Olympus m43 official prototype

[aryanto]

I hope they do sell this later as body + adapter only for other 4/3 user who are looking for this camera to be used with ZD lenses

 

[Mikefellh]

Can this M43 mount take the usual 4/3 DSLR lenses or is it totally something unique?

Just to explain more fully, with the removal of the mirror box the lens is a lot closer to the sensor in the mFT camera (20mm) than it is on the FT camera(40mm). Because of that you can't use the FT lenses on the camera without an adapter that restores that 20mm, which looks like an EX-25 or one of the teleconverters. More on that in a minute.

Now because mFT requires lenses with a smaller lens to sensor distance, and the whole purpose of this is smaller cameras, they decided as well to make a smaller lens mount for smaller lenses. If you look at pictures of the new cameras in the hand you'll see this how the lenses are smaller.

In addition one of the plans for the future is video in these cameras, so the lens mount has two additional electrical contacts for the needs of video.

Now back to the adapter, as already stated it restores the 20mm that is needed by the old FT lenses, it adapts the older larger lens mount to the smaller newer mount, and it converts the old 9 pin connector to the new 11 pin connector.

One last thing, ONLY lenses that have the updated firmware for contrast detect focus will work with the new cameras (IOW NO SWD lenses will work). The speculation is how the lens receives instructions from the camera on how to focus...the old way the camera told the lenses "go to this position" whereas with contrast detection the camera tells the lens "focus motor forward, focus motor reverse, focus motor off" (this is based on what others have described).

Just remember this is a new camera format so information is coming in dribbles.

 

[dorts]

I'm not sure if this is good news, but...

* People from Olympus' and Panasonic's staff said that all Olympus 4/3 lenses will receive a firmware update to enable AF on m4/3 - probably when the Olympus m4/3 camera is rolled out. I'm not sure if this is correct, but it's what they said.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=29497721

 

[bousozoku]

I'm not sure if this is good news, but...



http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1022&thread=29497721

Don't bet on it happening.

 

[Mikefellh]

Well, even with contrast AF available on newer Live View cameras only the non-SWD lenses have received updates...Oly hasn't proven that they could have contrast AF on their SWD lenses yet.

 

[azul123]

I don't have any legacy FT lenses to worry about, pretty much going to go with Olympus for mFT so my wish is for Olympus to deliver small and fast lenses. And please be quick with it.

../azul123

 

[azul123]

Someone made a video of what could possibly be put onto the Olymous m43 body which Olympus recently shown us size and form of what to expect. This video was in response to what that size and form could include, hope Olympus will add to these requests and squeeze in as much as possible DSLR useable features into their first m43 release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz0Lux8LpBM

../azul123