[joachim]

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I dont think they did all that well, certainly not over here. I see and saw lots of cameras on the streets, but when it comes to dslrs it always is APS-C or larger, with Nikon and Canon by far in the lead. And in the past five years I actually have never ever encountered anyone who actually owned an Olympus FT dslr, only Panasonic, and even that only once. I only ever saw Olympus at exhibitions and the like.

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Surprise surprise. I used to see lots of them in tourist spots.

With regard to Nikon, they actually filed a bunch of patents regarding a "mirrorless" camera with exchangeable lenses for a smaller than muFT sensor a while ago, Of course nobody but Nikon knows whether they will go ahead with that.

The problem with patents is, your competition also reads them and knows what you are up to. Patents typically get filed when the project is abandoned. In case someone else does it you can make them pay.

I do expect there to be adapters for the "older" lenses, however, just like with muFT, so we can all continue to use our old lenses somehow. Considering the amount of lenses out there, Canon and Nikon will have ot take them into account, as I would think people would really revolt and go in other directions otherwise.

Minolta MD and Canon FD

Hmmm. Maybe it is time to switch to Leica now after all <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. I honestly do wish a company like Canon would create an RF/mirrorless type camera, FF, which could also use their existing EF lens range. That would really be my ideal type of camera.

Have a look at the nice Leica, Marcus showed pictures from. I am sceptically about the present EF lenses on a mirror less at the default option. I would want a short register to be able to put glass closer to the sensor. Free up the lens designers. Just remember what Zeiss did for the Sony R1.