09-20-2016, 08:39 AM
Did anyone remember Kodak?
Kodak brand has been sold to a chinese camera company in Taiwan named Asia Optics several years ago.
2 years ago Asia Optics announced the first DSLM——Kodak S1 with double kit zoom 12-45 F3.5-6.3 42.5-160 F3.9-5.9 and one manual telescope 400 F7.1 At that time AO plan to announce another prime len——42.5 1.8 but the very few sales in China made this company disappear in chinese market very soon.
YI-MI is the descendant of Kodak S1, they upgrade the sensor to 20mp, refurnish the model，tiny little modify the 12-45 kit zoom and finish the long waiting 42.5 1.8. Still it is an Asia Optics technology DSLM，just change to another LOGO.
How about this chinese DSLM？ One of my friend in Beijing attend the announcement，they told me like the Kodak S1 2 years ago，low saturation color， low dynamic tone，slow autofocus like oly- EP1 EP，smart phone app alike menu.
they don·t have any improve in the past 2 years.
As a chinese DSLM amateur I am happy to see chinese company can design and produce autofocus interchangeable lens and camera，but I am not satisfied with this low performance low IQ camera. Most chinese amateur in DSLM forum said they will never trust local camera brand.
Although YI-MI just sold 300 US dollar in China, I don·t see any attractive point. (2 years ago Kodak S1 sold at 600USD)
Japanese DSLM in China is cheaper than in west countries, we have 300 USD GF7，EPL6 and 350USD GF8 EPL7， even the cheaper smuggled camera from HongKong
Kodak brand has been sold to a chinese camera company in Taiwan named Asia Optics several years ago.
2 years ago Asia Optics announced the first DSLM——Kodak S1 with double kit zoom 12-45 F3.5-6.3 42.5-160 F3.9-5.9 and one manual telescope 400 F7.1 At that time AO plan to announce another prime len——42.5 1.8 but the very few sales in China made this company disappear in chinese market very soon.
YI-MI is the descendant of Kodak S1, they upgrade the sensor to 20mp, refurnish the model，tiny little modify the 12-45 kit zoom and finish the long waiting 42.5 1.8. Still it is an Asia Optics technology DSLM，just change to another LOGO.
How about this chinese DSLM？ One of my friend in Beijing attend the announcement，they told me like the Kodak S1 2 years ago，low saturation color， low dynamic tone，slow autofocus like oly- EP1 EP，smart phone app alike menu.
they don·t have any improve in the past 2 years.
As a chinese DSLM amateur I am happy to see chinese company can design and produce autofocus interchangeable lens and camera，but I am not satisfied with this low performance low IQ camera. Most chinese amateur in DSLM forum said they will never trust local camera brand.
Although YI-MI just sold 300 US dollar in China, I don·t see any attractive point. (2 years ago Kodak S1 sold at 600USD)
Japanese DSLM in China is cheaper than in west countries, we have 300 USD GF7，EPL6 and 350USD GF8 EPL7， even the cheaper smuggled camera from HongKong