Possible Olympus FF dilemma....what will they do?
The OM-D FF will be here in 2016
In reply to Ben Herrmann,
5 days ago
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The OM-D FF will be released this year for Olympus 80th anniversary, and it will be released with one of those three primes (24, 28 and 35mm) and probably a 24-70 zoom will follow.
I don't know if they will make a new mount, or if they will choose the E (Sony) mount.
Making an OM-D FF will be easy for Olympus, no big R&D, just take an E-M1 or E-M5 body as a basis and modify it to sport a FF sensor. Making some prime lenses isn't a big deal too, and Olympus centrainly has the expertise to do it easily.
The Olympus marketing team is pretty good now, and promoting a FF camera shouldn't be too difficult.
The OM-D FF will be a trial. If it sells well, the line will continue. If not, it will just be a cult camera released for the 80th anniversary, that created a BIG BUZZ. Good for marketing.
So, zero risk for Olympus, nada. A win-win strategy.
Of course, it is all speculations
m4/3? It will continue to be the main Olympus camera business for many years to come, for sure.
Cheers,
Frederic
http://www.azurphoto.com/
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