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Friday, May 06, 2011

Nikon Mirrorless Would be in 2.6X. So, Pentax Will Win..!

.. in the multiplying factor if the following rumour and the previous Pentax mirrorless rumour are both true!

http://nikonrumors.com/2011/05/05/rumor-nikon-mirrorless-camera-will-come-with-three-lenses-and-2-6x-crop-factor.aspx

But if you also look at the illustration diagram in the above post, you will see that the rumoured Pentax mirrorless, which has partially been confirmed to be true officially by Hoya recently, will have a nearly smallest sensor which is actually rather tiny:-

That must be really "great" afterall! >:-o

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Katariina Suurimaa · 723 weeks ago

You should realize that rumour of anything smaller than m4/3 is unlikely to ever appear in the interchangeable system market. The Pentax super-cropfactor rumour is the most stupid and least believable rumour I've ever heard. And I'm not just talking about photography related rumours. There is just no reason for such a sure-loss system to appear.

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Don · 723 weeks ago

You realize that cell phones are killing the p&s market? (look what happend to flip/cisco).
So what will manufacturers offer to convince people to buy a pocket camera? A system that offers better image quality and lenses that still fits in your pocket, for when your cell phone won't cut it, and a d-slr is too big to lug around seems like as good an idea as any other I've heard of...

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super-crop · 723 weeks ago

Phones are winning because of cost and size. Agree with Katariina. A super-crop system of interchangeable lenses is a complete waste of time. P&S small sensor cameras are not selling. So something more expensive with just as small a sensor with interchangeable lenses will? And it will be dust prone too? Great. It's a sure-loss system, no matter who makes it.

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Don · 722 weeks ago

You contradict yourself.... "Phones are winning because of cost and size." A smaller less expensive system than the aps-c d-slr would sell well to people wanting better photos and video than their fixed lens phones, with out the bulk and expense of a d-slr system.
Just because a few d-slr shooters would turn up thier noses, does not mean a million cell phone shooters will.....

As for a second system, aps-c mirrorless with kmount.... makes perfect sense..... you lose the expensive prism and mirror box, drop in an evf, use the sensor and electronics from the k-5 and you got the best Evil class camera on the market..... not the smallest, but weather sealed and highest image quality.... a perfect back up cam for a pro, as well as being able to offer it for less than the k5.

Evil class mirrorless wont take over because they are smaller than aps-c, they will take over because they are cheaper to make if you can drop the prism finder, mirror assembly and even possibly the electronic shutter... I for one would happily pay less to get the same image quality as the k-5 in an evil cam.

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Katariina Suurimaa · 722 weeks ago

Phones are winning because there is now one gadget which does it all. You may have noticed that wrist watches are also being killed for the same reason.