the m4/3 intro with their retro styled prototype, has been very, very quiet about their development in this area. Until now. The banner above is currently gracing the Micro Four Thirds page over at olympusamerica.com. Other rumor sites have pretty much confirmed [...]
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Aug 26
Panasonic Micro 4/3 camera image spotted in the wild.
As we head into Photokina, the images and spyshots start to crop up with greater frequency as NDA’s and people’s ability to keep their mouth’s shut are strained to the breaking point. Here we see a picture of a Panasonic Micro 4/3′s interchangeable lens camera. I believe the image is a computer generated model (albeit, [...]
Aug 09
Analysis of Micro Four-Thirds
With the recent press release by Olympus and Panasonic about Micro Four Thirds (m4/3), the photo-blogosphere has been buzzing concerning product announcements around this as Photokina 2008 approaches. To recap, Olympus and Panasonic announced a new variation of their five year old Four Thirds digital camera platform designed for smaller, thinner interchangeable lens cameras using [...]
Aug 07
Olympus Imaging and Panasonic announce new Micro Four Thirds System standard
Olympus Imaging Corporation (Olympus Imaging) and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic) today announced joint development of technologies and devices for the “Micro Four Thirds System standard,” a new standard that extends the benefits of the Four Thirds System standard for interchangeable lens type digital camera systems by enabling dramatic reductions in size and weight. [...]
