09-29-2014, 01:27 PM
I think Olympus will ultimately fall under the pressure to either go for a bigger sensor or bigger lenses to compete on DOF control.
It's unlikely they'll go FF anytime soon when they're finally showing some proper lenses for MFT. I'd be looking forward to that because beyond sheer optics & full frame sensor appeal, I very much like Olympus ergonomics & sweet IBIS. The temptation is already quite strong to look at Fuji & Sony but I always come back to IBIS. Difficult to forget it on that 35-50mm equiv range.
Looking at the not so wide end of things, we see that the VL 17mm & 25mm & SLR Magic 25mm are performing quite well too (the slr magic is even better than the VL, it seems), I can imagine Olympus making an AF version and label it in their "PRO" range with the adequate price 1k$, which starts to be a little stretched for a f/2 equivalent... but it'll sell anyway. Everything is still possible for a price :-)
It's unlikely they'll go FF anytime soon when they're finally showing some proper lenses for MFT. I'd be looking forward to that because beyond sheer optics & full frame sensor appeal, I very much like Olympus ergonomics & sweet IBIS. The temptation is already quite strong to look at Fuji & Sony but I always come back to IBIS. Difficult to forget it on that 35-50mm equiv range.
Looking at the not so wide end of things, we see that the VL 17mm & 25mm & SLR Magic 25mm are performing quite well too (the slr magic is even better than the VL, it seems), I can imagine Olympus making an AF version and label it in their "PRO" range with the adequate price 1k$, which starts to be a little stretched for a f/2 equivalent... but it'll sell anyway. Everything is still possible for a price :-)