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Now let's have a dream ... a MFT camera with Fuji sensors ...



http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-13...-2013.html



Makes you wonder though whether MFT and the upcoming Fuji mirrorless system can co-exist.

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Seems a bit strange; fuji was excellent lenses which is the strength of olympus. I actually know nothing about fuji sensors; I mean they get some press for being different but I'm not sure if they are any better (or worse) than what canon or sony is producing these days.

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I think fuji mirror less and MFT could co-exist because they are different markets. I might be wrong but speculation is that fuji mirrorless system will target high end market (much like their 6x7 cameras) though the details are sketchy.
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Seems a bit strange; fuji was excellent lenses which is the strength of olympus. I actually know nothing about fuji sensors; I mean they get some press for being different but I'm not sure if they are any better (or worse) than what canon or sony is producing these days.

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I think fuji mirror less and MFT could co-exist because they are different markets. I might be wrong but speculation is that fuji mirrorless system will target high end market (much like their 6x7 cameras) though the details are sketchy.

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Well, their APS-C DSLRs (Nikon) were better than anything on the market at the time and the current X100 is not bad either.



http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilmx100/page11.asp

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They say nothing about camera division as a motivation for a purchase.



While there may be some place for ex-Olympus mirrorless camera in Fuji line-up, they may just sell camera division to somebody just like Hoya did in the end.

Integration of two different camera departments could be just too difficult to accomplish.