micro 4 thirds camera...

i see many different companies getting into that. how about canon?

i would love to see canon offer one... small compact and interchangeable lens.. drool...

there's rumors that canon will release one sometime next year, same goes for nikon i think? i myself would really like to pick up one from canon but i've been eying the panasonic lumix GF2 for a while.

Sony Nex C-3 http://www.dpreview.co​m/reviews/sonynexc3/
and Olympus EP-3 are rated tops and their image quality is about as good as a Canon t3i, 60D or 7D.

Olympus EP-3 excels at great jpegs right out of the camera. Sony Nex C-3 has the best RAWs

The Panasonics have only mediocre jpegs, but the best video

Aren't they suppose to be the death of entry level DSLR's?

I'd get one. Even pay for the adapter to use current EOS lenses. Heck, make an APS-C evil camera in the mold of the PEN or Sony NEX! Hells ya I be all over it!
Fuji x100 with its quirks and fixed lens or a Canon interchangable evil with Canon UI for less money and ability to swap lenses? I know what I'd get!
Either way, Canon better get busy and put a stop to the hold Panasonic and Fuji are getting with the GH and x100.

I don't have any experience with a 4/3 camera but from what I have read they still can't match the focusing speed, noise handling, or high ISO of a DSLR though they are getting closer with every new camera. I have said many times I would love to have a Canon digital rangefinder with a fast lens similar to the old Canonet series. I suppose the G series comes pretty close but it sure would be nice to have a larger sensor and maybe a few lenses though I would settle for a fixed lens similar to the X100.

Sparky98 wrote in post #12988129
I don't have any experience with a 4/3 camera but from what I have read they still can't match the focusing speed, noise handling, or high ISO of a DSLR .

My e-p1 is better at the last 2 items than my 450D.

I was wondering the same thing.
I have several decent FD lens and I could use then on either NEX or PEN With an adapter of course.
Anybody has experience?

BryantFC wrote in post #12986617
there's rumors that canon will release one sometime next year, same goes for nikon i think? i myself would really like to pick up one from canon but i've been eying the panasonic lumix GF2 for a while.

same here.. i've been eyeing the GF2.. but must resist.

BrickR wrote in post #12987994
I'd get one. Even pay for the adapter to use current EOS lenses. Heck, make an APS-C evil camera in the mold of the PEN or Sony NEX! Hells ya I be all over it!
Fuji x100 with its quirks and fixed lens or a Canon interchangable evil with Canon UI for less money and ability to swap lenses? I know what I'd get!
Either way, Canon better get busy and put a stop to the hold Panasonic and Fuji are getting with the GH and x100.

wow.. so u got the adapter to use your current canon lens? i assume it will be only manual focus right?

all in all, i hope canon will come out with one that will be kick a$$, but hopefully not in the super high $$ range. but most of all, give us the ability to use our current canon lens and still offer AF.

EOS mE wrote in post #12994656
but most of all, give us the ability to use our current canon lens and still offer AF.

Yes, that would be nice, but would like to use my existing Micro 4/3 lenses. I would suspect this is the way Canon will go. An L lens would be a bit out of place on a small Micro 4/3 body.

I'll take them a lot more seriously when they put in optical viewfinders. It's not that I hate Live View, just dislike it a lot. If someone else likes live view, that's cool, but I just don't like putting my camera at arm's length and trying to take a picture while the sun at my back glares off the screen, etc.

Give me an optical viewfinder and I'm very interested. Even a built in electric viewfinder is fine, but not an attachment.

That's just me.

I had the Olympus E-P1 and it was cool (I had the 17mm prime--equivalent to 34mm) and got some decent shots, but it couldn't come close to my Canon Rebel XS (had that camera at the same time). Not even close.

Shutter lag was present (and all mirrorless cameras will always have shutter lag due to the extra steps the shutter has to take: open, shut, open, shut, open. A dslr is already closed. You press the button and the shutter opens and shuts.....far less steps involved).

Automatic white balance was horrible.

Autofocus was slow.

No optical view finder.


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I played around with a GF1 many years ago. Liked the compactness especially with the pancake lens.
Then attached a telephoto and the handling of the camera goes stupid. Bye bye compactness hello clumsy handling camera with an unbalanced lens out front.
I'd get one only with a fixed pancake lens. Anything larger, it loses all appeal.
Fuji X100 is sweet though.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #12994736
I'll take them a lot more seriously when they put in optical viewfinders. It's not that I hate Live View, just dislike it a lot. If someone else likes live view, that's cool, but I just don't like putting my camera at arm's length and trying to take a picture while the sun at my back glares off the screen, etc.

Give me an optical viewfinder and I'm very interested. Even a built in electric viewfinder is fine, but not an attachment.

That's just me.

Have the Oly VF-2 (on an E-P2) and love it. Anything that can be viewed on the LCD can also be displayed in the VF-2. Also, it hinges up if one has a need to view vertically. Yes, it is an attachment, but here the advantage is it carries over to the new E-P3. The Fuji Finepix X100 has a slick "hybrid" viewfinder, but not Micro 4/3 or interchangeable lens.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #12994736
Note: The EP1 had no built in flash and no image stabilization.

Hmmm... That's strange because my E-P1 has image stablization.. 3 separate modes.

I love my m4/3. It is smaller than SLR by far imo. Also, available lenses are much smaller... I do have 4 Olympus Pen F lenses from from the past generation...which are miniature lenses really.. and with an adapter, I'm getting some crazy sharp pictures.

I know 14-42 doesn't get much love but I think it's a fine lens. I do have 17mm coming.

Now.... will canon design and build micro 4/3 lenses with M4/3 mount or will they try to use EOS mount? Really....if you're wanting to use EF lenses, I say stick with DSLR since I doubt you'll gain and advantage in reducing the size of the camera.

The most attractive aspects of Oly EP1 for me is the size of the body and interchangeability of lenses that are smaller. Start mounting EOS and FD lenses and I think you'll lose that advantage.