Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that is an exciting use of 4/3 technology! Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Four thirds format dying? Hardly. It is likely to get a new lease on life > in > the movie and TV industry. Panasonic has just introduced a new professional > video camera in the 4/3 format. > http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/panasonic-adds-an-interchangeable-lens-camcorder/?nl=technology&emc=cta5 > All lenses for 4/3 cameras will fit the mount. Since many unique lenses are > introduced for the movie industry (i.e. ultra fast f .95 optics) they will > be available for still cameras as well. > > Incidentally, the story was pointed out to me by my daughter, a Senior > Producer for a major metro area TV station. She says that they have a > Panasonic 4/3 camera on order. She also knows that I have a stock of very > good Olympus lenses and a 4/3 adapter mount and the techies at the station > would like to try some of my lenses before they peel big bucks off their > cash roll to buy made for TV lenses. The big attraction of the Panasonic > camera is that lenses made in consumer volume are a lot cheaper than > comparable pro lenses made in small volume. But I guess every Lugger know > that. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information