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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / July 2005Sony & KM join forces ...
... to build a new DSLR! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp Regards, Andi > ... to build a new DSLR! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp Pity if it won't be based on the 4/3 system. Adding IS to a 4/3 body would have been a significant feather in their cap. Maybe this will mark the first DSLRs with EVF and movies, though? David > ... to build a new DSLR! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp This is excellent news for KM, not such great news for Olympus and Pentax. Everyone knew that Sony was looking for a way to enter the D-SLR market, but without a line of lenses and accessories, the only way was for them to partner with someone. Having at least three real competitors in a market is essential for any real competition. >This is excellent news for KM, not such great news for >Olympus and Pentax. Olympus have already shacked up with Panasonic, Kodak and Sanyo (and maybe Fuji..). So Pentax seems the one left outside all alone.. But markets do strange things - we all know who won out of Beta and VHS, and it wasn't the technically superior format.. Personally I hope and pray that we end up with a healthy market of several competing brands in each of the 3 formats - full-frame, aps-c, and 4/3... (I hope *this* post ends up as reply, rather than a new post - Google seems to be having a hiccup..) (from other thread..) >I don't think either Sony or Nikon will want to stop doing >business in sensors. Nikon certainly won't, but if Sony and KM want to try to take over a lot of Nikon's market, what better way to do it? And you can be sure that any major advances in the sony sensors will take a l-o-o-n-g time to flow over to competing Nikon cameras.. Or maybe Sony have their eyes on just buying Nikon in the longer term.... (O: > Or maybe Sony have their eyes on just buying Nikon in the longer > term.... I always though that that would be what Sony would want to do. With KM, they're resigned to be in third place for a very long time. At least Sony didn't go over to 4:3, that would have been a disaster. >> Or maybe Sony have their eyes on just buying Nikon in the longer >> term.... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > At least Sony didn't go over to 4:3, that would have been a disaster. I see 4:3 as "digital APS" > > At least Sony didn't go over to 4:3, that would have been a disaster. > > I see 4:3 as "digital APS" Does this mean yes or no? yes, analog APS was a disaster, and digital 4:3 is a disaster, too or no, APS has a market share of its own, and 4:3 will succeed, too. >> > At least Sony didn't go over to 4:3, that would have been a disaster. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > or no, APS has a market share of its own, and 4:3 will succeed, too. You mean like Alpha-scan (Matsushita/Panasonic first try), Cartivision (RCA), VCord-II (Sanyo), UMatic (JVC), and Beta (Sony) did in the VCR arena? I vote "disaster" on 4:3...the world doesn't need 50 competing formats for no other reason than it is technologically possible...right now that is the situation with flash memory formats. > I vote "disaster" on 4:3...the world doesn't need 50 competing formats for > no other reason than it is technologically possible... Hm - turning the words in your mouth, you say - Canon/Nikon/Minolta/Sigma/Pentax bajonetts are a disaster, offering many competing lense bayonet formats, while - 4:3 is an 'open standard' and thus much better? I still wonder about this definition of an open standard, where no details are open anywhere. www.fourthirds.org does not even provide a contact address. ok - you might ask Olympus directly. I tried, without success. I'd really welcome some kind of 'open' standard, as in 'open source' or as it was somehow for Pentax-K. However, I'm not surprised that Olympus fails that miserably when claims and fact are that far apart. > I vote "disaster" on 4:3... It is the DIVX of the 21st century, unless a miracle occurs. Essentially 0% market share in D-SLRs so far, and huge technological and marketing hurdles to overcome. >> I vote "disaster" on 4:3... > > It is the DIVX of the 21st century, unless a miracle occurs. Essentially > 0% market share in D-SLRs so far, and huge technological and marketing > hurdles to overcome. Not the least of which is that Canon/Nikon digital sales are far outpacing 4:3 which gets back to the old "installed base" hurdle. Oops, I think 4:3 caught its toe on the last one... > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp Great, two clueless companies team up together... >> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp > >Great, two clueless companies team up together... Exactly. Konica Minolta and Sony will go together like ... ... ... Sigma and Foveon. ;-) > ... to build a new DSLR! > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0507/05071902kmsony.asp > > Regards, > Andi Let's hope that by the time the new DSLR appears, it won't have become the Betamax of the digital camera universe-- technically sound, but limited and incompatible with everything else. Sony is notorious for following its own path: remember the 3-inch floppy disk drive? At least it's not 4/3 ... |
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