07-01-2011, 07:12 PM
[quote name='popo' timestamp='1309521262' post='9698']
All the talk of a full frame mirrorless, I think the biggest question is who will make such a thing? I can't see the existing mirrorless players re-defining their mount for it, nor producing a parallel system in addition. Legalities aside, the only other option I see would be a lower cost Leica copy.[/quote]
What do you mean who? Canon and Nikon of course. Take a 5D2 or D700, remove the mirror, shrink the body, shorten the FFD et voilà , you have a FF MILC with minimum R&D. Add an adapter for F/EF lenses and we're done.
personally, I expect it to be Canon that will be the first. Why? Canon was the first to introduce the first commercially viable FF with the 1Ds (the ill-fated Contax N beat it by a whisker) and the first affordable FF in the form of the 5D.
All the talk of a full frame mirrorless, I think the biggest question is who will make such a thing? I can't see the existing mirrorless players re-defining their mount for it, nor producing a parallel system in addition. Legalities aside, the only other option I see would be a lower cost Leica copy.[/quote]
What do you mean who? Canon and Nikon of course. Take a 5D2 or D700, remove the mirror, shrink the body, shorten the FFD et voilà , you have a FF MILC with minimum R&D. Add an adapter for F/EF lenses and we're done.
personally, I expect it to be Canon that will be the first. Why? Canon was the first to introduce the first commercially viable FF with the 1Ds (the ill-fated Contax N beat it by a whisker) and the first affordable FF in the form of the 5D.