bill Posted September 23, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 23, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just a bit of idle conjecture for a damp Tuesday afternoon. With Leica announcing the S2, and Olympus showing their micro 4/3 concept camera Olympus develops Micro Four Thirds camera: Digital Photography Review I can see a time when the hitherto unthinkable happens and Leica abandons it's old home-ground of low weight high quality body and lens cameras (be they film or digital) to Olympus. Leica are constrained in the M-Line by traditionalists who want "the same only better" and those who want something - anything - that uses Leica glass to produce a high quality image. Olympus are already talking about a Leica M to micro 4/3 adaptor allowing them to tap into that huge reservoir of glass. Leica are also, slowly but surely, pricing themselves out of much of what has in the past been a lucrative market for them. Why should they stay in a tapering market when they can move from it to something entirely new that changes the paradigm completely - hang on... have they not done that before...? Your thoughts? Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 23, 2008 Posted September 23, 2008 Hi bill, Take a look here Olympus steps into Leica's (hot)shoes?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted September 23, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 23, 2008 Bill, that is a mock-up of a point and shoot that happens to have an interchangable lens. That is not Leica territory, that is Panasonic-land. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted September 23, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 23, 2008 The Olympus looks quite pretty IMO, it may very well change my view over the micro 4/3 systema and if that's what really happens I'll buy one for fun purpose. From the different incarnations of the micro 4/3 concept, you can easily tell who is a real camera company, and who is only a household electronics business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry Posted September 23, 2008 Share #4 Posted September 23, 2008 From the different incarnations of the micro 4/3 concept, you can easily tell who is a real camera company, and who is only a household electronics business. Hi Simon, I'm sure you're aware that Panasonic has made professional video equipment for many, many years. (Your sarcasm wasn't lost on me, though.) I agree that Olympus is much more adept making still cameras. Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted September 23, 2008 Share #5 Posted September 23, 2008 Olympus are already talking about a Leica M to micro 4/3 adaptor allowing them to tap into that huge reservoir of glass. Sounds interesting but what is the source of this information? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdai Posted September 23, 2008 Share #6 Posted September 23, 2008 I'm sure you're aware that Panasonic has made professional video equipment for many, many years. (Your sarcasm wasn't lost on me, though.) I agree that Olympus is much more adept making still cameras. Yes, I know ... Larry ... it's all about the jib jab on a forum, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share #7 Posted September 23, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Sounds interesting but what is the source of this information? Fair question, Geoff. I read it on the interweb, and it was the bit that interested me and in part prompted this thread. Let me see if I can find it again. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share #8 Posted September 23, 2008 Fair question, Geoff. I read it on the interweb, and it was the bit that interested me and in part prompted this thread. Let me see if I can find it again. ...and I just have. "My bad", as I understand the Colonials say. I read a piece of wishful thinking as a declared intent by Olympus. As you were. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Mitchum Posted September 24, 2008 Share #9 Posted September 24, 2008 Bill, that is a mock-up of a point and shoot that happens to have an interchangable lens. That is not Leica territory, that is Panasonic-land. Seems to me this is as close as we are going to get to a Digital CM since Leica refuses to give us one. It's too bad Panasonic doesn't make it as it would certainly fall into Leica red-dot rebadging land and we'd have one. Maybe Panasonic will make an LC2 based on the mFT mount? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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